DBMS_XMLSave.insertXML Fails on decimal format

Question

DBMS_XMLSave.insertXML Fails on decimal format
The following example fails when using collections of complex elements. The error is:
java.lang.NumberFormatException: 1.0'
Example is:
create table test_parent(p_id NUMBER(18),
test_col number(10))
alter table test_parent add constraint pk1 primary key(p_id)
create table test_child(t_id NUMBER(18),
test_col number(10),
p_id NUMBER(18))
alter table test_child add constraint pk2 primary key(t_id)
alter table test_child add constraint fk1 foreign key (p_id) references test_parent(p_id)
insert into test_parent values(1,1)
insert into test_child values(1,1,1)
insert into test_child values(2,2,1)
insert into test_child values(3,3,1)
create type test_c AS OBJECT (t_id NUMBER(18),test_col NUMBER(10));
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE test_cs AS TABLE OF test_c
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW test_view(parent_id,parent_num,child)
AS SELECT p.P_id,
p.test_col,
CAST(MULTISET(SELECT c.t_id,
c.test_col
FROM test_child c
WHERE p.p_id = c.p_id) AS test_cs) AS child
FROM test_parent P
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER test_trig INSTEAD OF INSERT ON test_view
BEGIN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Trigger proccessing');
END;
SHOW ERRORS
DECLARE
insCtx DBMS_XMLSave.ctxType;
rows number;
xmlDoc CLOB := '<ROWSET>
<ROW>
<PARENT_ID>2.0</PARENT_ID>
<PARENT_NUM>2.0</PARENT_NUM>
<CHILD>
<T_ID>1.0</T_ID>
<TEST_COL>1.0</TEST_COL>
</CHILD>
</ROW>
</ROWSET>';
BEGIN
insCtx := DBMS_XMLSave.newContext('TEST_VIEW');
rows := DBMS_XMLSave.insertXML(insCtx,xmlDoc);
DBMS_XMLSave.closeContext(insCtx);
END;
DECLARE
insCtx DBMS_XMLSave.ctxType;
rows number;
xmlDoc CLOB := '<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ROWSET>
<ROW>
<PARENT_ID>1</PARENT_ID>
<PARENT_NUM>1</PARENT_NUM>
<CHILD>
<TEST_C>
<T_ID>1.0</T_ID>
<TEST_COL>1</TEST_COL>
</TEST_C>
<TEST_C>
<T_ID>2</T_ID>
<TEST_COL>2</TEST_COL>
</TEST_C>
<TEST_C>
<T_ID>3</T_ID>
<TEST_COL>3</TEST_COL>
</TEST_C>
</CHILD>
</ROW>
</ROWSET>';
BEGIN
insCtx := DBMS_XMLSave.newContext('TEST_VIEW');
rows := DBMS_XMLSave.insertXML(insCtx,xmlDoc);
DBMS_XMLSave.closeContext(insCtx);
END;

Answer 1

If you have access to ON, check out document 119140.1.
Apparently it's a bug in the jdbc driver in pre-Oracle 8.1.7 databases...the workaround looks messy though.