Different output XMLTRANSFORM and XMLTYPE.TRANSFORM

Question

Hi,
we upgrade from 10gR2 to 11gR2 and still have problems with XML transformation. Under unknown circumstances the XMLTRANSFORM function
fails with "LPX-00660: Not a well-formed document or external entity" when the count of Page elements is greater then one.
It seems, this bug isnt fixed in 11gR2...
SET SCAN OFF
DECLARE
  xml     XMLTYPE := XMLTYPE('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<FILE>
  <DOCUMENT>
    <PAGE>
      <b101f>Hello</b101f>
      <b101>World</b101>
      <f101/>
      <REGARDS/>
    </PAGE>
  </DOCUMENT>
  <DOCUMENT>
    <PAGE>
      <list_layout xpos="10" lsign="+"/>
      <le>May</le>
      <le>the</le>
      <le stil="f">force</le>
      <le>be</le>
      <le>with</le>
      <le>you</le>
      <f101/>
      <REGARDS/>
    </PAGE>
  </DOCUMENT>
</FILE>
  xsl     XMLTYPE := XMLTYPE('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
  <xsl:template match="node()|@*">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="FILE">
    <FILE>
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </FILE>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="DOCUMENT">
    <DOCUMENT>
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </DOCUMENT>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="PAGE">
    <PAGE>
      <CONTENT>
        <xsl:apply-templates/>
      </CONTENT>
    </PAGE>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="REGARDS">
    <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&#38;lt;lt;b101&#38;lt;gt;Best regards&#38;lt;lt;/b101&#38;lt;gt;</xsl:text>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
  buf   VARCHAR2(32767 CHAR);
BEGIN
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(xml.transform(xsl).getClobVal());
  SELECT  xmltransform(xml, xsl).getStringVal()
  INTO    buf
  FROM    dual;
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(buf);
END;
/Oracle Docu: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e23094/xdb08tra.htm
XMLType instance can be transformed in the following ways:
Using Oracle SQL function XMLtransform or XMLType method transform() in the database.
Using Oracle XML Developer's Kit transformation options in the middle tier, such as XSLT Processor for Java.
You can alternatively use XMLType method transform() as an alternative to Oracle SQL function XMLtransform. It has the same functionality.
Output:
<FILE>
<DOCUMENT>
<PAGE>
<CONTENT>
<b101f>Hello</b101f>
<b101>World</b101>
<f101/>&#38;lt;lt;b101&#38;lt;gt;Best regards&#38;lt;lt;/b101&#38;lt;gt;</CONTENT>
</PAGE>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<PAGE>
<CONTENT>
<list_layout xpos="10" lsign="+"/>
<le>May</le>
<le>the</le>
<le stil="f">force</le>
<le>be</le>
<le>with</le>
<le>you</le>
<f101/>&#38;lt;lt;b101&#38;lt;gt;Best regards&#38;lt;lt;/b101&#38;lt;gt;</CONTENT>
</PAGE>
</DOCUMENT>
</FILE>
<FILE><DOCUMENT><PAGE><CONTENT><b101f>Hello</b101f><b101>World</b101><f101></f101><b101>Best regards</b101></CONTENT></PAGE></DOCUMENT><DOCUMENT><PAGE><CONTENT><list_layout xpos="10" lsign="+"></list_layout><le>May</le><le>the</le><le stil="f">force</le><le>be</le><le>with</le><le>you</le><f101></f101><b101>Best regards</b101></CONTENT></PAGE></DOCUMENT></FILE>

Answer 1

Hi,
we upgrade from 10gR2 to 11gR2 and still have problems with XML transformation. Under unknown circumstances the XMLTRANSFORM function
fails with "LPX-00660: Not a well-formed document or external entity" when the count of Page elements is greater then one.
It seems, this bug isnt fixed in 11gR2...
SET SCAN OFF
DECLARE
  xml     XMLTYPE := XMLTYPE('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<FILE>
  <DOCUMENT>
    <PAGE>
      <b101f>Hello</b101f>
      <b101>World</b101>
      <f101/>
      <REGARDS/>
    </PAGE>
  </DOCUMENT>
  <DOCUMENT>
    <PAGE>
      <list_layout xpos="10" lsign="+"/>
      <le>May</le>
      <le>the</le>
      <le stil="f">force</le>
      <le>be</le>
      <le>with</le>
      <le>you</le>
      <f101/>
      <REGARDS/>
    </PAGE>
  </DOCUMENT>
</FILE>
  xsl     XMLTYPE := XMLTYPE('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:output method="xml" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
  <xsl:template match="node()|@*">
    <xsl:copy>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
    </xsl:copy>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="FILE">
    <FILE>
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </FILE>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="DOCUMENT">
    <DOCUMENT>
      <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </DOCUMENT>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="PAGE">
    <PAGE>
      <CONTENT>
        <xsl:apply-templates/>
      </CONTENT>
    </PAGE>
  </xsl:template>
  <xsl:template match="REGARDS">
    <xsl:text disable-output-escaping="yes">&#38;lt;lt;b101&#38;lt;gt;Best regards&#38;lt;lt;/b101&#38;lt;gt;</xsl:text>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
  buf   VARCHAR2(32767 CHAR);
BEGIN
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(xml.transform(xsl).getClobVal());
  SELECT  xmltransform(xml, xsl).getStringVal()
  INTO    buf
  FROM    dual;
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(buf);
END;
/Oracle Docu: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e23094/xdb08tra.htm
XMLType instance can be transformed in the following ways:
Using Oracle SQL function XMLtransform or XMLType method transform() in the database.
Using Oracle XML Developer's Kit transformation options in the middle tier, such as XSLT Processor for Java.
You can alternatively use XMLType method transform() as an alternative to Oracle SQL function XMLtransform. It has the same functionality.
Output:
<FILE>
<DOCUMENT>
<PAGE>
<CONTENT>
<b101f>Hello</b101f>
<b101>World</b101>
<f101/>&#38;lt;lt;b101&#38;lt;gt;Best regards&#38;lt;lt;/b101&#38;lt;gt;</CONTENT>
</PAGE>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<PAGE>
<CONTENT>
<list_layout xpos="10" lsign="+"/>
<le>May</le>
<le>the</le>
<le stil="f">force</le>
<le>be</le>
<le>with</le>
<le>you</le>
<f101/>&#38;lt;lt;b101&#38;lt;gt;Best regards&#38;lt;lt;/b101&#38;lt;gt;</CONTENT>
</PAGE>
</DOCUMENT>
</FILE>
<FILE><DOCUMENT><PAGE><CONTENT><b101f>Hello</b101f><b101>World</b101><f101></f101><b101>Best regards</b101></CONTENT></PAGE></DOCUMENT><DOCUMENT><PAGE><CONTENT><list_layout xpos="10" lsign="+"></list_layout><le>May</le><le>the</le><le stil="f">force</le><le>be</le><le>with</le><le>you</le><f101></f101><b101>Best regards</b101></CONTENT></PAGE></DOCUMENT></FILE>