XQUERY / XMLTABLE Syntax to read and XML from a Windows local drive?

Question

Hi,
Would someone post an example of the syntax to read a text file containing XML from the local Windows disk drive using xquery/xmltable syntax?
Thanks,
Victor

Answer 1

Does the following help...
SQL> conn test/test
Connected.
SQL> -- The test user has the DBA role...
SQL> select * from v$version;
BANNER
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.1.0.6.0 - Production
PL/SQL Release 11.1.0.6.0 - Production
CORE    11.1.0.6.0      Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 11.1.0.6.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 11.1.0.6.0 - Production
5 rows selected.
/* The content of the data.xml file.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ROOT>
  <ID>0</ID>
  <INFO>
    <INFO_ID>0</INFO_ID>
    <INFO_CONTENT>Text</INFO_CONTENT>
  </INFO>
</ROOT>
SQL> drop directory  xmlstore;
Directory dropped.
SQL> -- the directory is on a Windows system...
SQL> create directory xmlstore as 'E:\temp';
Directory created.
SQL> create table test
  2  (xmldata xmltype);
Table created.
SQL> INSERT into test
  2  VALUES
  3  (XMLTYPE(bfilename('XMLSTORE','data.xml'),NLS_CHARSET_ID('AL32UTF8')));
1 row created.
SQL> set long 100000000
SQL> select * from test;
XMLDATA
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ROOT>
  <ID>0</ID>
  <INFO>
    <INFO_ID>0</INFO_ID>
    <INFO_CONTENT>Text</INFO_CONTENT>
  </INFO>
</ROOT>
1 row selected.
SQL> select XMLTYPE('<ROOT><ID>0</ID><INFO><INFO_ID>0</INFO_ID><INFO_CONTENT>Text</INFO_CONTENT></INFO></ROOT>') as "XDATA"
  2  from dual;
XDATA
<ROOT><ID>0</ID><INFO><INFO_ID>0</INFO_ID><INFO_CONTENT>Text</INFO_CONTENT></INFO></ROOT>
1 row selected.
SQL> select XMLTYPE(bfilename('XMLSTORE','data.xml'),NLS_CHARSET_ID('AL32UTF8')) as "XDATA"
  2  from dual;
ERROR:
ORA-21500: internal error code, arguments: [%s], [%s], [%s], [%s], [%s], [%s], [%s], [%s]
no rows selected
SQL> select extract((XMLTYPE(bfilename('XMLSTORE','data.xml'),NLS_CHARSET_ID('AL32UTF8'))),'*') as "XDATA"
  2  from dual;
XDATA
<ROOT><ID>0</ID><INFO><INFO_ID>0</INFO_ID><INFO_CONTENT>Text</INFO_CONTENT></INFO></ROOT>
1 row selected.
SQL> select xdata
  2  from (XMLTABLE('*'
  3                 PASSING (XMLTYPE(bfilename('XMLSTORE','data.xml'),NLS_CHARSET_ID('AL32UTF8')))
  4                 COLUMNS xdata xmltype PATH '/*'
  5                )
  6       )
  7  ;
XDATA
<ROOT><ID>0</ID><INFO><INFO_ID>0</INFO_ID><INFO_CONTENT>Text</INFO_CONTENT></INFO></ROOT>
1 row selected.