14.3 Configuring and Using XML PDS

XML PDS is configured and available out-of-the-box.

14.3.1 XML PDS Configuration File

The xmlpds.conf file is the Oracle Reports XML PDS configuration file. It is located at the following directories:

• For Reports Server:

  ${DOMAIN_HOME}/config/fmwconfig/components/ReportsServerComponent/<reports_server_name>/

• For Oracle Reports Builder:

  ${DOMAIN_HOME}/config/fmwconfig/components/ReportsToolsComponent/<reports_tools_name>/

• For Reports Application (in-process Reports Server) deployed in Oracle WebLogic Server:
  DOMAIN_HOME/config/fmwconfig/servers/WLS_REPORTS/applications/reports_version/configuration

Note:

The only parameter that can be changes is the columnLength. The default size of the column is 4000 bytes

Example

The following example illustrates the contents of xmlpds.conf file:

<xmlpds     xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/reports/pdsxml"   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"   xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.oracle.com/reports/pdsxml file:c:\orawin/reports/dtd/xmlpds.xsd"   >     <columnInfo>         <columnLength>4000</columnLength>     </columnInfo></xmlpds>