Strange behavior with XMLType columns

RickS

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I have an Oracle table that includes a column that has an XMLType data type. I store XML in that column in the table.

When I "select * from" the table it shows me the rows and columns in the table. It shows the XML column as "". When I click the "..." next to it, a popup appears showing me the XML. So far so good. That's how it is supposed to work.

Now I close the popup and "select * from" the table again, it shows some of the XMLTYPE columns as "" but in purple cells. If I click on the "..." it opens a popup to show me the XML again but there is no XML shown. I know there is XML in the column because I just saw it, but it almost seems like it allows you to view the XML once and then freaks out if I try to see it a second time.

What does a purple cell mean? Is this a bug or am I misunderstanding how this works?
 
A purple cell means that this is a mandatory column with a null value. It seems that the XMLTYPE data is not fetched correctly here. Can you go to Help > Support Info and send me the text from the "Info" tab page?
 
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