Insert XMLTYPE data into CLOB column

Hi,
I am trying to insert XMLTYPE datatype column value into the CLOB datatype column.
I get an error -
ORA - 00932: Inconsistent datatypes: expected CLOB got -
How do I insert xml type data into clob?
Thanks!

Here is my sql code:
I have a view :
create or replace view test_view
(id,
code,
desc)
as select
id,
code,
xmlroot(xmlelement("empname", ename), version '1.0') as desc
from employee;
I have a table emp_details_table. The columns in the emp_details_table are
ID number,
CODE varchar2,
EMP_DETAILS CLOB
I am tring to insert the 'test_view' data into the 'emp_details_table' and I get an error cannot insert xmltype data into clob.
insert into emp_details_table
(ID , CODE, EMP_DETAILS)
select
(ID, CODE, DESC) from test_view;
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end;This simple line-by-line approach is easy to understand, and gives you an opportunity (if you want) to take each line in the file and transform it (for example, you could transform it into a nested table, or into XML). However it can be rather slow if there are many records in the csv file - the lob_append operation is not particularly efficient. I was able to improve the efficiency by caching the lines in a VARCHAR2 up to a maximum cache size, and only then appending to the LOB - see [three posts on my blog|http://preferisco.blogspot.com/search/label/lob].
There is at least one other possibility:
- you could use [DBMS_LOB.loadclobfromfile|http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14258/d_lob.htm#i998978]. I've not tried this before myself, but I think the procedure is described [here in the 9i docs|http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/appdev.920/a96591/adl12bfl.htm#879711]. This is likely to be faster than UTL_FILE (because it is all happening in the underlying DBMS_LOB package, possibly in a native way).
That's all for now. I haven't yet answered your question on how to report data back out of the CLOB. I would like to know how you associate employees with files; what happens if there is > 1 file per employee, etc.
HTH
Regards Nigel
Edited by: nthomas on Mar 2, 2009 11:22 AM - don't forget to fclose the file...

Read text file into clob column

Dear Oracle users and Oracle support,
I have a text file that includes hundreds of data entries. The format is below. What I need to do is read each entry (
<DATALOAD ................</DATALOAD>) into the CLOB column as a table record. Then create a loop in the table to convert each record into XML data type. I have general idea on how to convert CLOB to XML. The difficult part to me is read the each entry in the text file to CLOB table. Please let me know what technique I should use. Any recommendation and sample code are welcome! I appreciate!
Thanks,
Bing
<DATALOAD ................</DATALOAD>
<DATALOAD ................</DATALOAD>
<DATALOAD ................</DATALOAD>
<DATALOAD ................</DATALOAD>

