I'm not meaning to be rude or presumptious here, but wouldn't a straightforward couple of relational tables be more appropriate for your order/suborder structure? On 7/13/05, Michael McMullen <ganstadba@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 9.2.0.5 <http://9.2.0.5> > > Any one know how to figure out how many nodes there might be in an xmltype > column > > ex > xmltype column will have > order > suborder > suborder > suborder > could be one or more suborders - theoretically no limit > order > > I need to find a way to know how many suborders there might be in order to > generate a select using extract to display it for users. > > thanks > > Mike > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com