Select xml element value in Oracle

Question

I am trying to extract a value from an xml element, located in an XMLTYPE column in an Oracle Table. The xml element which I am trying to extract have a parent for which a n

Answer 1

Since the a element does not have the namespace, you can first extract its child elements without using namespaces in the function, and then extract the value from the b with the namespace:
Try:

select extract(extract(myColumn, 'a/*'),
               'b/c/text()',
               'xmlns=urn:www.someSite.com/myModel') 
  from myTable