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Export multiple similar Oracle tables to a single XML file
Login to Oracle -> Select Oracle tables -> Set XML file options -> Export Oracle to XML
Choose Oracle and logon.
Click “Export Similar Tables” at task dialog.
Select XML file type.
1. Select similar Oracle tables.
2. Set XML file options.
3. Set rows options.
4. Export multiple similar Oracle tables to a single XML file.
After exporting, you can view output XML file.
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See also:
- Export Oracle table to XML
- Export Oracle query results to XML
- Batch export Oracle tables to XML files
Oracle → XML reference
Type mapping
| Value kind | in Oracle | in XML |
|---|---|---|
| Int | NUMBER(10) | <int>1234</int> |
| Bigint | NUMBER(19) | <bigint>9007199254740993</bigint> |
| Decimal | NUMBER(p,s) | <decimal>1234.56</decimal> |
| Float | BINARY_DOUBLE | <float>1.234e10</float> |
| Text | VARCHAR2(n) | <char>text</char> |
| Long text | CLOB | <text>multi-line text</text> (entities for & <) |
| Date | DATE | <date>2026-09-18</date> (xs:date with an XSD) |
| Datetime | TIMESTAMP | <datetime>2026-09-18T14:30:00Z</datetime> (xs:dateTime) |
| Binary | BLOB | <blob>base64...</blob> (xs:base64Binary) |
| Boolean | NUMBER(1) | <bool>true</bool> |
| JSON | CLOB | escaped inside an element, or its own sub-tree |
Dialect differences
Oracle is a database server and XML is a file format, so the gap is wider than a dialect difference - the rows below are where values and structure stop lining up.
| Property | in Oracle | in XML |
|---|---|---|
| port | 1521 | — |
| identifiers | "double quotes" | Attribute values in quotes; entities (& < >) for ... |
| row limit | FETCH FIRST n ROWS ONLY | — |
| dates | DATE, TIMESTAMP | Text (xs:date / xs:dateTime when an XSD is in play) |
| long text | CLOB, NCLOB | — |
| binary | BLOB, BFILE | base64Binary / hexBinary inside text |
| separator | — | Tags, not delimiters |
| encoding | — | Declared in the XML declaration |
| typing | — | None in the markup itself |
| shape | Tables of rows and columns | Arbitrary tree |
| ceiling | — | Whole document is usually parsed into memory |
Command line
| Side | Command |
|---|---|
| Oracle | exp / expdp |
| Oracle (load) | sqlldr (SQL*Loader) |
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