How to extract the date value of IBOR date="12/12/2009"

Question

I have the following query, but do not get the date value out:
WITH ibors AS (
SELECT xmltype('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<IBOR date="12/12/2009">
<LIBOR currency="USD">
<OneYear>1.38875</OneYear>
</LIBOR>
</IBOR>
') ibor_xml
FROM dual
SELECT i.ibor_date, i.ibor_oneyear
FROM ibors,
XMLTABLE(
'//IBOR'
PASSING ibors.ibor_xml
COLUMNS ibor_date VARCHAR2(20) PATH '/IBOR/date',
ibor_oneyear VARCHAR2(20) PATH '/IBOR/LIBOR/OneYear'
) i;
How to extract the date value of <IBOR date="12/12/2009">?

Answer 1

Hi,
The date is an attribute of element IBOR. So you must use "@date" in the xpath expression :
WITH ibors AS (
SELECT xmltype('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<IBOR date="12/12/2009">
<LIBOR currency="USD">
<OneYear>1.38875</OneYear>
</LIBOR>
</IBOR>
') ibor_xml
FROM dual
SELECT i.ibor_date, i.ibor_oneyear
FROM ibors,
XMLTABLE(
'//IBOR'
PASSING ibors.ibor_xml
COLUMNS
ibor_date VARCHAR2(20) PATH '/IBOR/@date',
ibor_oneyear VARCHAR2(20) PATH '/IBOR/LIBOR/OneYear'
) i;