[eclipselink-users] ORA-1461 trying to insert String to XMLType

[David Parker <dap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a JPA object with a String attribute that is bound to a  
database column of XMLType (Oracle 10g R2). When I try to persist the  
object, I get the error
	ORA-01461: can bind a LONG value only for insert into a LONG column
I have seen some posts in various places about problems of this kind  
with writing to an XMLType. I am just using XMLType for the first  
time, so I may be missing some configuration, but I am able to insert  
into it OK from SQL*Plus.

Is there specific support in Eclipselink somewhere for XMLType fields,  
or has anybody run into this?
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David Parker
dap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx