Generate XML from Oracle Table Data

Question

Hi All,
I am new to this network. I am also new to oracle XML package. I want a help for the below query.
CREATE TABLE EMP(ID NUMBER PRIMARY KEY, NAME VARCHAR2(10), PHONE NUMBER);
INSERT INTO EMP(ID,NAME,PHONE) VALUES (11,'Joy',1234);
INSERT INTO EMP(ID,NAME,PHONE) VALUES (22,'Mike',5678);
INSERT INTO EMP(ID,NAME,PHONE) VALUES (33,'Jason',NULL);
COMMIT;
I want to export the EMP table data in a XML file with the below format.
Required Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><STATICDATA><EMP><ID>11</ID><NAME>Joy</NAME></EMP></STATICDATA>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><STATICDATA><EMP><ID>22</ID><NAME>Mike</NAME></EMP></STATICDATA>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><STATICDATA><EMP><ID>33</ID><NAME>Jason</NAME></EMP></STATICDATA>
I have used some XML functions and have written the below query.
select XMLROOT(XMLELEMENT(staticdata,XMLELEMENT(EMP,XMLELEMENT(ID,ID),XMLELEMENT(NAME,NAME))), version '1.0" encoding="UTF-8') xml FROM EMP;
output of my query:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<STATICDATA>
<EMP>
<ID>11</ID>
<NAME>Joy</NAME>
</EMP>
</STATICDATA>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<STATICDATA>
<EMP>
<ID>22</ID>
<NAME>Mike</NAME>
</EMP>
</STATICDATA>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<STATICDATA>
<EMP>
<ID>33</ID>
<NAME>Jason</NAME>
</EMP>
</STATICDATA>
But i want the out as the required output above. every record in a single line. can any one help me in achieving the required output. also can i export all the columns of the table by some thing like select * from the table in XML file ?
Thanks,
Sartaj

Answer 1

user13683418 wrote:
Hi All,
I am new to this network. I am also new to oracle XML package. I want a help for the below query.
CREATE TABLE EMP(ID NUMBER PRIMARY KEY, NAME VARCHAR2(10), PHONE NUMBER);
INSERT INTO EMP(ID,NAME,PHONE) VALUES (11,'Joy',1234);
INSERT INTO EMP(ID,NAME,PHONE) VALUES (22,'Mike',5678);
INSERT INTO EMP(ID,NAME,PHONE) VALUES (33,'Jason',NULL);
COMMIT;
I want to export the EMP table data in a XML file with the below format.
Required Output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><STATICDATA><EMP><ID>11</ID><NAME>Joy</NAME></EMP></STATICDATA>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><STATICDATA><EMP><ID>22</ID><NAME>Mike</NAME></EMP></STATICDATA>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><STATICDATA><EMP><ID>33</ID><NAME>Jason</NAME></EMP></STATICDATA>
I have used some XML functions and have written the below query.
select XMLROOT(XMLELEMENT(staticdata,XMLELEMENT(EMP,XMLELEMENT(ID,ID),XMLELEMENT(NAME,NAME))), version '1.0" encoding="UTF-8') xml FROM EMP;
output of my query:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<STATICDATA>
<EMP>
<ID>11</ID>
<NAME>Joy</NAME>
</EMP>
</STATICDATA>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<STATICDATA>
<EMP>
<ID>22</ID>
<NAME>Mike</NAME>
</EMP>
</STATICDATA>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<STATICDATA>
<EMP>
<ID>33</ID>
<NAME>Jason</NAME>
</EMP>
</STATICDATA>
But i want the out as the required output above. every record in a single line.Why?
Some things output XML all as one stream, some things naturally display it structured. It doesn't matter as the XML is still the same because by it's very nature it is a structured data definition. Anything that reads XML will be able to read it whether it's on one line (streamed) or structured.
also can i export all the columns of the table by some thing like select * from the table in XML file ?A couple of ways of exporting XML to a file...
-- DBMS_XSLPROCESSOR.clob2file
-- outputs a clob to a file
DECLARE
   ctx   DBMS_XMLGEN.ctxtype;
BEGIN
   ctx := DBMS_XMLGEN.newcontext ('select * from emp');
   DBMS_XSLPROCESSOR.clob2file (DBMS_XMLGEN.getxml (ctx), 'TEMP', 'emp.xml');
   DBMS_XMLGEN.closecontext (ctx);
END;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.or
..snip..
  v_xml                 XMLTYPE;
  v_doc                 XMLDOM.DOMDocument;
  v_dir                 VARCHAR2(2000);
  v_file                VARCHAR2(2000);
BEGIN
  v_xml := ... populate with XML ...;
  v_dir := 'TEST_DIR'; -- directory object name (in UPPER CASE)
  v_file := 'myfile.xml';
  v_doc := DBMS_XMLDOM.NEWDOMDOCUMENT(v_xml);
  DBMS_XMLDOM.WRITETOFILE(v_doc, v_dir||'\'||v_file, 'UTF-8');
  DBMS_XMLDOM.FREEDOCUMENT(v_doc);
..snip..