Individual fields from the XMLTYPE'd column may be found using the EXTRACTVALUE function like this: : XMLTYPE « XML « Oracle PL/SQL Tutorial

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2. XML
3. XMLTYPE

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SQL> --EXTRACTVALUE is an Oracle function that uses an XPath expression,
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SQL> CREATE TABLE testxml (id NUMBER(3), dt SYS.XMLTYPE);

Table created.

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SQL> INSERT INTO testxml VALUES(111,
  2  sys.xmltype.createxml(
  3  '<?xml version="1.0"?>
  4  <customer>
  5  <name>Joe Smith</name>
  6  <title>Mathematician</title>
  7  </customer>'))
  8  /

1 row created.

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SQL> SET LONG 2000
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SQL> SELECT *
  2  FROM testxml
  3  /

ID      DT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
111     <?xml version="1.0"?><customer><name>Joe Smith</name><title>Mathematician</title></customer>


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SQL> select EXTRACTVALUE(t.dt,'//customer/name') from testxml t;

EXTRACTVALUE(T.DT,'//CUSTOMER/NAME')
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Joe Smith

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SQL> drop table testxml;

Table dropped.

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