使用Oracle XML DB将属性添加到与XPATH表达式匹配的所有节点

时间:2016-02-13 01:53:53

标签: oracle xpath oracle-xml-db

我无法找到解决此任务的方法:我的目标是将游标传递给PL / SQL过程并将结果作为XMLType获取。函数dbms_xmlgen.getxmltype()使这项任务变得简单

<ROWSET>
 <ROW>
  <FIRST_NAME>John</FIRST_NAME>
  <LAST_NAME>Goodman</LAST_NAME>
  <HIRE_DATE>22-JUN-2011</HIRE_DATE>
 </ROW>
</ROWSET>

现在我想将游标列数据类型作为属性添加到每个相应的XML元素。

<ROWSET>
 <ROW>
  <FIRST_NAME type="VARCHAR2">John</FIRST_NAME>
  <LAST_NAME type="VARCHAR2">Goodman</LAST_NAME>
  <HIRE_DATE type="DATE">22-JUN-2011</HIRE_DATE>
 </ROW>
</ROWSET>

这可以使用动态SQL来完成,因此我可以编写一个PL / SQL函数来获取一个关联数组,将每列映射到相应的数据类型。

假设我有上述的associativa数组和XMLType,我如何使用XPATH表达式应用一组转换,例如

-- pseudocode ;)
func(myXMLType, '//FIRST_NAME', ?add attribute to the matching node?)

任何其他完成工作的方法都没问题

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:1)

您可以将元数据信息转换为自己的XML表示形式,然后使用XPath找到匹配的条目:

select *
from xmltable('for $i in $x/ROWSET return (element {"ROWSET"} {
  for $j in $i/ROW
    return (element {"ROW"} {
      for $k in $j/*
        return (element {$k/name()} {
          attribute type { $m/metadata/column[@name=$k/name()]/@type },
          $k/text()
      } )
    } )
  } )'
  passing generated_xml as "x", metadata_xml as "m"
  columns result xmltype path '.');

每个ROWSET(当然只有一个)生成一个新的ROWSET元素;然后每个ROW下生成一个新的ROW元素;然后,每个模式下生成一个具有相同名称和值的新节点,但该名称还用于查找元数据中的匹配条目并提取其类型属性,并将其用作此节点的属性。

一个有效的例子:

create or replace function cursor_to_xml(p_cursor sys_refcursor) return xmltype is
  l_cursor sys_refcursor;
  l_ctx dbms_xmlgen.ctxhandle;
  l_xmltype xmltype;
  l_cursor_num pls_integer;
  l_col_cnt pls_integer;
  l_desc_tab dbms_sql.desc_tab2;
  l_metadata varchar2(32767);
  l_result xmltype;
begin
  -- get generated XMl as shown in the question
  l_cursor := p_cursor;
  l_ctx := dbms_xmlgen.newcontext(querystring => l_cursor);
  l_xmltype := dbms_xmlgen.getxmltype(ctx => l_ctx);
  dbms_xmlgen.closecontext(ctx => l_ctx);

  -- use DBMS_SQL to get the data types
  l_cursor_num := dbms_sql.to_cursor_number(rc => l_cursor);
  dbms_sql.describe_columns2(c => l_cursor_num, col_cnt => l_col_cnt,
    desc_t => l_desc_tab);
  dbms_sql.close_cursor(l_cursor_num);

  -- manually create an XML version of the column name/data type mappings
  -- which could be extended easily to include length/scale/precision/etc.
  l_metadata := '<metadata>';
  for i in 1..l_desc_tab.count loop
      l_metadata := l_metadata || '<column name="' || l_desc_tab(i).col_name ||
        '" type="' || case l_desc_tab(i).col_type
          when 1 then 'VARCHAR2'
          when 2 then 'NUMBER'
          when 12 then 'DATE'
          -- ...
          end
        || '"/>';
  end loop;
  l_metadata := l_metadata || '</metadata>';

  -- use XMLTable with an XPath that deconstructs and reconstructs the
  -- generated XML to add an attribute with the type; this is passed two
  -- XML objects, referred to internally as $x and $m
  -- xmlserialize() formats the result with indentation; xmltype then just
  -- gets it back to that type - you may not need either really
  select xmltype(xmlserialize(document result as varchar2(4000) indent))
  into l_result
  from xmltable('for $i in $x/ROWSET return (element {"ROWSET"} {
    for $j in $i/ROW
      return (element {"ROW"} {
        for $k in $j/*
          return (element {$k/name()} {
            attribute type { $m/metadata/column[@name=$k/name()]/@type },
            $k/text()
        } )
      } )
    } )'
    passing l_xmltype as "x", xmltype(l_metadata) as "m"
    columns result xmltype path '.');

  return l_result;
end cursor_to_xml;
/

然后是一个生成游标的块 - 类似于您的示例,但只有两行才能检查它是否有效 - 然后调用该函数来获取修改后的XML:

set serveroutput on;
declare
  l_cursor sys_refcursor;
begin
  open l_cursor for
    select cast('John' as varchar2(10)) as first_name,
      cast('Goodman' as varchar2(10)) as last_name,
      date '2011-06-22' as hire_date
    from dual
    union all
    select cast('Rhea' as varchar2(10)) as first_name,
      cast('Perlman' as varchar2(10)) as last_name,
      date '2012-07-23' as hire_date
    from dual;

  dbms_output.put_line(cursor_to_xml(l_cursor).getstringval);
end;
/

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

<ROWSET>
  <ROW>
    <FIRST_NAME type="VARCHAR2">John</FIRST_NAME>
    <LAST_NAME type="VARCHAR2">Goodman</LAST_NAME>
    <HIRE_DATE type="DATE">22-JUN-11</HIRE_DATE>
  </ROW>
  <ROW>
    <FIRST_NAME type="VARCHAR2">Rhea</FIRST_NAME>
    <LAST_NAME type="VARCHAR2">Perlman</LAST_NAME>
    <HIRE_DATE type="DATE">23-JUL-12</HIRE_DATE>
  </ROW>
</ROWSET>

当然,您可能希望在CASE中定义more data types