How to train programmers in Oracle XML technology

Question

Hi. I'm part of a team of clinical data programmers. We're taking on new responsibilities for loading and manipulating XML data in Oracle (specifically clinical and electronic medical record data). We don't have a lot of history with XML, XQuery, or Oracle XML services.

What specific suggestions would you have for training our team? Our goal is to understand the available technologies so that we can work with the Oracle DBAs to develop new projects, and to have a foundation to develop more specific skills.

Is there an Oracle University course that you liked? A textbook that was helpful to you? An on-site training session you'd recommend? A user group that could provide insight? Any ideas are appreciated.

Answer 1

There is a course on XML Fundamentals from Oracle University that may want to attend. If you enroll a batch, you can get a discount.

Cheers

KB

Answer 2

There's a paper by Ken Atkins on "Getting XML Data into and out of Oracle" which he's presented at some ODTUG conferences, most recently the 2009 OPP. I provided links in this message . Detailed and useful. Marco Gralike also has a lot of useful information on Oracle XML on his blog.