-- SQL code to read and parse a remote XML and see the results as if it where a regular table WITH test AS ( SELECT xmltype(utl_http.REQUEST('http://ws1.webservices.nl/rpc/get-simplexml/addressReeksPostcodeSearch/ROCMondriaan_User/86719a838b5f191358456be8e771bf0e/2521DB72') ) column_name FROM dual) SELECT extractValue( column_name, '/response/straatnaam','' ) straatnaam, extractValue( column_name, '/response/plaatsnaam','' ) plaatsnaam FROM test