Xml extract assign to varchar2

Question

How do i assign the xml Extract to a varchar2.. its throwing me error, is it possible or an alternative method to do this.
ST_Name1 varchar2(120);
ST_Name1:= xml_st.EXTRACT ('ST/Name1/text()').getstringval ();Thanks

Answer 1

its throwing me errorit would also help to mention what kind of error you get!
In general it would work:
SQL> declare
   ST_Name1 varchar2 (120);
   xml_st   xmltype := xmltype ('<ST><Name1>SomeName</Name1></ST>');
begin
   ST_Name1 := xml_st.extract ('ST/Name1/text()').getstringval ();
   dbms_output.put_line(ST_Name1);
end;
SomeName
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.