Insert sound file into Oracel DB via Forms 6i

Dear All
Pls let me know how to insert sound files in to Oracle DB via Forms 6i.
Regards
Lakmal Marasinge

by the way - just for info : Sound-Items in Forms 6i can't be migrated to 10g. They are now obsolet.
So, the best way is to develop in 6i a solution based on java. Then you use it and communicate with it per java bean.
try it
Gerd

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SQL> spool testase.log
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SQL> set define on
SQL> set timing on
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SQL> define USERNAME = XDBTEST
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SQL> def PASSWORD = XDBTEST
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SQL> def USER_TABLESPACE = USERS
SQL> --
SQL> def TEMP_TABLESPACE = TEMP
SQL> --
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old 1: drop user &USERNAME cascade
new 1: drop user XDBTEST cascade
User dropped.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.59
SQL> grant create any directory, drop any directory, connect, resource, alter session, create view to &USERNAME identified by &PASS
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2 /
old 1: grant create any directory, drop any directory, connect, resource, alter session, create view to &USERNAME identified by &
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SQL> alter user &USERNAME default tablespace &USER_TABLESPACE temporary tablespace &TEMP_TABLESPACE
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Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL> connect &USERNAME/&PASSWORD
Connected.
SQL> --
SQL> var SCHEMAURL varchar2(256)
SQL> var XMLSCHEMA CLOB
SQL> --
SQL> set define off
SQL> --
SQL> begin
2 :SCHEMAURL := 'http://xmlns.example.com/askTom/TransactionList.xsd';
3 :XMLSCHEMA :=
4 '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
5 
6 <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xdb="http://xmlns.oracle.com/xdb" xdb:storeVarrayAsTable="true">
7 <xs:element name="TransactionList" type="transactionListType" xdb:defaultTable="LOCAL_TABLE"/>
8 <xs:complexType name="transactionListType" xdb:maintainDOM="false" xdb:SQLType="TRANSACTION_LIST_T">
9 <xs:sequence>
10 <xs:element name="Transaction" type="transactionType" maxOccurs="unbounded" xdb:SQLCollType="TRANSACTION_V"
>
11 </xs:sequence>
12 </xs:complexType>
13 <xs:complexType name="transactionType" xdb:maintainDOM="false" xdb:SQLType="TRANSACTION_T">
14 <xs:sequence>
15 <xs:element name="TradeVersion" type="xs:integer"/>
16 <xs:element name="TransactionId" type="xs:integer"/>
17 <xs:element name="Leg" type="legType" maxOccurs="unbounded" xdb:SQLCollType="LEG_V"/>
18 </xs:sequence>
19 <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:integer" use="required"/>
20 </xs:complexType>
21 <xs:complexType name="paymentType" xdb:maintainDOM="false" xdb:SQLType="PAYMENT_T">
22 <xs:sequence>
23 <xs:element name="StartDate" type="xs:date"/>
24 <xs:element name="Value" type="xs:integer"/>
25 </xs:sequence>
26 <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:integer" use="required"/>
27 </xs:complexType>
28 <xs:complexType name="legType" xdb:maintainDOM="false" xdb:SQLType="LEG_T">
29 <xs:sequence>
30 <xs:element name="LegNumber" type="xs:integer"/>
31 <xs:element name="Basis" type="xs:integer"/>
32 <xs:element name="FixedRate" type="xs:integer"/>
33 <xs:element name="Payment" type="paymentType" maxOccurs="unbounded" xdb:SQLCollType="PAYMENT_V"/>
34 </xs:sequence>
35 <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:integer" use="required"/>
36 </xs:complexType>
37 </xs:schema>';
38 end;
39 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL> set define on
