Yes, simple example: >> select * 2 from 3 xmltable( 4 '/XxxsSum/xxxSum' 5 passing 6 xmltype(' 7 <XxxsSum> 8 <xxxSum><A>a1</A><B>b1</B>...</xxxSum> 9 <xxxSum><A>a2</A><B>b2</B>...</xxxSum> 10 </XxxsSum>' 11 ) 12 columns 13 a varchar2(30) path 'A' 14 ,b varchar2(30) path 'B' 15 ); A B ------------------------------ ------------------------------ a1 b1 a2 b2 2 rows selected. On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Schauss, Peter (ESS) <peter.schauss@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Sayan, > > Thanks. That worked like a charm. > > I would like to write queries against the table showing xml fields as though > they were database columns. Is there an easy way to do that? > > -Peter Schauss > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sayan Malakshinov [mailto:xt.and.r@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 4:55 PM > To: Schauss, Peter (ESS) > Subject: EXT :Re: Inserting xml data into an XMLTYPE table > > insert into <mytable> > select * > from xmltable('/XxxsSum/xxxSum' > passing xmltype(bfilename('XML_FILES','myfile.xml', > nls_charset_id('AL32UTF8')) > ) > > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:45 PM, Schauss, Peter (ESS) > <peter.schauss@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> I have an xml file which has the format: >> >> <XxxsSum> >> <xxxSum> >> <A>...</A><B>...</B>... >> </xxxSum> >> <xxxSum> >> <A>...</A><B>...</B>... >> </xxxSum> >> ... >> </xxxsSum> >> >> I have defined an XML_FILES directory and created a table (create table >> mytable of xmltype; ). >> >> If I use a statement like >> Insert into <mytable> values >> (xmltype(bfilename('XML_FILES','myfile.xml', >> nls_charset_id('AL32UTF8'))); >> >> it goes in as a single row. How can I load this into a table so that each >> of the <xxxSum>...</xxxSum> blocks is in a separate row? >> >> Thanks, >> Peter Schauss >> -- >> //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l >> >> > > > -- > Best regards, > Sayan Malakshinov > Senior perfomance tuning engineer -- Best regards, Sayan Malakshinov Senior oracle developer PromSvayzBank -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l