Name
XMLType.getClobVal — This function returns the serialization of the current node like XPATH function 'serialize()', i.e. a text in XML syntax.
Synopsis
XMLType.getClobVal
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Description
This function returns the serialization of the current node. This is similar to the XPATH function 'serialize()', i.e. a text in XML syntax.
Return Types
The function returns wide string.
Examples
Example 24.549. A table with an XMLType column
This populates a table with XML data and then selects string representation of 'ename' element from the appropriate record.
create table TEST_XMLS (I integer primary key, XMLVAL XMLType); insert into TEST_XMLS values (1, XMLType('<emp><empno>221</empno><ename>John</ename></emp>')); insert into TEST_XMLS values (2, XMLType('<po><pono>331</pono><poname>PO_1</poname></po>')); insert into TEST_XMLS values (3, XMLType('<oil-rig xml:id="14a_02" water="0.413"/><oil-rig xml:id="14b_02" water="0.402"/>')); select e.XMLVAL.extract ('//ename').getCLobVal() as ENAME from TEST_XMLS as e where e.XMLVAL.existsNode('/emp/empno') ENAME NVARCHAR _______________________________________________________________________________ <ename>John</ename> 1 Rows. -- 00000 msec.