On 2/15/06, Chris Stephens <cstephens16@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > submitting the file and storing it as a clob went fairly quickly. > parsing the xml document into relational tables was taking about 1 > > I'm not XML guy, but have you tried DBMS_XMLSAVE to send the XML straight into rows and columns, as opposed to the clob first approach. -- Connor McDonald =========================== email: connor_mcdonald@xxxxxxxxx web: http://www.oracledba.co.uk "Semper in excremento, sole profundum qui variat"