Store XML on Oracle and perform search

Hi,
I need to be able to store 10,000 XML documents in Oracle so
I can performance attribute search against these documents
Is Oracle 8i a must? Is relational tables the way to go?
What would a good way to store XML document and retrieve them.
We are currently storing them as BLOB, where we can't do
preform searching functionality.
Many Thanks.
Kevin
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Oracle XML Team wrote:
: Kevin Lu (guest) wrote:
: : Hi,
: : I need to be able to store 10,000 XML documents in Oracle so
: : I can performance attribute search against these documents
: : Is Oracle 8i a must? Is relational tables the way to go?
: : What would a good way to store XML document and retrieve
them.
: : We are currently storing them as BLOB, where we can't do
: : preform searching functionality.
: : Many Thanks.
: : Kevin
: 8i is the way to go but interMedia's support of XML attribute
: searching is not in the current release but has been announced
: for 8.1.6.
I posted this as a follow-up a previous query but, I need to
accomplish the same. That is store XML data in CLOB but search
(and select rows) based on XML element or attribute values of the
XML documents in the CLOB column. Where can I learn more about
the InterMedia search. Thanks again.
Prasad
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My question
===========
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Geoff Ingram (guest) wrote:
: My question
: ===========
: exactly what steps do you need follow to take an XML doc,
store
: it, and query based on a tag value.
: The 8i Intermedia text option Reference refers to
: XLM_SECTION_GROUP feature. However, no examples are given.
There
: is no user guide.
: I searched Oracle's website and found one reference to
: XML_SECTION_GROUP. The example given is a single row insert
into
: a CLOB column with a single pair of tags.
: This whitepaper gives an example of an XML doc, and a query on
: it:
: XML Support in Oracle8i and Beyond
: November 9, 1998
: It doesn't list the steps in between storing the doc and
quering
: it. This is crucial to the whole thing: does XML_SECTION_GROUP
: allow all nested tags below the top level to be sectioned and
: indexed implicitly? Or do you need to tell Oracle about all
the
: tags you are interested in, in which case what value is added
by
: the XLM_SECTION_GROUP?
: Does Oracle have some better examples on this?
: Below is text cut and pasted from the whitepaper.
: -----------x---------
: Figure 5: InsuranceClaim Mixes Structured Data and Text
: <?xml version="1.0"?>
: <InsuranceClaim>
: <ClaimID>12345</ClaimID>
: <LossCategory>7</LossCategory>
: <Settlements>
: <Payment>
: <Payee>Borden Real Estate</Payee>
: <Date>12-OCT-1998</Date>
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: <Approver>JCOX</Approver>
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: </Settlements>
: <DamageReport>
: A massive <Cause>Fire</Cause> ravaged the building
: and
: <Casualties>12</Casualties> people were killed.
: Early
: FBI reports indicate that <Motive>arson</Motive> is
: suspected.
: </DamageReport>
: </InsuranceClaim>
: Once instances of iFS file types (including XML-based ones)
are
: stored in the database, their
: content can be searched using standard SQL queries, and
these
: files can be organized, browsed,
: and versioned using familiar tools like the Windows
Explorer.
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: directory of InsuranceClaim files sheFs recently worked on
in
: the field, while an
: InsuranceClaim-processing application developer can work
with
: the information in the
: InsuranceClaim in any way he needs to.
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blobs"
: in the database can be
: enabled for indexing by Oracle8i InterMediaFs ConText
: text-search engine. ConText has been
: enhanced for Oracle8i to allow developers to pinpoint their
: searches to a particular section of a
: document, where sections are implicitly defined by the XML
tags
: in the document (fragment).
: Since ConText is seamlessly integrated into the database and
: the SQL language, developers can
: use SQL to perform queries that involve both structured data
: and indexed document fragments.
: For example, Figure 6 shows the SQL statement you would
write
: to search one million
: Insurance Claims in your database to answer the
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: much money has Jim Cox
: approved to date in settlement payments for arson-related
fire
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: 0
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url = new URL(path);
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I reset my custom workspace and all seems to be well now. My keywords now show, the number of photos each applies to and I can again search.
Thank you.

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Thanks
Doug

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http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14117_01/text.101/b10729/toc.htm
begin example.
-- The following needs to be executed
-- as sys.
DROP DIRECTORY docs_dir;
CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY docs_dir
AS 'C:\sql\oracle_text\documents';
GRANT READ ON DIRECTORY docs_dir TO text;
-- End sys ran SQL
DROP TABLE db_docs CASCADE CONSTRAINTS PURGE;
CREATE TABLE db_docs (
id NUMBER,
format VARCHAR2(10),
location VARCHAR2(50),
document BLOB,
CONSTRAINT i_db_docs_p PRIMARY KEY(id)
-- Several notes need to be made about this anonymous block.
-- First the 'DOCS_DIR' parameter is a directory object name.
-- This directory object name must be in upper case.
DECLARE
f_lob BFILE;
b_lob BLOB;
document_name VARCHAR2(50);
BEGIN
document_name := 'externaltables.doc';
INSERT INTO db_docs
VALUES (1, 'binary', 'C:\sql\oracle_text\documents\externaltables.doc', empty_blob())
RETURN document INTO b_lob;
f_lob := BFILENAME('DOCS_DIR', document_name);
DBMS_LOB.FILEOPEN(f_lob, DBMS_LOB.FILE_READONLY);
DBMS_LOB.LOADFROMFILE(b_lob, f_lob, DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(f_lob));
DBMS_LOB.FILECLOSE(f_lob);
COMMIT;
END;
-- build the index
-- Note that this index differs than the file system stored file
-- in that paramter datastore is ctxsys.defautl_datastore and not
-- ctxsys.file_datastore. FILE_DATASTORE is for documents that
-- exist on the file system. DEFAULT_DATASTORE is for documents
-- that are stored in the column.
create index db_docs_ctx on db_docs(document)
indextype is ctxsys.context
parameters (
'datastore ctxsys.default_datastore
filter ctxsys.inso_filter
format column format');
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FROM db_docs
WHERE CONTAINS(document, 'Jenkinson', 1) > 0;
--search for something that is known to be in the document.
SELECT SCORE(1), id, location
FROM db_docs
WHERE CONTAINS(document, 'Albright', 1) > 0;

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