SQL> --
SQL> declare
2 res boolean;
3 xmlSchema xmlType := xmlType(:XMLSCHEMA);
4 begin
5 dbms_xmlschema.registerSchema
6 (
7 schemaurl => :schemaURL,
8 schemadoc => xmlSchema,
9 local => TRUE,
10 genTypes => TRUE,
11 genBean => FALSE,
12 genTables => TRUE,
13 ENABLEHIERARCHY => DBMS_XMLSCHEMA.ENABLE_HIERARCHY_NONE
14 );
15 end;
16 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.26
SQL> desc LOCAL_TABLE
Name Null? Type
TABLE of SYS.XMLTYPE(XMLSchema "http://xmlns.example.com/askTom/TransactionList.xsd" Element "TransactionList") STORAGE Object-rela
ional TYPE "TRANSACTION_LIST_T"
SQL> --
SQL> create or replace VIEW TRAN_VIEW
2 as
3 select
4 extractvalue(x.column_value,'/Transaction/TradeVersion/text()') tradeversion,
5 extractvalue(x.column_value,'/Transaction//text()') transactionid
6 from
7 local_table,
8 table(xmlsequence(extract(OBJECT_VALUE,'/TransactionList/Transaction'))) x
9 /
View created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
SQL> create or replace VIEW TRAN_LEG_VIEW
2 as
3 select
4 extractvalue(x.column_value,'/Transaction/TransactionId/text()') transactionid,
5 extractvalue(y.column_value,'/Leg/Basis/text()') leg_basis,
6 extractValue(y.column_value,'/Leg/FixedRate/text()') leg_fixedrate
7 from
8 local_table,
9 table(xmlsequence(extract(OBJECT_VALUE,'/TransactionList/Transaction'))) x,
10 table(xmlsequence(extract(x.column_value,'/Transaction/Leg'))) y
11 /
View created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
SQL> create or replace VIEW TRAN_LEG_PAY_VIEW
2 as
3 select
4 extractvalue(x.column_value,'/Transaction/TransactionId/text()') transactionid,
5 extractvalue(y.column_value,'/Leg/LegNumber/text()') leg_legnumber,
6 extractvalue(z.column_value,'/Payment/StartDate/text()') pay_startdate,
7 extractValue(z.column_value,'/Payment/Value/text()') pay_value
8 from
9 local_table,
10 table(xmlsequence(extract(OBJECT_VALUE,'/TransactionList/Transaction'))) x,
11 table(xmlsequence(extract(x.column_value,'/Transaction/Leg'))) y,
12 table(xmlsequence(extract(y.column_value,'/Leg/Payment'))) z
13 /
View created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.03
SQL> desc TRAN_VIEW
Name Null? Type
TRADEVERSION NUMBER(38)
TRANSACTIONID VARCHAR2(4000)
SQL> --
SQL> desc TRAN_LEG_VIEW
Name Null? Type
TRANSACTIONID NUMBER(38)
LEG_BASIS NUMBER(38)
LEG_FIXEDRATE NUMBER(38)
SQL> --
SQL> desc TRAN_LEG_PAY_VIEW
Name Null? Type
TRANSACTIONID NUMBER(38)
LEG_LEGNUMBER NUMBER(38)
PAY_STARTDATE DATE
PAY_VALUE NUMBER(38)
SQL> --
SQL> create or replace VIEW TRAN_VIEW_XMLTABLE
2 as
3 select t.*
4 from LOCAL_TABLE,
5 XMLTable
6 (
7 '/TransactionList/Transaction'
8 passing OBJECT_VALUE
9 columns
10 TRADE_VERSION NUMBER(4) path 'TradeVersion/text()',
11 TRANSACTION_ID NUMBER(4) path 'TransactionId/text()'
12 ) t
13 /
View created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
SQL> create or replace VIEW TRAN_LEG_VIEW_XMLTABLE
2 as
3 select t.TRANSACTION_ID, L.*
4 from LOCAL_TABLE,
5 XMLTable
6 (
7 '/TransactionList/Transaction'
8 passing OBJECT_VALUE
9 columns
10 TRANSACTION_ID NUMBER(4) path 'TransactionId/text()',
11 LEG XMLType path 'Leg'
12 ) t,
13 XMLTABLE
14 (
15 '/Leg'
16 passing LEG
17 columns
18 LEG_NUMBER NUMBER(4) path 'LegNumber/text()',
19 LEG_BASIS NUMBER(4) path 'Basis/text()',
20 LEG_FIXED_RATE NUMBER(4) path 'FixedRate/text()'
21 ) l
22 /
View created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
SQL> create or replace VIEW TRAN_LEG_PAY_VIEW_XMLTABLE
2 as
3 select TRANSACTION_ID, L.LEG_NUMBER, P.*
4 from LOCAL_TABLE,
5 XMLTable
6 (
7 '/TransactionList/Transaction'
8 passing OBJECT_VALUE
9 columns
10 TRANSACTION_ID NUMBER(4) path 'TransactionId/text()',
11 LEG XMLType path 'Leg'
