XML Publisher CLOBS Help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Question

Can someone please help ..
I am trying to display a clob field that contains just random text but when i run my xml definition on concurrant manager xdodtexe the field is displayed as blank,
Does anyone know how i can display this clob field on my report template or is there a way to display it through my xml template using some kind of function... in the sql
I am just selecting 4 Clob fields from a oracle table.
xml publisher 5
Oracle Apps 11
Cheers
Sharky

Answer 1

Yeah simple select in xml definition file as below - Im getting a error when using getclobval()
Error Not an object or Ref - Code Ora-22806
Any Ideas
-- start of code
<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'UTF-8'?>
<dataTemplate name="VAC_ADVERTISED" version="1.0">
<parameters/>
<dataQuery>
<sqlStatement name="Q1">
<![CDATA[SELECT   iv.vacancy_name,
pv.attribute_category vacancy_type,
         iv.professional_area,
         iv.number_of_openings,
         iv.grade_name,
         TO_CHAR (pra.date_start, 'DD-MON-RRRR') VACANCY_START_DATE,
         TO_CHAR (pra.date_end, 'DD-MON-RRRR') VACANCY_END_DATE,
         ipcv.job_title, ipcv.org_name,
         hra.derived_locale LOCATION,
         hl.meaning route_area_teri,
         hl2.meaning grade_band,
         iv.recruiter_name,
         iv.manager_name
        , ipcv.org_description.getClobval() DEP_DESC
        , ipcv.brief_description.getClobval() BRF_DESC
        ,ipcv.detailed_description.getClobval() DET_DESC
         ,ipcv.additional_details.getClobval() HTAI
    FROM ircfv_vacancies iv,
         per_vacancies pv,
         per_positions pp,
         per_position_definitions ppd,
         per_jobs pj,
         per_job_definitions pjd,
         per_recruitment_activity_for praf,
         per_recruitment_activities pra,
         irc_all_recruiting_sites iars,
         irc_posting_contents_vl ipcv,
         per_recruitment_activity_for praf_ext,
         per_recruitment_activities pra_ext,
         irc_all_recruiting_sites iars_ext,
         irc_search_criteria isc,
         hr_lookups hl,
         hr_lookups hl2,
         hr_lookups hl3,
         hr_locations_all hra
   WHERE iv.vacancy_status = 'Approved'
     AND pp.position_id(+) = iv.position_id
     AND ppd.position_definition_id(+) = pp.position_definition_id
     AND pj.job_id(+) = iv.job_id
     AND pjd.job_definition_id(+) = pj.job_id
     AND praf.vacancy_id = iv.vacancy_id
     AND praf.recruitment_activity_id = pra.recruitment_activity_id
     AND pra.recruiting_site_id = iars.recruiting_site_id
     AND pra.posting_content_id = ipcv.posting_content_id
     AND iars.internal = 'Y'
     AND praf_ext.vacancy_id = iv.vacancy_id
     AND praf_ext.recruitment_activity_id = pra_ext.recruitment_activity_id
     AND pra_ext.recruiting_site_id = iars_ext.recruiting_site_id
     AND iars_ext.EXTERNAL = 'Y'
     AND iv.vacancy_id = isc.object_id(+)
     AND isc.object_type(+) = 'VACANCY'
     AND isc.attribute1 = hl.lookup_code(+)
     AND hl.lookup_type(+) = 'NR_RECRUIT_AREAS'
     AND iv.vacancy_id = isc.object_id(+)
     AND isc.object_type(+) = 'VACANCY'
     AND isc.attribute2 = hl2.lookup_code(+)
     AND hl2.lookup_type(+) = 'NR_RECRUIT_GRADE_BAND'
     AND isc.object_type(+) = 'VACANCY'
     AND isc.attribute3 = hl3.lookup_code(+)
     AND hl3.lookup_type(+) = 'NR_RECRUIT_JOB_TYPE'
     AND pv.vacancy_id(+) = iv.vacancy_id
     AND iars.site_name = 'iRecruitment Internal Site'
     AND iars_ext.site_name = 'iRecruitment External Site'
     AND pv.location_id = hra.location_id
and  trunc(PRA.date_start) between trunc(sysdate,'IW') and TRUNC(SYSDATE)]]>
</sqlStatement>
</dataQuery>
<dataStructure>
<group name="VACANCY_INFO" source = "Q1">
<element name="VACANCY_NAME" value ="VACANCY_NAME"/>
<element name="PROFESSIONAL_AREA" value ="PROFESSIONAL_AREA"/>
<element name="ORG_NAME" value ="ORG_NAME"/>
<element name="LOCATION" value ="LOCATION"/>
<element name="RECRUITER_NAME" value ="RECRUITER_NAME"/>
<element name="MANAGER_NAME" value ="MANAGER_NAME"/>
<element name="DEP_DESC" value ="DEP_DESC"/>
<element name="BRF_DESC" value ="BRF_DESC"/>
<element name="DET_DESC" value ="DET_DESC"/>
<element name="HTAI" value ="HTAI"/>
</group>
</dataStructure>
</dataTemplate>
-- end of xml file