ORA-20100 Question

Question

I have been trying to pass an XML Message through a PL/SQL procedure as a CLOB using Visual Basic. I can pass the XML Message Through Fine, but when I try to create a DOM Node using the Oracle XDK I get an error that says:
-2147221503: ORA-20100: Error occurred while parsing: Start of root element expected.
The Xml file looks like this:
<ATP_INFO>
<ATP_INFO_IN>
<CONTRACT>LHNDC</CONTRACT>
<PART_NO>1001E</PART_NO>
</ATP_INFO_IN>
<Procedure>
<Contract>LHNDC</Contract>
<Parameter>ATP_INFO</Parameter>
<Action>CHECK</Action>
<Synchronous>True</Synchronous>
</Procedure>
<OutMessageID>446661</OutMessageID>
<Receiver/>
<ExternalRef/>
</ATP_INFO>
Passing the Clob Parameter works fine in a test PL/SQL Package that looks like this:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE TEST (in_clob_ IN CLOB, out_clob_ OUT CLOB) AS
BEGIN
out_clob_ := in_clob_;
END;
It's just when I call the xmlparser.parseclob procedure in PL/SQL that I have a problem.
I am currently using Oracle 8.1.6.3 with 8.1.7 OleDB Provider for the Clob usage. I am also just loading the XML into a MSXML Dom and calling the .xml method to write the XML out as text into an ADO Parameter. I didn't know if anyone else might of had a similar problem with this type of techonology?
Thanks

Answer 1

I am getting a similar error using the XDK when I try to parse a clob from a select.
Error: ORA-20100: Error occurred while parsing: Expected 'EOF'.
If I add a varaible to the procedure that is identical to the string I inserted to the table:
temptext :='<?xml version="1.0"........................';
and parse using
xmlparser.ParseBuffer(parser,temptext);
instead of
xmlparser.ParseClob(parser,c);
it works perfectly.