Name
XMLType.XMLType
Synopsis
constructor method XMLType.XMLType ( |
in src any , |
in schema_uri any , | |
in validated any , | |
in wellformed any
) ; |
Description
The method creates an XMLType instance from src
XML entity. If parameter
src
is not an XML entity
then it is converted to it via internal call of xtree_doc()
or xml_tree_doc()
. A schema may be associated with
an XML entity by passing its URI as schema_uri
; this schema can be used
later to validate the structure of the document.
Parameters
src
An XML entity or a value that can be converted to an XML entity.
schema_uri
An URI of the schema of the document. The default is NULL to make result non-schema based.
validated
An integer flag that indicates if the document is already validated against the schema of the document (this is to avoid redundant validations). The default is 0.
wellformed
This parameter is unused and is listed solely for compatibility.
Return Types
The method returns a new instance of XMLType.
Examples
Example24.543.Simple Use
create table XMLTYPE_TEST (I integer primary key, XMLVAL long xml) Done. -- 00000 msec. insert into XMLTYPE_TEST values (1, XMLType('<emp><empno>221</empno><ename>John</ename></emp>')) Done. -- 00000 msec. insert into XMLTYPE_TEST values (2, XMLType('<po><pono>331</pono><poname>PO_1</poname></po>')) Done. -- 00000 msec. select e.XMLVAL.extract ('//empno/text()').getNumVal() as EMPNO from XMLTYPE_TEST as e where e.XMLVAL.existsNode('/emp/empno') = 1 EMPNO DECIMAL _______________________________________________________________________________ 221 1 Rows. -- 00000 msec.