Use the EXTRACT function and the following XPath:/emps/emp/interests/interest/
SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE myTable(
2 id NUMBER PRIMARY KEY,
3 emps XMLType NOT NULL
4 );
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO myTable VALUES (1, xmltype('<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"
?>
2 <emps>
3 <emp>
4 <interests>
5 <interest>i1</interest>
6 <interest>i2</interest>
7 <interest>i3</interest>
8 </interests>
9 </emp>
10 </emps>')
11 );
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> select extract(emps,'/emps/emp/interests/interest/text()')
2 from myTable;
EXTRACT(EMPS,'/EMPS/EMP/INTERESTS/INTEREST/TEXT()')
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i1i2i3
1 row selected.
SQL>
SQL> drop table myTable;
Table dropped.
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