SQL & PL/SQL

Hi folks,

this is my Oracle Version :-(

BANNER
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Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.8.0 - 64bit Production
PL/SQL Release 9.2.0.8.0 - Production
CORE    9.2.0.8.0       Production
TNS for IBM/AIX RISC System/6000: Version 9.2.0.8.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 9.2.0.8.0 - Production

If I have an XML document like

<ROWSET>
 <ROW>
  <TEXT>abc &#38;lt;def&#38;gt;</TEXT>
 </ROW>
</ROWSET>

I can retrieve the text element like

SQL>SELECT XMLType('<ROWSET><ROW><TEXT>abc &lt;def&gt;</TEXT></ROW></ROWSET>').extract('/ROWSET/ROW/TEXT/text()').getStringVal() AS x FROM DUAL;

X
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abc &#38;lt;def&#38;gt;

but I need it like

X
--------------------------------------------------
abc <def>

Please help!
Urs