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Left Outer Join On XMLTABLE Returns No Data (Doc ID 2530796.1)

Last updated on MARCH 13, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.4 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Exadata Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Gen 2 Exadata Cloud at Customer - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

When doing a LEFT OUTER JOIN on some XML data that is self-joined, the LEFT OUTER JOIN does not return results where one would expect that it should

Cause

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