Update ODPI-C to support XMLType in fetches

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 This release is currently under development.
 
-- Support user proxies and external authentication with standalone
-  connections (ODPI-C change).
+- Support the combination of a user proxy and external authentication
+  with standalone connections (ODPI-C change).
 
 - Defer initialization of the Oracle Client libraries until the first
   use of `oracledb.getConnection()`, `oracledb.createPool()`,
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ This release is currently under development.
   due to potential for confusion or unexpected behavior due to
   order-of-execution issues.
 
+- Support fetching XMLTYPE columns in queries.  They will return as
+  String.
+
 - Display correct error message for SODA `createIndex()` when no
   parameter is passed.
 

doc/api.md

@@ -7369,8 +7369,8 @@ Queries will return ROWID and UROWID columns as Strings.
 
 ##### <a name="fetchxml"></a> 13.1.6.8 Fetching XMLType
 
-`XMLType` columns cannot be queried directly.  Instead handle them as
-CLOBs, see [Working with XMLType](#xmltype).
+`XMLType` columns queried will returns as Strings.  They can also be
+handled as CLOBs, see [Working with XMLType](#xmltype).
 
 ##### <a name="fetchraw"></a> 13.1.6.9 Fetching RAW
 
@@ -8656,8 +8656,10 @@ For more information about using JSON in Oracle Database see the
 
 ## <a name="xmltype"></a> 17. Working with XMLType
 
-`XMLType` columns cannot be queried directly.  Instead, change the SQL
-query to return a CLOB, for example
+`XMLType` columns queried will returns as Strings by default.
+
+However, if desired, the SQL query could be changed to return a CLOB,
+for example:
 
 ```sql
 var sql = 'SELECT XMLTYPE.GETCLOBVAL(res) FROM resource_view';

odpi

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-Subproject commit 61f68d7e3e4fc01559a5bb1ca7a1a06cef49339f
+Subproject commit d51e9c496381427dd09f7fb0cbaab3e152667026