InsertXML setDateFormat error

Question

I'm getting an error when using insertxml and my xml document has dates in it. I have
set the procedure "setDateFormat" to the
appropriate date mask. I have tried many different date formats and the only way I can get it to work is when there are no dates in the xml document. I have attached a test script and the resulting error.
Thanks in advance
Rodger
declare
xmlString CLOB := null;
rowsp integer;
v_xml_out varchar2(32000);
begin
v_xml_out := '<ORDER_STATUS>
<order_detail>
<ORDS_WEB_ORDER_NBR>WEB-ORD-12345</ORDS_WEB_ORDER_NBR>
<ORDS_WEB_CUSTOMER_NBR>WEB-CUST-12345</ORDS_WEB_CUSTOMER_NBR>
<ORDS_CUSTOMER_NAME>Rodger Winger</ORDS_CUSTOMER_NAME>
<ORDS_COMPANY_ID>MUS</ORDS_COMPANY_ID>
<ORDS_DOC_DATE_TIME>12-Dec-00</ORDS_DOC_DATE_TIME>
<ORDS_DOC_ID>DOC-ID-123</ORDS_DOC_ID>
<ORDS_RMA_NBR>RMA-NBR-123</ORDS_RMA_NBR>
<ORDS_PRODUCT_QTY>100</ORDS_PRODUCT_QTY>
<ORDS_BACKORDERED_QTY>25</ORDS_BACKORDERED_QTY>
<ORDS_SHIPPED_QTY>40</ORDS_SHIPPED_QTY>
<ORDS_RETURN_QTY>10</ORDS_RETURN_QTY>
<ORDS_RETURN_REASON>Return-Reason</ORDS_RETURN_REASON>
<ORDS_REFUND_DISPOSITION>Ref-Disp-1</ORDS_REFUND_DISPOSITION>
<ORDS_LINE_NBR>1</ORDS_LINE_NBR>
<ORDS_SKU>SKU-12345</ORDS_SKU>
<ORDS_STATUS>Status-321</ORDS_STATUS>
<ORDS_SHIP_METHOD_CODE>FEDEX-ON</ORDS_SHIP_METHOD_CODE>
<ORDS_CREATION_DATE></ORDS_CREATION_DATE>
<ORDS_CANCELLED_QTY>3</ORDS_CANCELLED_QTY>
<ORDS_ITEM_AVAILABLE_DATE></ORDS_ITEM_AVAILABLE_DATE>
<ORDS_TRACKING_NBR>ORDS-TRK-NBR-123</ORDS_TRACKING_NBR>
<ORDS_LOT_NBR>ORDS-LOT-NBR-789</ORDS_LOT_NBR>
<ORDS_SERIAL_NBR>ORDS-SRL-NBR-657</ORDS_SERIAL_NBR>
<ORDS_REASON>Order Status Reason</ORDS_REASON>
<ORDS_CONTAINER_NBR>65</ORDS_CONTAINER_NBR>
<ORDS_EXPECTED_ARRIVAL_DATE></ORDS_EXPECTED_ARRIVAL_DATE>
<ORDS_MSG_TRANSACTION_TYPE>ORDERSTATUS</ORDS_MSG_TRANSACTION_TYPE>
<ORDS_CRTNG_MSG_ID>100</ORDS_CRTNG_MSG_ID>
<ORDS_MSG_COMPANY_ID>MUS</ORDS_MSG_COMPANY_ID>
</order_detail>
</ORDER_STATUS>';
DBMS_LOB.CREATETEMPORARY(xmlString,TRUE, DBMS_LOB.SESSION);
DBMS_LOB.WRITEAPPEND (xmlString, length(v_xml_out), v_xml_out);
-- open the lob
dbms_lob.open(xmlString,DBMS_LOB.LOB_READONLY);
-- before inserting , make sure that the case is ignored (since we generated everything with lower case)
xmlgen.resetOptions;
xmlgen.setRowTag('order_detail');
xmlgen.setIgnoreTagCase(xmlgen.IGNORE_CASE);
xmlgen.setDateFormat('DD-MON-YY');
-- insert the XML document
rowsp := xmlgen.insertXML('ords_order_statuses',xmlString);
dbms_output.put_line(' Rows processed = '&#0124; &#0124; TO_CHAR(rowsp));
-- free the lob
dbms_lob.close(xmlString);
dbms_lob.freetemporary(xmlString);
end;
error message
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29532: Java call terminated by uncaught Java exception:
oracle.xml.sql.OracleXMLSQLException: Unparseable date: "12-Dec-00"
ORA-06512: at "XMLOWNER20.XMLGEN", line 114
ORA-06512: at line 61

Answer 1

You have to use the date format masks that are defined at:
http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.1/docs/api/java.text.SimpleDateFormat.html
which are difference from the standard Oracle date masks.
For dates of the form 12-Dec-00, the mask would be (case-sensitive!):
d-M-yy
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