left join ... on 1=1
select a.test
from demotable b
left join XMLTable
(
'//test'
passing xmltype(b.xmlTagColumn)
columns
test varchar(10) path '.'
) a
on 1=1
;
Демо
create table demotable (id int,xmlTagColumn varchar2(100));
insert into demotable (id,xmlTagColumn) values (1,'<X><test>123</test></X>');
insert into demotable (id,xmlTagColumn) values (2,'<Y><test>456</test></Y>');
insert into demotable (id,xmlTagColumn) values (3,'<Z><prod>123</prod></Z>');
select b.id
,a.test
from demotable b
left join XMLTable
(
'//test'
passing xmltype(b.xmlTagColumn)
columns
test varchar(10) path '.'
) a
on 1=1
;
+----+--------+
| ID | TEST |
+----+--------+
| 1 | 123 |
+----+--------+
| 2 | 456 |
+----+--------+
| 3 | (null) |
+----+--------+