Performance Problem in parsing large XML file (15MB)

Question

Hi,
I'm trying to parse a large XML file(15 MB) and facing a clear performance problem. A Simple XML Validation using the following code snippet:
DBMS_LOB.fileopen(targetFile, DBMS_LOB.file_readonly);
DBMS_LOB.loadClobfromFile
tempCLOB,
targetFile,
DBMS_LOB.getLength(targetFile),
dest_offset,
src_offset,
nls_charset_id(CONSTANT_CHARSET),
lang_context,
conv_warning
DBMS_LOB.fileclose(targetFile);
p_xml_document := XMLType(tempCLOB, p_schema_url, 0, 0);
p_xml_document.schemaValidate();
is taking 30 mins on a HP-UX (4GB ram, 2 CPU) machine (Oracle version : 9.2.0.4).
Please explain what could be going wrong.
Thanks In Advance,
Vineet

Answer 1

Thanks Mark,
I'll open a TAR and also upload the schema and instance XML.
If i'm not changing the track too much :-) one more thing in continuation:
If i skip the Schema Validation step and directly insert the instance document into a Schema linked XMLType table, what does OracleXDB do in such a case?
i'm getting a severe performance hit here too... the same file as above takes almost 40 mins to Insert.
code snippet:
DBMS_LOB.fileopen(targetFile, DBMS_LOB.file_readonly);
DBMS_LOB.loadClobfromFile
tempCLOB,
targetFile,
DBMS_LOB.getLength(targetFile),
dest_offset,
src_offset,
nls_charset_id(CONSTANT_CHARSET),
lang_context,
conv_warning
DBMS_LOB.fileclose(targetFile);
p_xml_document := XMLType(tempCLOB, p_schema_url, 0, 0);
-- p_xml_document.schemaValidate();
insert into INCOMING_XML values(p_xml_document);
Here table INCOMING_XML is :
TABLE of SYS.XMLTYPE(XMLSchema "http://INCOMING_XML.xsd" Element "MatchingResponse") STORAGE Object-
relational TYPE "XDBTYPE_MATCHING_RESPONSE"
This table and type XDBTYPE_MATCHING_RESPONSE were created using the mapping provided in the registered XML Schema.
Thanks,
Vineet