Problem with XML formatting

Question

All,
Lets suppose we have a table like
create table Test_data
user_mane varchar2(30),
user_id number,
xml_data varchar2(3000)
and we have inserted the data as
Insert into Test_data(user_mane,user_id,xml_data) values
('ABC',19,'<Employee><firstName>Kavita</firstName><lastName>Khandhadia</lastName></Employee>');
Insert into Test_data(user_mane,user_id,xml_data) values
('XYZ',19,'<Folder><folderName>Rx</folderName><folderDescription>Rxdescr</folderDescription></Folder>');
Now,In select statement I want to fetch the data without the xml tab. i.e, the data should look like as :
user_mane user_id xml_data
ABC 19 Kavita Khandhadia
XYZ 19 Rx Rxdescr
Need your inputs here.
Regards
Oracle User
Edited by: oracle user on Apr 16, 2012 7:40 AM

Answer 1

try
select user_mane, user_id,
       extractvalue(xmltype(xml_data), '/Folder/folderName') || ' ' || extractvalue(xmltype(xml_data), '/Folder/folderDescription') xml_data
from test_data
where existsnode(xmltype(xml_data), '/Folder') = 1
union all
select user_mane, user_id,
       extractvalue(xmltype(xml_data), '/Employee/firstName') || ' ' || extractvalue(xmltype(xml_data), '/Employee/lastName') xml_data
from test_data
where existsnode(xmltype(xml_data), '/Employee') = 1
USER_MANE                      USER_ID                XML_DATA
XYZ                            19                     Rx Rxdescr
ABC                            19                     Kavita Khandhadiabut i think no good store xml(s) with different structures and as varchar in one table