RBYL wrote:
Hi,
Thank you for your response. What I want to achieve is read the text file into ClOB column. There are hundreds reocords in the text file. The format is below. Each entry is '<DATALOAD (sensitive data here, use....... instead)</DATALOAD>' that needs to be read into clob table as a record. That is basically what I need to achieve.
<DATALOAD ................</DATALOAD>
<DATALOAD ................</DATALOAD>
hundreds of them here........
<DATALOAD ................</DATALOAD>
<DATALOAD ................</DATALOAD>So, is it really a text file or is it a well structured XML file?
Just reading it into a CLOB to process is not likely to be the best way.
If each line of the file is a record, then you're likely to be better using something like External Tables.
If it's a structured XML file, then it can be read using CLOB functionality into an XMLTYPE datatype and then shredded down into relational table structures.
Be more clear in what your requirements are and we can help you better.
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Hi ,
i have these two tables
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[test1_id] [int] identity(1,1) primary key,
[test2_id] [int] not null
create table [dbo].[test2](
[test2_id] [int] identity(1,1) primary key,
[test1_id] [int] not null
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See sample code below:
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CREATE TABLE #test2(test2_ID INT IDENTITY(1,1),test1_ID INT)
DECLARE @Test1dentity INT
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INSERT INTO #test2(test1_ID)
SELECT @Test1dentity;
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SET @Test2dentity = SCOPE_IDENTITY();
-- Update test1 table
UPDATE #test1
SET test2_ID = @Test2dentity
WHERE test1_ID = @Test1dentity;
COMMIT
SELECT * FROM #test1;
SELECT * FROM #test2;
-- Drop temp tables
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#test1') IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
DROP TABLE #test1
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IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#test2') IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
DROP TABLE #test2
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We are developing a custom Web ADI integrator for importing suppliers into Oracle.
The Web ADI interface is a custom PL/SQL API that inserts the data into a custom interface table. We have defined the content, uploader and an importer. The importer is again a custom PL/SQL API that will process the records inserted into the custom table and updates the STATUS column of the custom interface table. We want to show the status column back on the spreadsheet.
Defined the 'Document Row' import rule and added the rows that would identify the unique record.
Errored row import rule, we are using a SELECT * from custom_table where status<>'Success' and vendor_name=$param$.vendor_name
The source of this parameter is import.vendor_name
We have also defined an Error lookup.
After the above setup is completed, we invoke the create document and click on Oracle->Upload.
The records are getting imported, but the importer program is failing with An error has occurred while running an API import. The ERRORED_ROWS step 20003:ER_500141, parameter number 1 must contain the value BIND in attribute 1.'

The same issue.
Need help.
Also checked bne.log, no additional information.
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<bne:message bne:type="DATA" bne:text="BNE_INVALID_ROW_COUNT" bne:value="0" />
<bne:message bne:type="ERROR" bne:text="An error has occurred while running an API import"
bne:cause="The ERRORED_ROWS step 20003:ER_500165, parameter number 1 must contain the value BIND in attribute 1."
bne:action="" bne:source="BneAPIImporter" >
<bne:context bne:collection="collection_1" />
</bne:message><bne:message bne:type="STATUS"
bne:text="No rows uploaded" bne:value="" >
<bne:context bne:collection="collection_1" /></bne:message>
<bne:message bne:type="STATUS" bne:text="0 rows were invalid" bne:value="" >
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How can i open a DOC or TXT file and insert the data into table?

How can i open a DOC or TXT file and insert the data into table?
I have a doc file . the doc include some columns and some rows.(for example 'ID,Name,Date,...').
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Please give me next steps to insert xml data into oracle 9i:
i've been doing this steps :
1. create folder in oracle port:8080
2. copy xsd into folder
3. register schema
4. Give me next step...
5.
6.
Thanks

