INSERT XML data from CLOB

Question

Hi Guys,
I wonder if you can help me out , I m trying to insert a XML stored in a CLOB column as an XMLTYPE.. the example at eh end works but when i add in the sSELCT statement I get eh following error...
INSERT INTO tmp_xml_table VALUES
(11, 'select data from tmp_requests where id = 159');
SQL Error: ORA-31011: XML parsing failed
ORA-19202: Error occurred in XML processing
LPX-00210: expected '<' instead of 's'
Error at line 1
31011. 00000 - "XML parsing failed"
*Cause:    XML parser returned an error while trying to parse the document.
*Action:   Check if the document to be parsed is valid.
DESC tmp_xml_table
Name Null Type
ID NUMBER
DATA XMLTYPE()
this bit works....
INSERT INTO myTable VALUES (1, SYS.XMLType.CreateXML(
'<?xml version="1.0"?>
<fall>
<name>myTable</name>
<county>USA</county>
<state>MI</state>
<url>
http://your.com
</url>
</fall>'));

Answer 1

You are trying to insert the literal string 'select data from tmp_requests where id = 159', which is not valid XML.
Try:
insert into tmp_xml_table
select 11, data from tmp_requests where id=159;