Generate XPaths from an XMLType column?

Question

Is it possible to load an XML schema into an XMLType column and then generate a list of all the XPaths in that schema?
If so how can this be done:?

Answer 1

kcuster,
Here is how you could load it. Maybe someone else has some ideas on generating the XPaths.
Connected to:
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.6.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
JServer Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production
SQL> create table testxsd
2 (schema xmltype);
Table created.
/orasw/admin/DDBA/xmltestcase 167$more vehicle.xsd
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema targetNamespace="http://www.test.ch/a" xmlns:abc="http://www.test.ch/
a" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xs:element name="Vehicle" type="abc:VehicleType"/>
<xs:complexType name="VehicleType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="ID" type="xs:int"/>
<xs:element name="Name" type="xs:string"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>
SQL> insert into testxsd
2 values (xmltype(getmultixml('vehicle.xsd')));
1 row created.
SQL> SQL> set long 3000
SQL> select * from testxsd;
SCHEMA
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema targetNamespace="http://www.test.ch/a" xmlns:abc="http://www.test.ch/a" xmlns:xs="http://
www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xs:element name="Vehicle" type="abc:VehicleType"/>
<xs:complexType name="VehicleType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="ID" type="xs:int"/>
<xs:element name="Name" type="xs:string"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
SCHEMA
</xs:schema>
SQL>