Category: Binary-, CLOB-, Object Relational Storage
December 21

Virtual Columns and Binary XML (Storage) Schema Validation

One of the problems I saw lately was mentioning binary XML encoding, so I was able to help out more specific on these issues then normally when issues arise on the XMLDB Forum.

Two of them caught my attention:

Both are issues are related to the same person, Christian Soutou. I am not really sure what he wants to achieve, but the discussions brought me some new insights.

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December 21

Encoding and Validation of Binary XML Storage of XML Schema-Based Data

One of the new things in 11g is the possibility to set the method of how to enforce the validation / encoding of your XML document, straight away via embedding these options in your binary XML storage structure. It is just a small entry in the manual, but I think an important one. That’s why I wrote this small post, to emphasize this.

These extra options can be enabled during the creation of your binary XMLType table / column(s).

You have the option to use:

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December 19

Marcelo’s Ochoa’s: “Uploading WikiPedia Dumps to Oracle databases” Blog Post