If I run the job again, the runs very slow. I haven't been able to run an Update. I created a primary indexed key on the Oracle table and I still get the same problem. You'd need an index on whatever Key field(s) control what gets updated, otherwise what you are waiting on is a full table scan for ...
Again, please post the actual values from the log, not from the job. It should have all those parameters translated and show exactly what was actually run.
Are you looking at the XMLPACK_20_Designer.pdf manual? If that truly doesn't match with what you have installed then I'd say you still have the 1.0 release of the XML PACK installed somehow. As for other resources, check Kim Duke's tips page where, if you scroll down near the bottom, you'll find an ...
Make sure the field is a Timestamp in the target stage as well and the stage generates the sql. Then it will do a matching TO_DATE() on your data with the same mask the TO_CHAR() used to select the data: YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS. Don't "use substrings on the field to get the date and time individually"...
No, it was pretty clear the first time and not something all that unusual around here as issues handling Oracle DATE fields aren't all that uncommon. Well, except for the DS_NO_FF thing, never heard of it and have no clue that 'FF' would stand for. You really shouldn't have any problems with Oracle ...