Remove text which is inside xml tags

Hi there,
I want to remove the text which is inside the xml tags
i.e SELECT '<XXX>Pune</XXX><ZZZ>MH</ZZZ>' FROM DUAL should return PuneMH
Thanks
VIvek
Edited by: Vivek P on Oct 7, 2008 8:35 AM

thanks...
problem is there is no root.. such is data is stored in varchar2 field..
can it is possible through regulare expression?
select regexp_replace('<XXX>Pune</XXX><ZZZ>MH</ZZZ>','\<.*\>') from dual; something like this... i am not good in regular expression :(
Thanks
Vivek
Edited by: Vivek P on Oct 7, 2008 8:52 AM
Edited by: Vivek P on Oct 7, 2008 8:55 AM

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