To extract the value of a tag from an XML-like string in PL/SQL

To extract the value of a tag from the given XML-like string in PL/SQL, you can use the EXTRACTVALUE function or XMLTABLE for XML processing.

Example Using EXTRACTVALUE

DECLARE
    xml_data CLOB := '<Status>200</Status><Message>Success</Message>';
    l_message VARCHAR2(50);
BEGIN
    -- Extract the FunctionalReferenceID value
    l_message := EXTRACTVALUE(XMLTYPE('<root>' || xml_data || '</root>'), '/root/Message');
    
    -- Print the value
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('FunctionalReferenceID: ' || l_message);
END;

Example Using XMLTABLE

DECLARE
    xml_data CLOB := '<Status>200</Status><Message>Success</Message>';
    l_message VARCHAR2(50);
BEGIN
    -- Use XMLTABLE to extract the Message
    SELECT value
    INTO l_message
    FROM XMLTABLE(
        '/root/Message'
        PASSING XMLTYPE('<root>' || xml_data || '</root>')
        COLUMNS value VARCHAR2(50) PATH '.'
    );

    -- Print the value
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Message: ' || l_message);
END;

EXTRACTVALUE, XMLTABLE

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