ORA-904 when Shrinking Space of a XMLTYPE column (Doc ID 1610886.1)

Last updated on APRIL 12, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

Unable to shrink XMLTYPE column , fails with ORA-00904: error.

SQL> desc APPS_ACTIVITY_XML
 Name Null? Type
 ----------------------------------------- -------- ----------------------------
 RECID NOT NULL VARCHAR2(255)
 XMLRECORD SYS.XMLTYPE


SQL> ALTER TABLE APPS_ACTIVITY_XML enable row movement;

Table altered.

SQL> ALTER TABLE FBNK_ACCT_ACTIVITY_BKXML SHRINK SPACE CASCADE;

Table altered.

SQL> ALTER TABLE APPS_ACTIVITY_XML MODIFY LOB(XMLRECORD)(SHRINK SPACE);

Table altered.

SQL> ALTER TABLE APPS_ACTIVITY_XML MODIFY LOB(XMLRECORD)(SHRINK SPACE);
ALTER TABLE APPS_ACTIVITY_XML MODIFY LOB(XMLRECORD)(SHRINK SPACE)
  *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00904: "XMLRECORD": invalid identifier

Cause

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