XML DOM Error in 8i. Please see.

Question

Hi,
I am executing a SQL Script which has the xmldom.importNode()function.
It compiles fully in 9I but when I run this on 8I,
I get the error:
Errors for FUNCTION MERGE_XML:
LINE/COL ERROR
28/12    PL/SQL: Statement ignored
28/25    PLS-00302: component 'IMPORTNODE' must be declaredDoes 8I has a problem whilst executing the script?
Do I need to install a patch in 8I?
Can some one please help me?
THE SQL script is as follows:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION merge_xml(xmlTheirs IN OUT CLOB,
                                     xmlOurs   IN OUT CLOB
RETURN clob
AS
dom1  xmldom.DOMDocument;
dom2  xmldom.DOMDocument;
p     xmlparser.Parser;
n     xmldom.DOMNode;
nn    xmldom.DOMNode;
t_lob CLOB;
BEGIN
       p := xmlparser.newParser;
       xmlparser.parseClob(p   => p,
                           doc => xmlTheirs);
       dom1 := xmlparser.getDocument(p => p);
       xmlparser.parseClob(p   => p,
                           doc => xmlOurs);
       dom2 := xmlparser.getDocument(p => p);
       xmlparser.freeParser(p => p);
       n := xmldom.getFirstChild(n => xmldom.makeNode(xmldom.getDocumentElement(doc => dom2)));
       WHILE (NOT xmldom.isNull(n))
       LOOP
           nn := xmldom.importNode(n       => dom1,
                                   srcNode => n,
                                   deep    => TRUE);
           nn := xmldom.appendChild(xmldom.makeNode(xmldom.getDocumentElement(doc => dom1)),
                                    nn);
           n  := xmldom.getNextSibling(n => n);
       END LOOP;
       dbms_lob.createtemporary(lob_loc => t_lob,
                                cache   => TRUE);
       xmldom.writeToClob(dom1,
                          t_lob);
       xmldom.freeDocument(doc => dom1);
       xmldom.freeDocument(doc => dom2);
       xmldom.freeDocument(doc => dom2);
       RETURN(t_lob);
END;

Answer 1

iamabeefcake wrote:
So I had to restore my computer to factory settings. Before I did that I read that I can save my thousands of itunes song ratings by creating a smart playlist for each rating and exporting them to xml.
No need to export anything.
Song ratings (and all other data) is saved in the iTunes library.itl file in the iTunes folder. Some of the data is also saved in the iTune slibrary.xml file.
Did you by chance simply save the entire /Music/iTunes/ folder?
If so, quit iTunes, copy it back to /Music/ then open iTunes.
Your iTunes library will be exactly as it was before you erased & reinstalled.