Setting Two Row Tags issue using DBMS_XMLGEN.setrowtag ?

Question

Hi All,
     Am generating a xml using DBMS_XMLGEN.
     I want to generate a XML in the following format
     <MAIN>
     <PACK = 1>
     <EMP DETAILS>
          Some data goes here     
     <EMP DETAILS>     
<PACK = 2>
     <EMP DETAILS>
               Some data goes here
     <EMP DETAILS>     
               Some data goes here
     <EMP DETAILS>
               Some data goes here
<PACK = 3>
     <EMP DETAILS>
               Some data goes here
     <EMP DETAILS>     
               Some data goes here               
     <EMP DETAILS>
     <MAIN>
     Am able to set the only the following
     DBMS_XMLGEN.setrowsettag('xmlhandle','MAIN');
     DBMS_XMLGEN.setrowtag('xmlhandle','EMP DETAILS');
     But the problem is setting another row tag <PACK>
     Is it possible to set another rowtag ?
     Please any inputs on this will be really helpful?

Answer 1

I don't think you can set two different row tags in dbms_xmlgen. I'm also not sure about the "= 1", "= 2", etc. strings in your PACK tags. Perhaps I'm missing something but that doesn't look like legal XML.
Here's an approach that may help anyway though ...
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
set echo on
set long 10000
set longchunksize 10000
set pagesize 100
create or replace type emp_details as object
( empno integer, ename varchar2(10) )
Type created.
create or replace function getxmldata return clob
is
  mysql dbms_xmlgen.ctxHandle ;
  v_result clob ;
begin
  mysql :=
    dbms_xmlgen.newContext
      'select emp_details( empno, ename ) as emp_details
      from emp where deptno = 10'
  dbms_xmlgen.setrowsettag(mysql,'MAIN');
  dbms_xmlgen.setrowtag(mysql,'PACK');
  v_result := dbms_xmlgen.getXML(mysql) ;
  dbms_xmlgen.closeContext( mysql );
  return( v_result );
end;
Function created.
show errors
No errors.
select getxmldata from dual ;
GETXMLDATA
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<MAIN>
<PACK>
  <EMP_DETAILS>
   <EMPNO>7782</EMPNO>
   <ENAME>CLARK</ENAME>
  </EMP_DETAILS>
</PACK>
<PACK>
  <EMP_DETAILS>
   <EMPNO>7839</EMPNO>
   <ENAME>KING</ENAME>
  </EMP_DETAILS>
</PACK>
<PACK>
  <EMP_DETAILS>
   <EMPNO>7934</EMPNO>
   <ENAME>MILLER</ENAME>
  </EMP_DETAILS>
</PACK>
</MAIN>
1 row selected.
drop function getxmldata ;
Function dropped.
drop type emp_details ;
Type dropped.--
Joe Fuda
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