Get xmlType column into xsql page

Question

I have a table with normal columns such as string types, plus one xmlType column.
For example, the xmltype column can be <mark>ibm</mark>.
In xsql page, I tried to select all the columns out (including the xmltype col).
I want the xml column as part of the final xml output such as:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<page>
<ROWSET>
<ROW num="1">
<xmlcolumn>
<mark>ibm</mark>
</xmlcolumn>
</ROW>
</ROWSET>
</page>
I found out that I can't just do:
select t.xmlcolumn from table t;
The page complain that can't convert xmlType to string.
So I did
select t.xmlcolumn.getClobString() as xmlcolumn from table t;
However I got:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<page>
<ROWSET>
<ROW num="1">
<xmlcolumn>&lt;mark>ibm&/lt;mark>
</xmlcolumn>
</ROW>
</ROWSET>
</page>
It seems that xsql translate the <mark>ibm</mark> to real String instead of integrate it into the final xml string.
Does anyone know how to do this?
Thanks a lot.
Kai.

Answer 1

hi
I have this:
CREATE TABLE XML_TAB (XMLVAL XMLTYPE);
INSERT INTO XML_TAB VALUES (XMLTYPE('<EMP><EMPNO>666</EMPNO><ENAME>Jef</ENAME></EMP>'));
INSERT INTO XML_TAB VALUES (XMLTYPE('<EMP><EMPNO>777</EMPNO><ENAME>Jan</ENAME></EMP>'));So in SQL*Plus "SELECT XMLVAL FROM XML_TAB" gives:
XMLVAL
<EMP>
  <EMPNO>666</EMPNO>
  <ENAME>Jef</ENAME>
</EMP>
<EMP>
  <EMPNO>777</EMPNO>
  <ENAME>Jan</ENAME>
</EMP>If I try this test1.xsql:
<xsql:query connection="my_conn" xmlns:xsql="urn:oracle-xsql">
SELECT XMLVAL FROM XML_TAB
</xsql:query>I get java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/xdb/XMLType
If I try this test2.xsql:
<xsql:query connection="my_conn" xmlns:xsql="urn:oracle-xsql">
SELECT (XMLVAL).getClobVal() AS XMLVAL FROM XML_TAB
</xsql:query>I get this "escaped output":
<?xml version = '1.0'?>
<ROWSET>
   <ROW num="1">
      <XMLVAL>&#38;lt;EMP>&#38;lt;EMPNO>666&#38;lt;/EMPNO>&#38;lt;ENAME>Jef&#38;lt;/ENAME>&#38;lt;/EMP></XMLVAL>
   </ROW>
   <ROW num="2">
      <XMLVAL>&#38;lt;EMP>&#38;lt;EMPNO>777&#38;lt;/EMPNO>&#38;lt;ENAME>Jan&#38;lt;/ENAME>&#38;lt;/EMP></XMLVAL>
   </ROW>
</ROWSET>But I want this, just XML:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ROWSET>
     <ROW num="1">
          <XMLVAL><EMP><EMPNO>666</EMPNO><ENAME>Jef</ENAME></EMP></XMLVAL>
     </ROW>
     <ROW num="2">
          <XMLVAL><EMP><EMPNO>777</EMPNO><ENAME>Jan</ENAME></EMP></XMLVAL>
     </ROW>
</ROWSET>So if I understand your suggestion and try this wrapper.xsql:
<xsql:include-xsql xmlns:xsql="urn:oracle-xsql" href="test2.xsql" reparse="yes"/>... I still get the same "escaped output" as above
In the xsu12.jar I use is a file named "XSU12_VERSION_9_2_0_1_0_rdbms", does this tell me anything about the version?
What am I doing wrong here?
tnx
-Jan