Name
XMLType.getStringVal — The function returns the string-value of the current node like XPATH function 'string()'.
Synopsis
XMLType.getStringVal
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Description
The function returns the string-value of the current node. This is similar to the XPATH function 'string()'.
Return Types
The member function returns wide string.
Examples
Example 24.554. A table with an XMLType column
This populates a table with XML data and then selects the string-value of an '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_06" water="0.413"/><oil-rig
xml:id="14b_06" water="0.402"/>'));
select e.XMLVAL.extract ('//ename').getStringVal() as ENAME
from TEST_XMLS as e
where e.XMLVAL.existsNode('/emp/empno')
ENAME
NVARCHAR
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John
1 Rows. -- 00000 msec.