SELECT XMLQuery('for $i in /Videogame return $i/Type'
passing by value X
RETURNING CONTENT)
FROM (SELECT XMLTYPE('<Videogame><Type>Racing</Type><Name>NFS Most Wanted</Name><Version>2.0</Version><Size>5.5 GB</Size></Videogame>') as X FROM dual) a;

select a.workflowcode,b.displayname
from
(select a.workflowcode, XMLQuery('for $i in /Workflow/Activitieswhere $i /ApproveActivity/ParticipateMethod = "Serial" and $i/ApproveActivity/ParticipateType="MultiParticipants"return $i/ApproveActivity'passing by value contentxRETURNING CONTENT) XMLData
from(select a.workflowcode,a.content as contentxfrom(SELECT a.*,Row_Number() OVER (partition by a.BizObjectSchemacode ORDER BY a.workflowversion desc) versionNumb FROM OT_WorkflowTemplatePublished a)  a
where a.versionNumb=1) a
) a
left outer join Ot_Functionnode b on a.workflowcode=b.Code
where a.XMLData is not null

CREATE TABLE person_data (
person_id   NUMBER(3),
person_data XMLTYPE);

INSERT INTO person_data
(person_id, person_data)
VALUES
(1, XMLTYPE('<PDRecord><PDName>Daniel Morgan</PDName><PDDOB>12/1/1951</PDDOB><PDEmail>damorgan@u.washington.edu</PDEmail></PDRecord>')
);INSERT INTO person_data
(person_id, person_data)
VALUES
(2, XMLTYPE('<PDRecord><PDName>Jack Cline</PDName><PDDOB>5/17/1949</PDDOB><PDEmail>damorgan@u.washington.edu</PDEmail></PDRecord>')
);INSERT INTO person_data
(person_id, person_data)
VALUES
(3, XMLTYPE('<PDRecord><PDName>Caleb Small</PDName><PDDOB>1/1/1960</PDDOB><PDEmail>damorgan@u.washington.edu</PDEmail></PDRecord>')
);COMMIT;SELECT * FROM person_data;

SELECT person_id, XMLQuery(
'for $i in /PDRecordwhere $i /PDName = "Daniel Morgan"order by $i/PDNamereturn $i/PDName'
passing by value person_data
RETURNING CONTENT) XMLData
FROM person_data;SELECT person_id, XMLQuery (
'for $i in /PDRecordwhere $i /PDName eq "Daniel Morgan"order by $i/PDNamereturn $i/PDName'
passing by value person_data
RETURNING CONTENT) XMLData
FROM person_data;

SELECT person_id, XMLQuery (
'for $i in /PDRecordwhere $i /PDName > "Daniel Morgan"order by $i/PDNamereturn $i/PDName'
passing by value person_data
RETURNING CONTENT) XMLData
FROM person_data;SELECT person_id, XMLQuery (
'for $i in /PDRecordwhere $i /PDName gt "Daniel Morgan"order by $i/PDNamereturn $i/PDName'
passing by value person_data
RETURNING CONTENT) XMLData
FROM person_data;

SELECT person_id, XMLQuery (
'for $i in /PDRecordwhere $i /PDName >= "Daniel Morgan"order by $i/PDNamereturn $i/PDName'
passing by value person_data
RETURNING CONTENT) XMLData
FROM person_data;SELECT person_id, XMLQuery (
'for $i in /PDRecordwhere $i /PDName ge "Daniel Morgan"order by $i/PDNamereturn $i/PDName'
passing by value person_data
RETURNING CONTENT) XMLData
FROM person_data;

SELECT person_id, XMLQuery (
'for $i in /PDRecordwhere $i /PDName < "Daniel Morgan"order by $i/PDNamereturn $i/PDName'
passing by value person_data
RETURNING CONTENT) XMLData
FROM person_data;SELECT person_id, XMLQuery (
'for $i in /PDRecordwhere $i /PDName lt "Daniel Morgan"order by $i/PDNamereturn $i/PDName'
passing by value person_data
RETURNING CONTENT) XMLData
FROM person_data;

SELECT person_id, XMLQuery (
'for $i in /PDRecordwhere $i /PDName >= "Daniel Morgan"order by $i/PDNamereturn $i/PDName'
passing by value person_data
RETURNING CONTENT) XMLData
FROM person_data;SELECT person_id, XMLQuery (
'for $i in /PDRecordwhere $i /PDName le "Daniel Morgan"order by $i/PDNamereturn $i/PDName'
passing by value person_data
RETURNING CONTENT) XMLData
FROM person_data;

SELECT person_id, XMLQuery (
'for $i in /PDRecordwhere $i /PDName != "Daniel Morgan"order by $i/PDNamereturn $i/PDName'
passing by value person_data
RETURNING CONTENT) XMLData
FROM person_data;SELECT person_id, XMLQuery (
'for $i in /PDRecordwhere $i /PDName ne "Daniel Morgan"order by $i/PDNamereturn $i/PDName'
passing by value person_data
RETURNING CONTENT) XMLData
FROM person_data;