Parsing XML data stored as CLOB in DB and save attribute values in table

Question

Hello,
I have a CLOB column in table that is holding XML data as follows,
<banners>
<banner-image id="0">
<type>BANNER</type>
<local-path>http.gif</local-path>
<click-through-url>www</click-through-url>
<make>Acura</make>
</banner-image>
<banner-image id="1">
<type>BANNER</type>
<local-path>http.gif</local-path>
<click-through-url>gfrty</click-through-url>
<make>BMW</make>
</banner-image>
</banners>
Now I need to parse thru the above XML data and pull the attribute values to store in another table as follows,
BANNER_IMAGE_ID | TYPE | LOCAL_PATH | CLICK_URL | MAKE
0 | BANNER | http.gif | www | Acura
1 | BANNER | http.gif | gfrty | BMW
And XML data doesn't always end up with 2 rows in this table....some times it may be 3 or 4 as well. It is just that in this example it ended up with 2 rows.
So, I would appreciate if someone can help me find a generic way of doing this,
Thank you in advance,
Madhu.

Answer 1

This is not a reply.. sorry.
I took have a similar problem only..
can you pls help me
XML structure.
<PODetails>
<POHeader>
<CurrencyID>INR</CurrencyID>
<ExchangeRate>1</ExchangeRate>
<RefNo>0080000110</RefNo>
<VendorID>1200</VendorID>
<TransDate>2006-12-20</TransDate>
<DocRelationshipId>PURCHASE</DocRelationshipId>
<LocationID>0000102327</LocationID>
</POHeader>
<POItemDetails>
<ItemID>ARSH1332</ItemID>
<Size>L HS</Size>
<Quality>Q1</Quality>
<CustPO>rush order</CustPO>
<UOM>PC</UOM>
<Quantity>3.000</Quantity>
<PriceValue>2509.5</PriceValue>
<TaxAmount>0.00</TaxAmount>
</POItemDetails>
<POItemDetails>
<ItemID>ARSH1332</ItemID>
<Size>M HS</Size>
<Quality>Q1</Quality>
<CustPO>rush order</CustPO>
<UOM>PC</UOM>
<Quantity>2.000</Quantity>
<PriceValue>1673</PriceValue>
<TaxAmount>0.00</TaxAmount>
</POItemDetails>
<POItemDetails>
<ItemID>ARSH1556</ItemID>
<Size>39FS</Size>
<Quality>Q1</Quality>
<CustPO>rush order</CustPO>
<UOM>PC</UOM>
<Quantity>1.000</Quantity>
<PriceValue>836.5</PriceValue>
<TaxAmount>0.00</TaxAmount>
</POItemDetails>
</PODetails>
The DB is ORACLE 9i
This is stored in a XML table of type XMLTYPE.
THIS I USED THE .extract function to get the values of the nodes.
POHeader details are working fine. But when i get the POItemDetails i am getting 'ARSH1332ARSH1332ARSH1556' when i issue the command
select a.extract('/PODetails/POItemDetails/ItemID/text()').getStringVal() ItemID
FROM xmltable a
WHERE a.existsnode('//POItemDetails/ItemID')=1
Pls Help..
Regds,
Santhoshkumar.G.