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how to extract xmltype table/column nodes using xpath axis in Oracle 11g xmldb

Asked by: wxII

hi all,

i've currently using oracle 11g db to store the customer's hierarchical data, i've created an xmltype table referring to a schema that i created myself. my aim is to be able to extract the xml nodes and attributes value.

+be able to extract a list of xmltype node elements along with attributes with xpath axes. "ancestor","descendants",get single node element.

would it be possible to just give me a very simple sample code just to do the task mentioned above?

from what i read from oracle, there are few function which i find it very awkard to use. extract(), extractvalue() and existsnode().

perhaps given example,

<country>
      <sponsornode id="1" name="johnny">
            <sponsornode id="2" name="sam">
                  <sponsornode id="3" name="mandy">
                            <sponsornode id="4" name="ken"/>
                  </sponsornode>
                   <sponsornode id="5" name="snake"/>
            </sponsornode>
     </sponsornode>
</country>

the example above is assumed that the sponsornode is nested unlimited.
how do i find all the parent nodes of sponsornode id = "5" in oracle xpath extract statement?

please i need the advise on how to do this, some of the example given from oracle developer doesn't return result. that worries me.

Regards,
Wesley

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2008-09-25 at 04:19:58ID23761994
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Answers

 

by: sujith80Posted on 2008-09-25 at 07:45:15ID: 22569737

This should get you the tag:

select extract(<column name> , '//sponsornode[@id="5"]')
from <your table name>;

 

by: wxIIPosted on 2008-09-25 at 08:36:20ID: 22570450

hi sujith80,

thanks for the feedback, however, how about extracting all the parent node of @id="5" and getting the descendants of @id="3" ?

thanks for your time.

wesley

 

by: sdstuberPosted on 2008-09-25 at 10:52:25ID: 22572102

assuming "xml" is your xmltype column

here is how to get the parent node of the sponsornode with id=5


select column_value from yourtable x, table(xmlsequence(extract(x.xml,'//sponsornode[@id="5"]/..')))


 

by: sdstuberPosted on 2008-09-25 at 10:54:21ID: 22572120

and, to find the children of id 3

select * from yourtable x, table(xmlsequence(extract(x.xml,'//sponsornode[@id="3"]/*')))

 

by: wxIIPosted on 2008-09-25 at 17:32:49ID: 22575319

hi there,

i've tried "select column_value from yourtable x, table(xmlsequence(extract(x.xml,'//sponsornode[@id="5"]/..')))" as you recommended, but it return node with id "2,3,4 and 5". node id 5 is under node 2 and node 2 is in turn under node 1. shouldn't it return node 2 and 1?

as to find the child
"select * from yourtable x, table(xmlsequence(extract(x.xml,'//sponsornode[@id="3"]/*')))"

it return all the results as below:

<country>
  <sponsornode id="1">
    <sponsornode id="2">
      <sponsornode id="3">
        <sponsornode id="4"/>
      </sponsornode>
      <sponsornode id="5"/>
    </sponsornode>
  </sponsornode>
</country>
ids
<sponsornode id="4"/>


based on the structure, it should only return node id 4.

i'm confused.

wesley

 

by: sdstuberPosted on 2008-09-25 at 20:28:35ID: 22576394

//sponsornode[@id="5"]/..   should only return node 2 and from my testing it does.

node 2 contains 3 and 5, and 3 contains 4, so when node 2 is returned you get the whole thing.
It should not return 1 though

If you want just a piece of 2 , which piece do you want?


for //sponsornode[@id="3"]/*

I only get node 4 in my testing...

here are my test cases....

if you get something different then we probably have different setups,  please post your test cases




with yourtable as (select xmltype(
'<country>
      <sponsornode id="1" name="johnny">
            <sponsornode id="2" name="sam">
                  <sponsornode id="3" name="mandy">
                            <sponsornode id="4" name="ken"/>
                  </sponsornode>
                   <sponsornode id="5" name="snake"/>
            </sponsornode>
     </sponsornode>
</country>') xml from dual)
select column_value from yourtable x, table(xmlsequence(extract(x.xml,'//sponsornode[@id="5"]/..')))
 
 
 
with yourtable as (select xmltype(
'<country>
      <sponsornode id="1" name="johnny">
            <sponsornode id="2" name="sam">
                  <sponsornode id="3" name="mandy">
                            <sponsornode id="4" name="ken"/>
                  </sponsornode>
                   <sponsornode id="5" name="snake"/>
            </sponsornode>
     </sponsornode>
</country>') xml from dual)
select column_value from yourtable x, table(xmlsequence(extract(x.xml,'//sponsornode[@id="3"]/*')))
                                              
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by: wxIIPosted on 2008-09-25 at 21:32:09ID: 22576605

hi sdstuber,

i think i got a misconception here,  you are right.

<"so when node 2 is returned you get the whole thing.">

+ my aim is actually to get all the ancestors: given the case previously

   to get the ancestor of id="5", what i had in mind was to be able to get the following result

    1.<sponsornode id="1" name="johnny"/>
    2.<sponsornode id="2" name="sam"/>

    for those node even under id=2, i don't need it.

  <" If you want just a piece of 2 , which piece do you want?">
   can i just get the all the attributes within it?
(eg.)
like ancestor of id=5, i get id=1 and 2, thus be able to have this information.

    id=1, name = johnny
    id=2, name = sam

(eg.)
for descendant of id=3, information would be.

    id=4, name=ken

hope to hear from your advise, thanks

regards,
wesley
 

 

by: wxIIPosted on 2008-09-29 at 20:21:51ID: 31500077

hi there,

thanks for the solution anyway, at least that clear my mind of particular problem. thanks much

 

by: sdstuberPosted on 2008-09-30 at 09:22:53ID: 22606918

glad I could help, sorry I couldn't get back to you sooner

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