\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{Jianmin Feng (taotao)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (oracle-xml-support.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (Jianmin Feng (taotao)) /Subject (Oracle XML support Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{1A5E0C} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F7F9F7} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{Oracle XML support Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{Jianmin Feng (taotao)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/79308/cs/19476/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Jianmin Feng (taotao) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/taotao} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Not Yet Published.\\ Updated 1st May, 2020.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.8 cm} p{0.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Why Oracle XML}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 0 (+ 0) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4.96 cm} x{3.04 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{XML}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Extensible Markup Language & User defined tags \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{tags associated w/ the storage of data} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} xml:Nothing but the presentation of data & HTML:present of web page \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{syntax} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\textless{}?xml version="1.0" encoding="ETF-8"?\textgreater{}} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{tags: \textless{}Product\textgreater{} .... \textless{}/Product\textgreater{}} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{tags: case sensitive, attribute,val is not require} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} free tool: html-kit & tag align, indent etc \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.76 cm} x{4.24 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Oracle XML DB}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} stand database feature & native support by XMLType \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} XMLPath and XQuery & XML\textless{}-\textgreater{}relational data \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{File repository} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{XMLType limitations} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} performance Hit & used only when required \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{new API and design} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.04 cm} x{4.96 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Relational data -\textgreater{} XML}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} XMLELEMNT & get one XMLType instance \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{XMLType.getcolbval} & char format of xmltype data \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} XMLAttributes & set attribute \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} XMLForest & deal with col \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} XMLAgg & deal wit row \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{XMLElent(XMLForest)} & get parent tag for group of col \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} XMLPi & xml processing instruction \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} XMLCommnet & add comment line \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{DBMS\_XMLGen}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{-{}-avoid complex syntax of using XML function to create xml doc \newline -{}- create object view:simplify sql \newline CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW VIEW\_NAME OF OBJECT\_TYPE WITH OBJECT IDENTIFIER (COLUMN(s)) as SELECT \newline -{}-using dbms\_xmlgen to generate file and save \newline -{}-directory: pre-defined \& ALL CAPS \newline out\_file utl\_file.file\_type; \newline out\_file := utl\_file.fopen ('MY\_XML\_FILES','file.xml','W'); \newline \newline QueryContext dbms\_xmlgen.ctxhandle; \newline QueryContext := dbms\_xmlgen.newcontext ('sql\_query'); \newline \newline dbms\_xmlgen.setrowsettag (QueryContext, 'xxx'); \newline dbms\_xmlgen.setrowtag (QueryContext, 'xxx'); \newline \newline my\_clob := \seqsplit{dbms\_xmlgen.getxml(QueryContext);} \newline \newline -{}-write that XML to our external file \newline utl\_file.put (out\_file, my\_clob); \newline \newline utl\_file.fclose (out\_file); \newline dbms\_xmlgen.closecontext(QueryContext);} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{5.28 cm} x{2.72 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{xml -{}-\textgreater{} relational table}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} external.xml file & xmltype col type \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{get external file into col: xmltype(bfilename('DIR",'fname.xml")} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Query xml col} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} extract(xml\_doc,'Path') & return xml \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} extract(xml\_doc,'Path/text()') & return value only \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} existnode(xml\_doc,'path').getdtringval & same as text() \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 0) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} existsnode(xml\_doc, 'path') & if exists =1, else 0 \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} dot notation & nested element \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{[}i{]} to access array element} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{to avoid access violation error(11g): \newline select XMLSERIALIZE (CONTENT xmldocument AS CLOB INDENT SIZE = 2) from xmldocuments} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{XML\_TABLE}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{VARIABLE v\_job VARCHAR2(10); \newline EXEC :v\_job := 'CLERK'; \newline \newline SELECT xt.{\emph{ \newline FROM xml\_tab x, \newline XMLTABLE('/employees/employee{[}job=\$job{]}' \newline PASSING x.xml\_data, :v\_job AS "job" \newline COLUMNS \newline empno VARCHAR2(4) PATH 'empno', \newline ename VARCHAR2(10) PATH 'ename', \newline job VARCHAR2(9) PATH 'job', \newline hiredate VARCHAR2(11) PATH 'hiredate, \newline id VARCHAR2(10) PATH '@id',' \newline ) xt; \newline -{}- :v\_job AS "job" \newline -{}-The variable must be aliases using AS and double quoted to make sure the name and case matches that of the variable in the XPath expression. \newline \newline -{}- \newline SELECT x.xml\_data.getClobVal() \newline FROM xml\_tab x; \newline \newline -{}-nested XML\_table \newline SELECT xt.}} \newline FROM xml\_tab x, \newline \seqsplit{XMLTABLE('/departments/department'} \newline PASSING x.xml\_data \newline COLUMNS \newline deptno VARCHAR2(4) PATH 'dept\_no', \newline \seqsplit{XMLTABLE('/employees/employee'} \newline PASSING dd.employees \newline COLUMNS \newline empno varchar2(4) PATH 'emp\_no', \newline ename varchar2(4) PATH 'emp\_name' \newline ) \newline ) xt \newline \newline -{}-form xmltype in variable \newline PASSING xmltype(v\_varchar2) \newline PASSING v\_xml} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.04 cm} x{3.8 cm} p{0.76 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{XDB}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Resource\_view}}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} res & xmltype & \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} any\_path & varchar2 & \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} resid & raw & \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Path\_view}}} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} path & varchar2 & \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} res & xmltype & \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 1) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} link & xmltype & \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 1) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} resid & raw & \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{xml function}}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}