Inserting XML content into Database

Question

Hallo
i´m new to Oracle.
i want to insert xml content into the database. for testing i installed the version 10g on a windowsxp computer.
i read the oracle xmldb developer´s guide. on page 3-4 ff. it is explained how i can insert content into the database. that´s how i did it (with isqlplus):
create table example1(key_column varchar2(10) primary key, xml_column xmltype)
-->works fine
create table example2 of xmltype
-->works fine
now i made a directory under c:\myXmlFilesForDb in WinXp
create directory xmldir as 'c:/myXmlFilesForDb in WinXp'
(also tried: create directory xmldir as 'c:\myXmlFilesForDb in WinXp')
--> in this directory is a file named: mydokument.xml
--> works fine
insert into example2 values(xmltype(bfilename('xmldir','mydokument.xml'), nls_charset_id('AL32UTF8')))
the following error message is displayed (in German):
ORA-22285: Verzeichnis oder Datei für FILEOPEN-Vorgang nicht vorhanden
ORA-06512: in "SYS.DBMS_LOB",Zeile 523
ORA-06512: in "SYS:XMLTYPE",Zeile 287
ORA-06512: in Zeile 1
whats wrong? can anybody help me please?
ohhh....
thank you very much
cu
George

Answer 1

Directory entries are case sensitive.
Select * From dba_directories to ensure you case is the same as you are using in your insert statement.
Are you using the same user? if not grant read on directory directoryname to username;
try to just select.
select dbms_lob.getLength(BFileName('directoryname','filename.xml'))
as length
from dual;