What should DBA do before doing anything with XML in the database?
Question: I’m looking for suggestions. We have a DBA who tends to be VERY CAREFUL. He’s worried that there is a risk involved in installing the Java XDK and its PL/SQL counterpart, and claims that anybody working with XML would want to do it on the application server (which isn’t his responsibility). We’re on 8.1.7.2, but — while the XDK is shipped with that version, it requires an extra install step, which he has refused to do, even on our development box. This has been going on for months now. We’re unlikely to move to 9i within the next year. So does anyone have any suggestions on how I might convince him (or, more likely, his management) that we should be allowed to test the tools. What testing did any of you do before installing the parser, etc. on your development and production instances? Anyone willing to be a reference? Or am I the one who’s wrong and we shouldn’t be doing anything with XML in the database? Answer: The XDK comes pre-installed in 8.1.7. Your DBA need only GRAN
