Oracle XSU get_xml import function

["SHARPE, Ian" <Ian.SHARPE@cambridge.sema.slb.com>]

Hello again,

I am importing 3.2MB file (yes, I know, maybe a little bit big to be using
with the DOM based import function but it works most of the time) and am
getting an OracleXMLSQLException: Inserted value too large for coumn error
when I try to import it. It contains 144 row elements which comprise of a
hiarachical structure replicated by the import table using nested tables.
Funny thing is that when I split the file up into individual XML files
containing only one row all the rows are imported beautifully!!

Anyone had any similar problems with the get_xml Java import function
provided with the Oracle8i XSU or suggest a reason for the problem? I think
that this error may have been caused by dodgy characters in files so that
the parser gets confused and so misses an end tag puting too much data into
a single column but am only guessing? I'm pretty sure that this is not the
case as the file validates against it's encoding and the individual rows
import separately.

I'm confused!!
TIA
Cheers
Ian


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