Oracle Database 10g XML & SQL: Design, Build, & Manage XML Applications in Java, C, C++, & PL/SQL
by Mark Scardina, Ben Chang, Jinyu Wang
CHAPTER 9Storing XML Data
In Oracle Database 10g, you have a number of choices for storing XML data. You can shred the XML documents and store the data in one or more relational tables, put them intact in CLOB XMLTypes, or register an XML schema and store them in an XML Schema–based XMLType with object-relational storage. If there is no requirement for updating the XML content, you can also store the XML documents externally by creating External Tables.
This chapter gives an overview of the XML storage options available in Oracle Database 10g and shows you various examples of how to use the technologies. You will also learn how to use the Oracle utilities including the SQL*Loader and XML SQL Utility (XSU) to load XML documents into either XMLType ...
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