XSL and Oracle Objects

Question

I am creating a stylesheet to transform an XML document into the proper format to put it in an Oracle table. However, the table was created using several objects. How do I reference the tags for those in the the stylesheet so that they will insert properly?
For instance I have the following types:
create type EPOCHDTG_TY as object
(EpochYear NUMBER(4)
EpochJDay NUMBER(3),
EpochDayMonth VARCHAR2(6),
EpochTime DATE);
create type HEADER_TY as object
(MessageDTG EPOCHDTG_TY,
MessageVersion VARCHAR2(4),
Sourcecenter VARCHAR2(4),
RTE VARCHAR2(4));
I'm guessing the tag for the EpochYear would be <Header.MessageDTG.EpochYear>. Is this correct?
BTW, I've ordered your Oracle & XML book, Steve. Can't wait for it to get here as I'm sure it'll be a big help.
Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

The easiest way to know what the right format is for insert is to select a single row of data out of the table using the XML SQL Utility (or XSQL Page, which uses XSU under the covers) with a page like:
<xsql:query max-rows="1" connection="demo" xmlns:xsql="urn:oracle-xsql">
select * from yourtable
</xsql:query>
This will give you straight away the "canonical" format that the insert is expecting to see.