Format

SDO_OLS.MakeOpenLSRequest(
     request  IN XMLTYPE 
     ) RETURN XMLTYPE;

Description

Submits an OpenLS request using an XMLType object, and returns the result as an XMLType object.

Parameters

request

OpenLS request in the form of an XMLType object.

Usage Notes

To specify the input request as a CLOB and to return a CLOB, use the SDO_OLS.MakeOpenLSClobRequest function.

For information about OpenLS support, see OpenLS Support.

Examples

The following example requests the nearest business, in a specified category (that is, with specified SIC_code value), to a specified location (longitude: -122.4083257, latitude: 37.788208).

SELECT SDO_OLS.makeOpenLSRequest(XMLTYPE(
'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<XLS xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/xls" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" 
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="1.1">
 <RequestHeader clientName="someName" clientPassword="password"/>
 <Request requestID="123" maximumResponses="100" version="1.1" 
      methodName="DirectoryRequest">
  <DirectoryRequest>
   <POILocation>
    <Nearest nearestCriterion="Proximity">
     <Position>
      <gml:Point xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml">
       <gml:pos dimension="2" srsName="4326">-122.4083257 37.788208</gml:pos>
      </gml:Point>
     </Position>
    </Nearest>
   </POILocation>
   <POIProperties>
    <POIProperty name="SIC_code" value="1234567890"/>
   </POIProperties>
  </DirectoryRequest>
 </Request>
</XLS>')) "OpenLS Response" FROM DUAL;