Parse online RSS feeds and save to Oracle

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Import online RSS feeds to Oracle

Choose Oracle and logon.

convert online FEED file to Oracle table - Choose Oracle and logon

Click “Wizard – 1 File To 1 Table” at task dialog.

convert online FEED file to Oracle table - task window

Select “Source Type” with “Url”.

convert online FEED file to Oracle table - select type

then show the wizard.

1. Input the RSS feeds URL, and download to XML file.

import online RSS feeds to Oracle - download from RSS feeds URL to XML file

2. Open the saved XML file.

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3. Config target Oracle table.

import online RSS feeds to Oracle - config Oracle table

You can create new Oracle table by XML struct, just a few mouse clicks.

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Select table and config fields.

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4. Preview data will be in Oracle table.

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5. Import RSS feed to Oracle.

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See importing results in Oracle table

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More about XML (RSS) to Oracle converter

RSS → Oracle reference

Type mapping

Value kindin RSSin Oracle
Int<int>1234</int> or a child elementNUMBER(10)
Bigint<bigint>9007199254740993</bigint>NUMBER(19)
Decimal<decimal>1234.56</decimal>NUMBER(p,s)
Float<float>1.234e10</float>BINARY_DOUBLE
Text<title>text</title>VARCHAR2(n)
Long text<description>text</description>, usually wrapped in CDATACLOB
Date<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate> (RFC 822)DATE
Datetime<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2026 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate> (RFC 822)TIMESTAMP
Binaryan enclosure URL, never inline bytesBLOB
Booleannot part of the feed vocabularyNUMBER(1)
JSONnot part of the feed vocabularyCLOB

Dialect differences

RSS is a file format and Oracle is a database server, so the target has to be told the types the file never carried - the rows below are where the two sides diverge.

Propertyin RSSin Oracle
port—1521
identifiersXML quoting; content is usually escaped in CDATA"double quotes"
row limit—FETCH FIRST n ROWS ONLY
datesRFC 822 text, for example Mon, 18 Sep 2026 14:30:00 GMTDATE, TIMESTAMP
long text—CLOB, NCLOB
binaryVia enclosure URLs, not inlineBLOB, BFILE
separatorXML elements—
encodingDeclared in the XML declaration—
typingNone—
shapeChannel plus repeated <item> elementsTables of rows and columns
ceilingA feed is a window on recent items, not a full data set—

Command line

SideCommand
Oracleexp / expdp
Oracle (load)sqlldr (SQL*Loader)

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