For those keeping score; >>if "INSERT...SELECT" command supports XMLTYPE w/ CLOB storage? Yes. >>If SQLPlus COPY command supports XMLTYPE w/ CLOB storage? No. Chris -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marquez, Chris Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 10:25 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: PART 2: Ways to move XML data; XMLTYPE w/ CLOB storage - RE: What happened!? IMPort tables with "User Defined or XML Datatypes"....so slow! Env: AIX 5.3 Oracle 9203 =20 Considering that I am hitting a nasty bug for AIX and 9203 regarding IMPort and XMLTYPE w/ CLOB storage and there is not obvious patch or fix, I need to find a way to move tables with XML data; XMLTYPE w/ CLOB storage *AND* some tables with User Defined datatypes. =20 Would anyone be able to tell me if "SELECT INSERT..." over db links *OR* SQLPlus COPY command supports XMLTYPE w/ CLOB storage? =20 PS Anyone have a query to pull a User Defined datatypes definition? =20 Please reply directly as well as to the list. =20 Thanks, =20 Chris Marquez Oracle DBA HEYMONitor(tm) - heymonitor.com "Oracle Monitoring & Alerting Solution" =20 -----Original Message----- From: Marquez, Chris=20 Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 10:14 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: What happened!? IMPort tables with "User Defined or XML Datatypes"....so slow! >>RE: What happened!? =20 What happened is that we appear to be hitting a nasty bug for AIX and 9203. A memory leak related to IMPort and XMLTYPE w/ CLOB storage; Metalink Bug 3330477. Casues IMP to slow to a crawl. =20 I was wrong our env is 9203. =20 Chris Marquez Oracle DBA HEYMONitor(tm) - heymonitor.com "Oracle Monitoring & Alerting Solution" =20 ----Original Message----- =20 From: Jared Still [mailto:jkstill@xxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 6:24 PM To: Marquez, Chris Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: What happened!? IMPort tables with "User Defined or XML Datatypes"....so slow! Try running a 10046 trace on the import session. If the import is being done across the network you may find that imp is very chatty. Jared On 4/15/05, Marquez, Chris <CMarquez@xxxxxxxx> wrote:=20 --Env Oracle 9206 AIX 5.x =09 I don't have much experience with "User Defined Datatypes" nor "XML Datatypes".=3D20 Trying to move a database for a client that uses these datatypes. (not sure but maybe some of them are Nested Tables or VARRAY's vs. "User=20 Defined Datatype"...how can I tell the difference?) =09 Anyway, in the same database I can IMPort * 15GB-20GB normal data (no indexes) per hour. * 10GB GB BLOB data per hour. but only * 324MB of "User Defined Datatypes" After 1 Hr. 15 Min.=20 * 53MB of "XML Datatype" After 30 Min. =09 =09 --=20 Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l