Error Exporting Report to XML

Question

Hello,
In APEX I am trying to export a report to XML which will then be imported into a PDF form. I am receiving the error:
boldreport error: ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small*bold*
when I try to do an export on a report that has more than 44 columns. Anything under 44 columns exports just fine. The full report is 1 row and 61 columns which is what needs be exported. Is this something that can be fixed with a settings change or work around?
Thanks,
Joel

Answer 1

Since your column column count seems to be the issue you could manually create an XML file for the user with dbms_xmlgen package.
select dbms_xmlgen.getxml('select * from tab where tabtype=''SYNONYM''') from dual
getxml function returns CLOB datatype. You can store output in a clob datatype in pl/sql block and then can write the content of this in some flat file in your desired location using UTL_FILE package.
http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_dbms_xmlgen.htm
Thank you,
Tony Miller
Webster, TX