12 ) t,
13 XMLTABLE
14 (
15 '/Leg'
16 passing LEG
17 columns
18 LEG_NUMBER NUMBER(4) path 'LegNumber/text()',
19 PAYMENT XMLType path 'Payment'
20 ) L,
21 XMLTABLE
22 (
23 '/Payment'
24 passing PAYMENT
25 columns
26 PAY_START_DATE DATE path 'StartDate/text()',
27 PAY_VALUE NUMBER(4) path 'Value/text()'
28 ) p
29 /
View created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.03
SQL> desc TRAN_VIEW_XMLTABLE
Name Null? Type
TRADE_VERSION NUMBER(4)
TRANSACTION_ID NUMBER(4)
SQL> --
SQL> desc TRAN_LEG_VIEW_XMLTABLE
Name Null? Type
TRANSACTION_ID NUMBER(4)
LEG_NUMBER NUMBER(4)
LEG_BASIS NUMBER(4)
LEG_FIXED_RATE NUMBER(4)
SQL> --
SQL> desc TRAN_LEG_PAY_VIEW_XMLTABLE
Name Null? Type
TRANSACTION_ID NUMBER(4)
LEG_NUMBER NUMBER(4)
PAY_START_DATE DATE
PAY_VALUE NUMBER(4)
SQL> --
SQL> set long 10000 pages 100 lines 128
SQL> set timing on
SQL> set autotrace on explain
SQL> set heading on feedback on
SQL> --
SQL> VAR DOC1 CLOB
SQL> VAR DOC2 CLOB
SQL> --
SQL> begin
2 :DOC1 :=
3 '<TransactionList>
4 <Transaction id="1">
5 <TradeVersion>1</TradeVersion>
6 <TransactionId>1</TransactionId>
7 <Leg id="1">
8 <LegNumber>1</LegNumber>
9 <Basis>1</Basis>
10 <FixedRate>1</FixedRate>
11 <Payment id="1">
12 <StartDate>2000-01-01</StartDate>
13 <Value>1</Value>
14 </Payment>
15 <Payment id="2">
16 <StartDate>2000-01-02</StartDate>
17 <Value>2</Value>
18 </Payment>
19 </Leg>
20 <Leg id="2">
21 <LegNumber>2</LegNumber>
22 <Basis>2</Basis>
23 <FixedRate>2</FixedRate>
24 <Payment id="1">
25 <StartDate>2000-02-01</StartDate>
26 <Value>10</Value>
27 </Payment>
28 <Payment id="2">
29 <StartDate>2000-02-02</StartDate>
30 <Value>20</Value>
31 </Payment>
32 </Leg>
33 </Transaction>
34 <Transaction id="2">
35 <TradeVersion>2</TradeVersion>
36 <TransactionId>2</TransactionId>
37 <Leg id="1">
38 <LegNumber>21</LegNumber>
39 <Basis>21</Basis>
40 <FixedRate>21</FixedRate>
41 <Payment id="1">
42 <StartDate>2002-01-01</StartDate>
43 <Value>21</Value>
44 </Payment>
45 <Payment id="2">
46 <StartDate>2002-01-02</StartDate>
47 <Value>22</Value>
48 </Payment>
49 </Leg>
50 <Leg id="22">
51 <LegNumber>22</LegNumber>
52 <Basis>22</Basis>
53 <FixedRate>22</FixedRate>
54 <Payment id="21">
55 <StartDate>2002-02-01</StartDate>
56 <Value>210</Value>
57 </Payment>
58 <Payment id="22">
59 <StartDate>2002-02-02</StartDate>
60 <Value>220</Value>
61 </Payment>
62 </Leg>
63 </Transaction>
64 </TransactionList>';
65 :DOC2 :=
66 '<TransactionList>
67 <Transaction id="31">
68 <TradeVersion>31</TradeVersion>
69 <TransactionId>31</TransactionId>
70 <Leg id="31">
71 <LegNumber>31</LegNumber>
72 <Basis>31</Basis>
73 <FixedRate>31</FixedRate>
74 <Payment id="31">
75 <StartDate>3000-01-01</StartDate>
76 <Value>31</Value>
77 </Payment>
78 </Leg>
79 </Transaction>
80 </TransactionList>';
81 end;
82 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
SQL> insert into LOCAL_TABLE values ( xmltype(:DOC1))
2 /
1 row created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 1
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time |
| 0 | INSERT STATEMENT | | 1 | 100 | 1 (0)| 00:00:01 |
| 1 | LOAD TABLE CONVENTIONAL | LOCAL_TABLE | | | | |
SQL> insert into LOCAL_TABLE values ( xmltype(:DOC2))
2 /
1 row created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.01
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 1
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time |
| 0 | INSERT STATEMENT | | 1 | 100 | 1 (0)| 00:00:01 |
| 1 | LOAD TABLE CONVENTIONAL | LOCAL_TABLE | | | | |
SQL> select * from TRAN_VIEW_XMLTABLE
2 /
TRADE_VERSION TRANSACTION_ID
 1 1
 2 2
 31 31
3 rows selected.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.03
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 650975545
