XML file import in table

Question

Hello,
I am working on oracle 10g on aix .
I am trying to import a xml file in to table.
but at the first column it is giveing error , any idea where is the issue .. ?
sqlldr CONTROL=xml_insert.ctl, LOG=sample.log, BAD=baz.bad, DATA=newxml.xml
USERID=test/test123
Table
desc XML_insert
ID NOT NULL NUMBER(9)
NBR NOT NULL VARCHAR2(10 CHAR)
WHSE VARCHAR2(3 CHAR)
CO VARCHAR2(10 CHAR))
Control file
OPTIONS (errors=1000000)
LOAD DATA
CHARACTERSET UTF8
APPEND
INTO TABLE XML_insert
FIELDS TERMINATED BY X'9'
TRAILING NULLCOLS
ID "decode(:ID,null,0,'',0,:ID)",
NBR,
WHSE,
CO,
DIV)
Xml file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <PickticketBridge xmlns:bac="http://chain.sso.com/Order-2" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.3" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="Bridge_2_3_1.xsd">
- <Pickticket>
<Company>001</Company>
<Division>001</Division>
<PktCtlNbr>C38938607</PktCtlNbr>
<Warehouse>AVE</Warehouse>
<PktNbr />
log file
Record 89: Rejected - Error on table XML_insert, column ID.
ORA-01722: invalid number
Record 90: Rejected - Error on table XML_insert, column ID.
ORA-01722: invalid number
Record 91: Rejected - Error on table XML_insert, column ID.
ORA-01722: invalid number
Record 92: Rejected - Error on table XML_insert, column ID.
ORA-01722: invalid number
Record 93: Rejected - Error on table XML_insert, column ID.
ORA-01722: invalid number
Record 94: Rejected - Error on table XML_insert, column ID.
ORA-01722: invalid number

Answer 1

All answers are here : XML DB Developer&apos;s Guide
There's a specific forum for related discussions too : {forum:id=34}
SQL*Loader is not an XML parser.
You have to first load the entire file in a database table, preferably in an XMLType column, then access the data relationally with dedicated XML functions.
Here's an example that shows how to do both operations at the same time (but for performance sake, not recommended on large files) :
create directory test_dir as '/tmp/xml';
SQL> select x.*
  2  from xmltable(
  3        '/PickticketBridge/Pickticket'
  4        passing xmltype(bfilename('TEST_DIR','newxml.xml'), nls_charset_id('AL32UTF8'))
  5        columns Company   varchar2(10) path 'Company'
  6              , Division  varchar2(10) path 'Division'
  7              , PktCtlNbr varchar2(10) path 'PktCtlNbr'
  8              , Warehouse varchar2(3)  path 'Warehouse'
  9       ) x
10  ;
COMPANY    DIVISION   PKTCTLNBR  WAREHOUSE
001        001        C38938607  AVE