Use XMLTYPE views in BIP

Question

Hi,
is it possible to use a xml view in BIP?
suppose i have the following view:
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW DEPT_EMP_XML
OF SYS.XMLTYPE
WITH OBJECT IDENTIFIER (extract(object_value, '/departments/department/@id').getnumberval())
AS
select sys_xmlagg (xmlelement ("department"
, xmlattributes (department_id as "id")
, xmlagg (xmlelement ("employee"
, xmlforest (last_name as "last_name"
, first_name as "first_name"
, email as "email"
, xmlformat ('departments')
) xml
from (select d.department_id
, d.department_name
, e.last_name
, e.first_name
, e.email
from departments d, employees e
where d.department_id = e.department_id)
group by department_id
order by department_id
when i make a query in BIP like
select     DEPT_EMP_XML.SYS_NC_ROWINFO$ as emp
from     HR.DEPT_EMP_XML DEPT_EMP_XML
then i get only this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <ROWSET>
- <ROW>
<EMP />
</ROW>
</ROWSET>
is there a way to use this kind of views in BIP?
thx

Answer 1

Hi Arnaud
You just need to make a small addition to hte query:
select DEPT_EMP_XML.SYS_NC_ROWINFO$.getClobVal() as emp
Regards
Tim