I have to store a variable of xmltype into a clob column. I am using getclobval() function to convert the xml into clob. However, the data gets stored as a string in the clob and the formatting is lost. Is there any way I can preserve xml format while converting xmltype to clob?
select xmlelement(info,xmlelement(name,'Sankalp'),xmlelement(surname,'Patil')) into xml1 from dual;
dbms_output.put_line(xml1.getClobval);
Output:
<INFO><NAME>Sankalp</NAME><SURNAME>Patil</SURNAME></INFO>
I want output as:
<INFO>
<NAME>Sankalp</NAME>
<SURNAME>Patil</SURNAME>
</INFO>