I have to use XML in PL/SQL

Hi all,
I would like to know how to use XML in PL/sql. I would like to know how to go about it. I have installed Oracle 9i and what should I do next. I could not find any step by step documentation.
Please any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Kalpana.K

The following documentation on Oracle XML DB would be useful:
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/appdev.920/a96620/toc.htm
And this one about Oracle XDK for PL/SQL:
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/appdev.920/a96621/partpg5.htm#435787

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Edited by: user3112983 on May 19, 2010 3:30 PM
Edited by: user3112983 on May 19, 2010 3:39 PM

user3112983 wrote:
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SQL>
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1 row created.
SQL> commit;
Commit complete.
SQL>
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2          rawXml xml_doc.doc%type;
3          xml     xmltype;
4 begin
5          -- get the raw XML (as a CLOB)
6          select doc into rawXml from xml_doc where id = 1;
7
8          -- parse it
9          xml := new xmltype( rawXml );
10         -- process the XML...
11 end;
12 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
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2          xml     xmltype;
3 begin
4          -- attemp to parse fragments
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Hi Mark,
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: I have an example similar to his:
: Given a resultset in the form:
: Company Department User
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: Oracle XML Dev Jane Smith
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: Sun Project X Jane Doe
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: <User>John Smith</User>
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: </rowset>
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: <XML Dev>
: <Jane Smith/>
: <John Smith/>
: </XML Dev>
: <Mgmt>
: <Larry Ellison/>
: </Mgmt>
: </Oracle>
: <Sun>
: <Project X>
: <Jane Doe/>
: </Project X>
: <Mgmt>
: <Scott McNealy/>
: </Mgmt>
: </Sun>
: </JTree>
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: : Hi Cyril,
: : Your question is a bit vague. Do you have a table which
you
: : are trying to query and get the result in the following
: format?
: : If these is the case please give me the description of the
: table
: : or the view.
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: can't
: : give you the XML data in the exactly the format you want, you
: can
: : always use XSLT to transform the XML doc generated by the XSU
: to
: : the desired XML doc.
: : Cyril Dunnion (guest) wrote:
: : : Hi,
: : : Any ideas or code samples of how we could use the XML SQL
: : Utility
: : : to do a tree structure, like the following:
: : : <GROUP id="grp1">
: : : <ITEM> item 1 </ITEM>
: : : <ITEM> item 2 </ITEM>
: : : <GROUP id="grp2">
: : : <ITEM> item 3 </ITEM>
: : : <ITEM> item 4 </ITEM>
: : : </GROUP>
: : : <ITEM> item 5 </ITEM>
: : : </GROUP>
: : : Thanks,
: : : Cyril.
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I corrected my xml file as you pointed out.
I made some changes in some code statements of my SQLQueryW3BookTitle.sql as you instructed:
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FROM (
SELECT CAST(x AS XML)
FROM OPENROWSET(
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) AS T(x)
CROSS APPLY x.nodes('bookstore/book') AS x(book);
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FROM W3Books;
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Msg 515, Level 16, State 2, Line 6
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The statement has been terminated.
(0 row(s) affected)
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how to correct the errors and respond again.
Many Thanks again,
Scott Chang

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