title: Oracle Database 8: Export Table to XML
body: <p>Yes, I know ... we have to upgrade to a recent Oracle DB Version. :-)</p>
  
  <p>But until then: Did release 8.0.5.0.0 support any kind of XML-Export at all - beside manually spooling something like ...</p>
  
  <pre><code>select '&lt;?xml ...' from dual;
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  <p>As far as I know, the first relevant XML features (<code>XMLType</code>) were introduced in Oracle 9i (source for example: <a href="http://web.stanford.edu/dept/itss/docs/oracle/9i/appdev.920/a96620/whatsnew.htm" rel="nofollow">http://web.stanford.edu/dept/itss/docs/oracle/9i/appdev.920/a96620/whatsnew.htm</a>)?</p>