this is my complete xmlschema
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
     <xs:element name = "A3A8Vers" type = "xs:string"/>
     <xs:element name = "F1F5Vers" type = "xs:string">
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     <xs:element name = "sequence" type = "xs:string">
     </xs:element>
     <xs:element name = "amf" type = "xs:string">
     </xs:element>
     <xs:element name = "trnsKeyNumber" type = "xs:string">
     </xs:element>
     <xs:element name = "mac" type = "xs:string">
     </xs:element>
     <xs:element name = "encryptionKey" type = "xs:string">
     </xs:element>
     <xs:element name = "signature" type = "xs:string">
     </xs:element>
     <xs:element name = "signer">
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               <xs:sequence>
                    <xs:element ref = "entityNumber"/>
                    <xs:element ref = "keyNumber"/>
               </xs:sequence>
          </xs:complexType>
     </xs:element>
     <xs:element name = "entityNumber" type = "xs:string">
     </xs:element>
     <xs:element name = "keyNumber" type = "xs:string">
     </xs:element>
     <xs:element name = "pblKey">
          <xs:complexType>
               <xs:sequence>
                    <xs:element ref = "entityNumber"/>
                    <xs:element ref = "entityRole"/>
                    <xs:element ref = "keyNumber"/>
                    <xs:element ref = "publicKeyVal"/>
               </xs:sequence>
          </xs:complexType>
     </xs:element>
     <xs:element name = "ntrTime" type = "xs:string">
     </xs:element>
     <xs:element name = "deActionTime" type = "xs:string">
     </xs:element>
     <xs:element name = "actionTime" type = "xs:string">
     </xs:element>
     <xs:element name = "entityRole">
          <xs:complexType>
               <xs:attribute name = "role" default = "INVALID">
                    <xs:simpleType>
                         <xs:restriction base = "xs:NMTOKEN">
                              <xs:enumeration value = "TKD"/>
                              <xs:enumeration value = "SKD"/>
                              <xs:enumeration value = "INVALID"/>
                         </xs:restriction>
                    </xs:simpleType>
               </xs:attribute>
          </xs:complexType>
     </xs:element>
     <xs:element name = "publicKeyVal">
          <xs:complexType>
               <xs:sequence>
                    <xs:element ref = "exponent"/>
                    <xs:element ref = "mod"/>
               </xs:sequence>
          </xs:complexType>
     </xs:element>
     <xs:element name = "exponent" type = "xs:string">
     </xs:element>
     <xs:element name = "mod" type = "xs:string">
     </xs:element>
     <xs:element name = "encriptionTransKey" type = "xs:string">
     </xs:element>
     <xs:element name = "keyType" type = "xs:string">
     </xs:element>
</xs:schema>.
I use command to create table :
create table elements of xmltype
xmlschema "http://192.168.1.1:8080/test.xsd"
element "publicKey"
. But why the result,table as object type. so i cant use command "desc <table_name>;"

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Hi,
I have created interface to load data from oracle table into oracle table.In target table we have attribute with clob data type. while loading data into clob field ODI gave below error. I use odi 10.1.3.6.0
java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "4294967295"
     at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Unknown Source)
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Nishit Gajjar

Mr. Gajjar,
You didnt mention what KMs you are using ?
have a read of
Re: Facing issues while using BLOB
and
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Try again.
And can you please mark the Correct/Helpful points to the answers too.
Edited by: actdi on Jan 10, 2012 10:45 AM

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I'm new to SQL and currently this is what I'm trying to do:
Display multiple rows of data into different columns within the same row
I have a table like this:
    CREATE TABLE TRIPLEG(
        T#              NUMBER(10)      NOT NULL,
        LEG#            NUMBER(2)       NOT NULL,
        DEPARTURE       VARCHAR(30)     NOT NULL,
        DESTINATION     VARCHAR(30)     NOT NULL,
        CONSTRAINT TRIPLEG_PKEY PRIMARY KEY (T#, LEG#),
        CONSTRAINT TRIPLEG_UNIQUE UNIQUE(T#, DEPARTURE, DESTINATION),
        CONSTRAINT TRIPLEG_FKEY1 FOREIGN KEY (T#) REFERENCES TRIP(T#) );
    INSERT INTO TRIPLEG VALUES( 1, 1, 'Sydney', 'Melbourne');
    INSERT INTO TRIPLEG VALUES( 1, 2, 'Melbourne', 'Adelaide');
The result should be something like this:
> T# | ORIGIN | DESTINATION1 | DESTINATION2
> 1   | SYDNEY | MELBORUNE     | ADELAIDE
The query should include the `COUNT(T#) < 3` since I only need to display the records less than 3. How can I achieve the results that I want using relational views???
Thanks!!!

T#
LEG#
DEPARTURE
DESTINATION
1
1
Sydney
Melbourne
1
2
Melbourne
Adelaide
1
3
Adelaide
India
1
4
India
Dubai
2
1
India
UAE
2
2
UAE
Germany
2
3
Germany
USA
On 11gr2, you may use this :
SELECT t#,
         REGEXP_REPLACE (
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               WITHIN GROUP (ORDER BY t#, leg#),
            '([^ ]+) \1+',
            '\1')
    FROM tripleg
    where leg#<=3
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Output:
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2 India->UAE->Germany->USA
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