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DBMS_XMLDOM.getlength Returns Wrong Value for Content with Whitespace within a Node Element (Doc ID 1298289.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.5 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Since database upgrade from 10.2.0.4 to 10.2.0.5 the function DBMS_XMLDOM.GETLENGTH returns the value 1 used on empty XML-Elements.
Used on a structure like '<Paket><bf></bf></Paket> it returns 0 when counting the childs of <bf>.
If you insert a blank between <bf> and </bf> it return 1.

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Cause

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