Update xmltype type column : UPDATEXML « XML « Oracle PL/SQL Tutorial

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2. XML
3. UPDATEXML

SQL> create table myTable of xmltype;

Table created.

SQL>
SQL> insert into myTable values(XMLTYPE('
  2    <customer>
  3     <name>name value</name>
  4    </customer>'))
  5  /

1 row created.

SQL>
SQL> select * from myTable;



SYS_NC_ROWINFO$
------------------------------------------------------

  <customer>
   <name>name value</name>
  </customer>

1 row selected.

SQL>
SQL> update myTable c
  2  set value(c) = updateXML(value(c), '/customer/name/text()','new value')
  3  /

1 row updated.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> drop table myTable;

Table dropped.

SQL>