XMLTable and strange results

I seem to be getting strange or at least unexpected results from the result of a PL SQL Query that uses XMLTable() in Oracle 11g1.
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CREATE TABLE EPBNI_XML_TEST
(<blockquote>RRN VARCHAR(24) PRIMARY KEY,
ClipID VARCHAR2(27),
Lodgement XMLType</blockquote>)
XMLTYPE COLUMN Lodgement
STORE AS OBJECT RELATIONAL
ELEMENT "ConditionReportCreateRequest_1.xsd#ConditionReportCreateRequest_1";
Each XML Document stored in the XMLTYPE Column Lodgement is a little bit like this (simplified) -
&lt;ConditionReportCreateRequest_1&gt;
<blockquote>
&lt;Content&gt;<blockquote>&lt;X-Report&gt;<blockquote>&lt;Report-Header&gt;<blockquote>&lt;RRN&gt;123&lt;/RRN&gt;
&lt;Report-Type&gt;type A&lt;/Report-Type&gt;
&lt;Status&gt;status A&lt;/Status&gt;</blockquote>&lt;/Report-Header&gt;</blockquote>&lt;/X-Report&gt;</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote>&lt;Y-Report&gt;</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote>&lt;Report-Header&gt;</blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote>&lt;RRN&gt;321&lt;/RRN&gt;
&lt;Report-Type&gt;type B&lt;/Report-Type&gt;
&lt;Status&gt;status B&lt;/Status&gt;</blockquote>&lt;/Report-Header&gt;</blockquote>&lt;/Y-Report&gt;</blockquote>&lt;/Content&gt;</blockquote>&lt;/ConditionReportCreateRequest_1&gt;
Each Lodgement can have one or more reports in the XML document. What I am trying to acheive is getting a single list of the RRN, Report-Type and Status of every report, e.g.
RRN Report-Type Status
123 type A status A
321 type B status B
112 type A status A
113 type C status A
etc... etc....
My PL SQL and XQuery looks a bit like this -
SELECT xtab.RRN, xtab.ReportType, xtab.ReportStatus from
EPBNI_XML_TEST,
XMLTable('<blockquote>for $reportHeader in /ConditionReportCreateRequest_1/Content/child::element()/Report-Header return
&lt;report&gt;
          $reportHeader/RRN,
$reportHeader/Report-Type,
$reportHeader/Status
&lt;/report&gt;</blockquote>'
PASSING LODGEMENT
COLUMNS
RRN VARCHAR2(24) PATH 'RRN',
ReportType VARCHAR2(1) PATH 'Report-Type',
ReportStatus VARCHAR2(10) PATH 'Status'
) xtab;
The problem is though that I seem to get only 1 result for each row of the table. I.e. if I have 9,000 rows in the EPBNI_XML_TEST table I only get 9,000 results. However I need one result for each report in each lodgement, probably closer to 18,000 results. Also all 9,000 results are the same - which I dont understand - i.e. all 9,000 are -
RRN Report-Type Status
123 type A status A
123 type A status A
123 type A status A
(upto 9000 identical result rows...)
What am I doing wrong or mis-understanding here?
Thanks Adam.
Edited by: adamretter on Oct 29, 2008 2:39 PM

try this
SELECT xtab.RRN, xtab.ReportType, xtab.ReportStatus from
EPBNI_XML_TEST,
,xmltable('/ConditionReportCreateRequest_1/Content/*/Report-Header'
passing LODGEMENT
columns
rrn varchar2(24) path 'RRN/text()'
,reporttype varchar2(10) path 'Report-Type/text()'
,status varchar2(10) path 'Status/text()') xtab;**not tested**

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