How to fix the Oracle error LPX-00913: XmlPatch could not process the XML PI oracle-xmldiff?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorLPX-00913: XmlPatch could not process the XML PI oracle-xmldiff with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

LPX-00913: XmlPatch could not process the XML PI oracle-xmldiff

Reason for the Error LPX-00913: XmlPatch could not process the XML PI oracle-xmldiff

Cause: The diff document either did not specify the XML Processing Instruction “oracle-xmldiff” or did not specify all data required by XmlPatch. The PI should be the first child of the top-level xdiff element. This error is also thrown when the output-model is ‘snapshot’ and operations-in-docorder is ‘false’.

How to fix the Error LPX-00913: XmlPatch could not process the XML PI oracle-xmldiff ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Action: Specify the “oracle-xmldiff” PI correctly. See documentation for XmlPatch C function in xmldf.h.