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time |
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 3 | 168 | 3 (0)| 00:00:01 |
| 1 | NESTED LOOPS | | 3 | 168 | 3 (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 2 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| SYS_NTGgl+TKyhQnWoFRSrCxeX9g== | 3 | 138 | 3 (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 3 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN| SYS_C0010174 | 1 | 10 | 0 (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
 2 - filter("SYS_NC_TYPEID$" IS NOT NULL)
 3 - access("NESTED_TABLE_ID"="LOCAL_TABLE"."SYS_NC0000800009$")
Note
 - dynamic sampling used for this statement
SQL> select * from TRAN_LEG_VIEW_XMLTABLE
2 /
TRANSACTION_ID LEG_NUMBER LEG_BASIS LEG_FIXED_RATE
 1 1 1 1
 1 2 2 2
 2 21 21 21
 2 22 22 22
 31 31 31 31
5 rows selected.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.04
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 1273661583
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time |
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 5 | 560 | 7 (15)| 00:00:01 |
|* 1 | HASH JOIN | | 5 | 560 | 7 (15)| 00:00:01 |
| 2 | NESTED LOOPS | | 3 | 159 | 3 (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 3 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| SYS_NTGgl+TKyhQnWoFRSrCxeX9g== | 3 | 129 | 3 (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 4 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN| SYS_C0010174 | 1 | 10 | 0 (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 5 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | SYS_NTUmyermF/S721C/2UXo40Uw== | 5 | 295 | 3 (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
 1 - access("SYS_ALIAS_1"."NESTED_TABLE_ID"="SYS_ALIAS_0"."SYS_NC0000800009$")
 3 - filter("SYS_NC_TYPEID$" IS NOT NULL)
 4 - access("NESTED_TABLE_ID"="LOCAL_TABLE"."SYS_NC0000800009$")
 5 - filter("SYS_NC_TYPEID$" IS NOT NULL)
Note
 - dynamic sampling used for this statement
SQL> select * from TRAN_LEG_PAY_VIEW_XMLTABLE
2 /
TRANSACTION_ID LEG_NUMBER PAY_START PAY_VALUE
 1 1 01-JAN-00 1
 1 1 02-JAN-00 2
 1 2 01-FEB-00 10
 1 2 02-FEB-00 20
 2 21 01-JAN-02 21
 2 21 02-JAN-02 22
 2 22 01-FEB-02 210
 2 22 02-FEB-02 220
 31 31 01-JAN-00 31
9 rows selected.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.07
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 4004907785
| Id | Operation | Name | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time |
| 0 | SELECT STATEMENT | | 9 | 1242 | 10 (10)| 00:00:01 |
|* 1 | HASH JOIN | | 9 | 1242 | 10 (10)| 00:00:01 |
|* 2 | HASH JOIN | | 5 | 480 | 7 (15)| 00:00:01 |
| 3 | NESTED LOOPS | | 3 | 159 | 3 (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 4 | TABLE ACCESS FULL| SYS_NTGgl+TKyhQnWoFRSrCxeX9g== | 3 | 129 | 3 (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 5 | INDEX UNIQUE SCAN| SYS_C0010174 | 1 | 10 | 0 (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 6 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | SYS_NTUmyermF/S721C/2UXo40Uw== | 5 | 215 | 3 (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 7 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | SYS_NTelW4ZRtKS+WKqCaXhsHnNQ== | 9 | 378 | 3 (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
 1 - access("NESTED_TABLE_ID"="SYS_ALIAS_1"."SYS_NC0000900010$")
 2 - access("SYS_ALIAS_1"."NESTED_TABLE_ID"="SYS_ALIAS_0"."SYS_NC0000800009$")
 4 - filter("SYS_NC_TYPEID$" IS NOT NULL)
 5 - access("NESTED_TABLE_ID"="LOCAL_TABLE"."SYS_NC0000800009$")
 6 - filter("SYS_NC_TYPEID$" IS NOT NULL)
 7 - filter("SYS_NC_TYPEID$" IS NOT NULL)
Note
 - dynamic sampling used for this statement
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