How to parse the XML document using PL/SQL and insert the data into Table

DBMS_XMLPARSER
Using DBMS_XMLPARSER, you can access the contents and structure of XML documents.
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Functions and Procedures of DBMS_XMLPARSER
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/appdev.920/a96612/d_xmlpa2.htm#1003539

Hi thanks for ur quick help. when i started using the code in the above link i am getting the following error. can you help in resloving this???
Error Number: -22288
Error Message:ORA-22288: file or LOB operation FILEOPEN failed
The system cannot find the file specified.

have you created directory
CREATE DIRECTORY xml_dir AS 'c:\';

have you granted access to user where you want perform this task, for example scott
GRANT READ ON DIRECTORY xml_dir TO <user-name>;

and have placed the file at c:\

I did that one also..
i created directory using SYS and i gave access to my current user.
after that i created the table and copied the procedure from the link which u have mentioned.
then also same issue.

the following are the step which i did
Step 1: lgged into SYS user and executed the following scripts
drop directory xml_dir;
create directory XML_DIR as 'c:\';
GRANT READ ON DIRECTORY xml_dir TO eval2;

Step2: Looged of from SYS and logged into my user i.e. eval2

Step 3: Created emp table
CREATE TABLE EMP (
  EMPNO     NUMBER(4),
  ENAME     VARCHAR2(10),
  JOB       VARCHAR2(9),
  MGR       NUMBER(4),
  HIREDATE  DATE,
  SAL       NUMBER(7, 2),
  COMM      NUMBER(7, 2),
  DEPTNO   NUMBER(2));

Step4: Copied the procedure and executed. The following is the proc FYI

DECLARE
  l_bfile   BFILE;
  l_clob    CLOB;
  l_parser  dbms_xmlparser.Parser;
  l_doc     dbms_xmldom.DOMDocument;
  l_nl      dbms_xmldom.DOMNodeList;
  l_n       dbms_xmldom.DOMNode;
  l_temp    VARCHAR2(1000);

  TYPE tab_type IS TABLE OF emp%ROWTYPE;
  t_tab  tab_type := tab_type();
BEGIN

  dbms_output.put_line('START parse: ');

  l_bfile := BFileName('XML_DIR', 'emp.xml');
  dbms_lob.createtemporary(l_clob, cache=>FALSE);
  dbms_lob.open(l_bfile, dbms_lob.lob_readonly);
  dbms_lob.loadFromFile(dest_lob => l_clob,
                        src_lob  => l_bfile,
                        amount   => dbms_lob.getLength(l_bfile));
  dbms_lob.close(l_bfile);
  dbms_output.put_line('CLOSE parse: ');

  -- make sure implicit date conversions are performed correctly
  dbms_session.set_nls('NLS_DATE_FORMAT','''DD-MON-YYYY''');

  -- Create a parser.
  l_parser := dbms_xmlparser.newParser;

  -- Parse the document and create a new DOM document.
  dbms_xmlparser.parseClob(l_parser, l_clob);
  l_doc := dbms_xmlparser.getDocument(l_parser);

  -- Free resources associated with the CLOB and Parser now they are no longer needed.
  dbms_lob.freetemporary(l_clob);
  dbms_xmlparser.freeParser(l_parser);

  -- Get a list of all the EMP nodes in the document using the XPATH syntax.
  l_nl := dbms_xslprocessor.selectNodes(dbms_xmldom.makeNode(l_doc),'/EMPLOYEES/EMP');

  -- Loop through the list and create a new record in a tble collection
  -- for each EMP record.
  FOR cur_emp IN 0 .. dbms_xmldom.getLength(l_nl) - 1 LOOP
    l_n := dbms_xmldom.item(l_nl, cur_emp);

    t_tab.extend;

    -- Use XPATH syntax to assign values to he elements of the collection.
    dbms_xslprocessor.valueOf(l_n,'EMPNO/text()',t_tab(t_tab.last).empno);
    dbms_xslprocessor.valueOf(l_n,'ENAME/text()',t_tab(t_tab.last).ename);
    dbms_xslprocessor.valueOf(l_n,'JOB/text()',t_tab(t_tab.last).job);
    dbms_xslprocessor.valueOf(l_n,'MGR/text()',t_tab(t_tab.last).mgr);
    dbms_xslprocessor.valueOf(l_n,'HIREDATE/text()',t_tab(t_tab.last).hiredate);
    dbms_xslprocessor.valueOf(l_n,'SAL/text()',t_tab(t_tab.last).sal);
    dbms_xslprocessor.valueOf(l_n,'COMM/text()',t_tab(t_tab.last).comm);
    dbms_xslprocessor.valueOf(l_n,'DEPTNO/text()',t_tab(t_tab.last).deptno);
  END LOOP;

  -- Insert data into the real EMP table from the table collection.
  -- Form better performance multiple collections should be used to allow
  -- bulk binding using the FORALL construct but this would make the code
  -- too long-winded for this example.
  FOR cur_emp IN t_tab.first .. t_tab.last LOOP
    INSERT INTO emp
    (empno,
     ename,
     job,
     mgr,
     hiredate,
     sal,
     comm,
     deptno)
    VALUES
    (t_tab(cur_emp).empno,
     t_tab(cur_emp).ename,
     t_tab(cur_emp).job,
     t_tab(cur_emp).mgr,
     t_tab(cur_emp).hiredate,
     t_tab(cur_emp).sal,
     t_tab(cur_emp).comm,
     t_tab(cur_emp).deptno);
  END LOOP;

  COMMIT;

  -- Free any resources associated with the document now it
  -- is no longer needed.
  dbms_xmldom.freeDocument(l_doc);

EXCEPTION
  WHEN OTHERS THEN
        --err_num := SQLCODE;
    --err_msg := SUBSTR(SQLERRM, 1, 100);
        dbms_output.put_line('Error Number: '||SQLCODE || 'Error Message:' || SUBSTR(SQLERRM, 1, 100));
    dbms_lob.freetemporary(l_clob);
    dbms_xmlparser.freeParser(l_parser);
    dbms_xmldom.freeDocument(l_doc);

END;
/

 

Step 5: copied the emp.xml in c:\ location

can you post your xml document?  It may be more efficient to extract the contents other ways.

hi
i found the solution. it is working fine now. thanks for your help.
--Suresh

hi thanks for spending the time in giving the solution to my probelm. it is working fine.