On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Seth Miller <sethmiller.sm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > getclobval() was deprecated in 11.2.0.1 > <http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e10492/whatsnew.htm#ADXDB5978>. > Try using xmlserialize instead. I have seen major performance differences > between these two functions. Tried it just now - the performance was only marginally different that CLOB or XMLType Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Sr Oracle DBA at Pythian Pythian Blog http://www.pythian.com/blog/author/still/ Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com