XML viewer in large data editor gone?

[Ray007]

The XML tab (used to be between RFT and HTML) in the large data editor is gone in version 12. I found this a useful way to dig around in large XML documents. Is it coming back? Will there also be a JSON one in the future?

 

[Marco Kalter]

In version 12 the XML is displayed on the "Text" page by default, with XML syntax highlighting, folding, and formatting options. In addition to this you can use an external XML viewer and editor.

 

[walterthefarting]

How do you switch between opening the LOB in the large data editor and an external editor? Also, how does one change the default external editor? I tried ctrl + pressing the '...' button on the lob filed and I get a memory error. This is on Windows Server 2012 and plsql v12.0.2.1818.

 

[Ruslanas]

Frankly saying, previous XML viewer was VERY useful in working with xml document, as it let us separate irrelevant information (xml tags) from what is really important: data; when working with object types, xml viewer was very, very important (usually I convert object to xml and then I can view object attributes in convenient way, e.g., :clob := xmltype(result).getclobval().

Any chances that XML viewer will go back in further versions?

 

[John Monahan]

Hi,

I also found the XML viewer very useful and a huge time saver when viewing XML in the database. Can I put a request to have this feature enabled in the next release?

Thanks,
John