Using CLOB in 8.1.7

Question

Hi,
Well, everything here seems simple with the use of CLOB. But unfortunately, it springs up a surprise,to me atleast, when compiled.
l_clob clob :=
'<?xml version = "1.0"?>
     <ROWSET>
     <ROW num="1">
     <EMPNO>7369</EMPNO>
     <ENAME>SEANDILLON</ENAME>
     <JOB>DBDUDE</JOB>
     <MGR>7902</MGR>
     <HIREDATE>12/17/1980 0:0:0</HIREDATE>
     <SAL>800</SAL>
     <DEPTNO>20</DEPTNO>
     </ROW>
     <ROW num="2">
     <EMPNO>7499</EMPNO>
     <ENAME>TOMKYTE</ENAME>
     <JOB>DBDUDE</JOB>
     <MGR>7698</MGR>
     <HIREDATE>2/20/1981 0:0:0</HIREDATE>
     <SAL>1600</SAL>
     <COMM>300</COMM>
     <DEPTNO>30</DEPTNO>
     </ROW>
     <ROW num="3">
     <EMPNO>7521</EMPNO>
     <ENAME>MICKEYMOUS</ENAME>
     <JOB>RAT</JOB>
     <MGR>7698</MGR>
     <HIREDATE>2/22/1981 0:0:0</HIREDATE>
     <SAL>1250</SAL>
     <COMM>500</COMM>
     <DEPTNO>30</DEPTNO>
     </ROW>
     </ROWSET>';
It throws the following error
PLS-00382: expression is of wrong type. What is astonishing is even if I initialize l_clob with a simple value like 'Hello World',the error persists.Can anyone please help me.

Answer 1

The problem is that works into a 9.2 database :
Connected to:
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning option
JServer Release 9.2.0.4.0 - Production
SQL> declare
  2  l_clob clob :=
  3  '<?xml version = "1.0"?>
  4  <ROWSET>
  5  <ROW num="1">
  6  <EMPNO>7369</EMPNO>
  7  <ENAME>SEANDILLON</ENAME>
  8  <JOB>DBDUDE</JOB>
  9  <MGR>7902</MGR>
10  <HIREDATE>12/17/1980 0:0:0</HIREDATE>
11  <SAL>800</SAL>
12  <DEPTNO>20</DEPTNO>
13  </ROW>
14  <ROW num="2">
15  <EMPNO>7499</EMPNO>
16  <ENAME>TOMKYTE</ENAME>
17  <JOB>DBDUDE</JOB>
18  <MGR>7698</MGR>
19  <HIREDATE>2/20/1981 0:0:0</HIREDATE>
20  <SAL>1600</SAL>
21  <COMM>300</COMM>
22  <DEPTNO>30</DEPTNO>
23  </ROW>
24  <ROW num="3">
25  <EMPNO>7521</EMPNO>
26  <ENAME>MICKEYMOUS</ENAME>
27  <JOB>RAT</JOB>
28  <MGR>7698</MGR>
29  <HIREDATE>2/22/1981 0:0:0</HIREDATE>
30  <SAL>1250</SAL>
31  <COMM>500</COMM>
32  <DEPTNO>30</DEPTNO>
33  </ROW>
34  </ROWSET>';
35  begin
36  null;
37  end;
38  /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> And not work onto my old 8i db like for the OP.
Connected to:
Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.4.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning option
JServer Release 8.1.7.4.0 - 64bit Production
SQL> declare
  2  l_clob clob :=
  3  '<?xml version = "1.0"?>
  4  <ROWSET>
  5  <ROW num="1">
  6  <EMPNO>7369</EMPNO>
  7  <ENAME>SEANDILLON</ENAME>
  8  <JOB>DBDUDE</JOB>
  9  <MGR>7902</MGR>
10  <HIREDATE>12/17/1980 0:0:0</HIREDATE>
11  <SAL>800</SAL>
12  <DEPTNO>20</DEPTNO>
13  </ROW>
14  <ROW num="2">
15  <EMPNO>7499</EMPNO>
16  <ENAME>TOMKYTE</ENAME>
17  <JOB>DBDUDE</JOB>
18  <MGR>7698</MGR>
19  <HIREDATE>2/20/1981 0:0:0</HIREDATE>
20  <SAL>1600</SAL>
21  <COMM>300</COMM>
22  <DEPTNO>30</DEPTNO>
23  </ROW>
24  <ROW num="3">
25  <EMPNO>7521</EMPNO>
26  <ENAME>MICKEYMOUS</ENAME>
27  <JOB>RAT</JOB>
28  <MGR>7698</MGR>
29  <HIREDATE>2/22/1981 0:0:0</HIREDATE>
30  <SAL>1250</SAL>
31  <COMM>500</COMM>
32  <DEPTNO>30</DEPTNO>
33  </ROW>
34  </ROWSET>';
35  begin
36  null;
37  end;
38  /
'<?xml version = "1.0"?>
ERROR at line 3:
ORA-06550: line 3, column 1:
PLS-00382: expression is of wrong type
ORA-06550: line 2, column 8:
PL/SQL: Item ignoredNicolas.