Performance issues with DBMS_XMLGEN after upgrading to 11.2.0.4

(Doc ID 1950281.1)

Last updated on DECEMBER 02, 2014

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.4 to 12.1.0.2 [Release 11.2 to 12.1]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Getting poor performance from DBMS_XMLGEN.GETXML and hierarchical XML with recursive elements since upgrading to 11.2.0.4:

There is no memory leak, but since the entire document is manifested in memory, it takes a lot of memory.

Cause

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