Try SELECT XMLELEMENT("Document").getStringVal() FROM [EMAIL PROTECTED] where rownum<10;
If your XML is larger than 4000 characters you may want to try SELECT XMLELEMENT("Document").getClobVal() FROM [EMAIL PROTECTED] where rownum<10; -----Original Message----- From: Renick, Garrel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 10:33 AM To: user@ant.apache.org Subject: Oracle, SQL Task, and XML I'm trying to get an XML result set from an Oracle 9i server using ANT's SQL task with the Oracle JDBC Thin Driver. I can successfully connect to the database and issue standard SQL through the ANT SQL task and get the expected result set. However, if I issue SELECT statements with Oracle's XML-related functions, the output file for the results contains values that do not match those returned by Oracle's SQLPlus command line interpreter. I'm not an Oracle guy, so any insight into what my problem may be would be appreciated. Here's my query: SELECT XMLELEMENT("Document") FROM [EMAIL PROTECTED] where rownum<10; Oracle's SQLPlus returns these results: XMLELEMENT("DOCUMENT") ------------------------------- <Document></Document> <Document></Document> <Document></Document> <Document></Document> <Document></Document> <Document></Document> <Document></Document> <Document></Document> <Document></Document> 9 rows selected. The same query from ANT's SQL task returns this: XMLELEMENT("DOCUMENT") null null null null null null null null null 0 rows affected --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]