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Loading an XML document (file) into XML DB

First, a table is needed to store the document. 
create table xml_load (
  id  number primary key,
  doc XMLType
);
Then, a directory needs to be created that points the the location of the document to be loaded: 
create directory xml_location as 'C:\xml';
Now, the document can be loaded: 
insert into xml_load values (
  1,
  xmltype (
    bfilename('XML_LOCATION', 'hello.xml'),
    nls_charset_id('WE8ISO8859P1')
  )
);