SQL> CREATE TABLE myTable 2 (myID NUMBER PRIMARY KEY, 3 myValue XMLTYPE ) 4 XMLTYPE myValue STORE AS CLOB 5 / Table created. SQL> SQL> SQL> select extract(myValue, '/ROWSET/ROW/TABLE_T/COL_LIST/COL_LIST_ITEM/NAME') 2 from myTable 3 where extractvalue(myValue, '/ROWSET/ROW/TABLE_T/SCHEMA_OBJ/NAME') = 'T'; no rows selected SQL> SQL> SQL> drop table myTable; Table dropped. SQL>