Summary of DBMS_METADATA_DIFF Procedures

This section provides brief descriptions of the procedures and functions provided by the DBMS_METADATA_DIFF API. For detailed descriptions of these procedures, see Oracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference.

Table 21-4 DBMS_METADATA_DIFF Procedures and Functions

PL/SQL Procedure Name	Description
`OPENC` function	Specifies the type of objects to be compared.
`ADD_DOCUMENT` procedure	Specifies an SXML document to be compared.
`FETCH_CLOB` functions and procedures	Returns a CLOB showing the differences between the two documents specified by `ADD_DOCUMENT`.
`CLOSE` procedure	Invalidates the handle returned by `OPENC` and cleans up associated state.