How to insert large xml file to XMLType column?

Question

Hi,
I have a table with one column as XMLType(Binary XML storage option and Free Text Indexing). When i try to insert a large XML as long as 8kb, i'm getting an error ORA-01704:string literal too long.
Insert into TEST values(XMLTYPE('xml HERE'));
How to insert large XML values to XMLType column?
Regards,
Sprightee

Answer 1

For a large XML file, you basically have two options - you can load the string directly as an XMLType, or you can load the string as a CLOB and cast it on the database side to an XMLType.
If you decide to load the XML as XmlType client-side, then you may be interested to know that versions of Oracle after 11.2.0.2 support the JDBC 4.0 SQLXML standard. See the JDBC driver release documentation here:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E18283_01/java.112/e16548/jdbcvers.htm#BABGHBCC
If you want to load as a CLOB, then you'll need to use PreparedStatement's setClob() method, or allocate an oracle.sql.clob object.
For versions before 11.2.0.2, you can create an XMLType with a constructor that includes an InputStream or byte[] array.
HTH
Edited by: 938186 on Jun 23, 2012 11:43 AM