SQL> CREATE TABLE myTable 2 (id NUMBER PRIMARY KEY 3 ,doc XMLType NOT NULL) 4 XMLTYPE doc STORE AS CLOB 5 / Table created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> update myTable 2 set doc = updateXml( doc,'message[greeting="Hi"]/body/text()', 'test again') 3 / 0 rows updated. SQL> SQL> drop table myTable; Table dropped. SQL>