Question

In Oracle, you can use the XMLElement() function to create an element, as in:

XMLElement('name', 'John') 

But how to create an element in a specific namespace? For instance, how to create the following element:

<my:name xmlns:my='http://www.example.com/my'>John</my:name> 

Answer 1

Instead of XMLElement() use:

XMLType('<my:name xmlns:my='http://www.example.com/my'>John</my:name>') 

Yes, it is that simple.