Writing to XML files need help

Question

Guys,
I need to pull out data from the database and write it to multiple flat files in XML.
I can't do it on the database server using utl_file, I need to do it on the client.
Can you tell me the best way to achieve it.
I am giving you a sample plsql that we have built.
I have to create one file for each deptno.
Your values suggestions/inputs would be appreciated.
Dhiren
declare
queryCtx dbms_xmlquery.ctxType;
cursor c1 is select * from dept;
result clob;
begin
for c1rec in c1
loop
queryCtx := DBMS_XMLquery.newContext('select .... from emp where deptno = c1.deptno');
result := DBMS_XMLquery.getXML(queryctx);
DBMS_XMLquery.closecontext(queryctx);
end loop;
end;

Answer 1

use the above pl/sql to generate xml.
next step would be to create a folder on the xmldb repository.
this has to be done with SYS user.
DECLARE
l_success      BOOLEAN := FALSE;
l_resourceURL  resource_view.any_path%TYPE := '/public/scott';
BEGIN
IF (NOT DBMS_XDB.EXISTSRESOURCE(l_resourceURL)) THEN
     l_success := DBMS_XDB.CREATEFOLDER(l_resourceURL);
     COMMIT;
END IF;
END;
/so now you have your folder as /public/scott under which you can create resources.
resources in XMLDB is nothing but files.
so the generated xml can be saved as xml file under the above path.
to create a resource, you need xmldata and the resource name.
eg.
dbms_xdb.createresource('/public/scott/myxml.xml', l_xml_data);
commit;
now you can ftp the resource to the client,
open <server name> 2100
user scott tiger
get /public/scott/myxml.xml c:\temp\myxml.xml
close
bye
that's it.
good luck.
check the port of the ftp . normally by default it is 2100 unless it is changed by your admin,