Thanks for the info Until now I've not had to deal with XML or CLOB all that much, so much appreciated. The amount of coordination going on between client and server seems excessive. sent from my mobile, so expert typos On Jul 18, 2014 2:17 PM, "Sayan Malakshinov" <xt.and.r@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > AFAIK, xmltype transports as clob, so I think, it's just a result of > getting xmltypes by locator through additional sql*net roundtrip per each > xmltype. > > > -- > Best regards, > Sayan Malakshinov > Senior performance tuning engineer > PSBank > http://orasql.org >