What is Oracle Xmltype?

XMLType is a system-defined opaque type for handling XML data. It as predefined member functions on it to extract XML nodes and fragments. You can create columns of XMLType and insert XML documents into it.

How do I view SYS Xmltype in SQL Developer?

To access the SYS. XMLTYPE ‘type’, you will need to access the ‘Complex’ datatype list and navigate to the ‘SYS’ schema. You can then set any of the XML specific options. You can read the nitty-gritty details on XMLTYPE here.

What is XMLType datatype?

The XML data type is used for Extensible Markup Language (XML) documents. The XML data type is used: To store XML documents that conform to the SQL/XML definition of a well-formed XML(DOCUMENT(ANY)) value. Transiently for XML(SEQUENCE) values, that might not be well-formed XML(DOCUMENT(ANY)) values.

Where Bfile data will be stored?

BFILE is an Oracle proprietary data type that provides read-only access to data located outside the database tablespaces on tertiary storage devices, such as hard disks, network mounted files systems, CD-ROMs, PhotoCDs, and DVDs. BFILE data is not under transaction control and is not stored by database backups.

What is Xmltype datatype?

What is Db2 XML?

pureXML overview — Db2 as an XML database. The pureXML® feature allows you to store well-formed XML documents in database table columns that have the XML data type. By storing XML data in XML columns, the data is kept in its native hierarchical form, rather than stored as text or mapped to a different data model.

What is the Bfile used for?

A BFILE is a data type used to store a locator (link) to an external binary file (file stored outside of the database). The maximum size for such file can be up to 4 GB (operating system specific). From an Oracle perspective, BFILEs are read-only and cannot be replicated to another system.

What is Bfile data type in Oracle?

What is XMLAgg?

XMLAgg is an aggregate function. It takes a collection of XML fragments and returns an aggregated XML document. Any arguments that return null are dropped from the result. XMLAgg is similar to SYS_XMLAgg except that XMLAgg returns a collection of nodes but it does not accept formatting using the XMLFormat object.