Re: weird 11.2.0.4 db link issue

From: Patrice sur GMail <patrice.boivin_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:12:51 -0300
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thanks, I logged an SR already and mentioned the bug number.

Pat.

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 1:36 PM, Niall Litchfield < niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> And despite the title Bug 17890099 looks like it might be pertinent.
> Found from a MOS query on ORA-02072. That one looks like it isn't available
> for your platform yet though, which would suggest an SR to firstly confirm
> the issue and secondly request a backport as appropriate.
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 4:43 PM, MacGregor, Ian A. <ian_at_slac.stanford.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> There is an issue with 11.2.0.4 when a single statement employs two
>> database links and not all the participating databases are at 11.2.0.4.
>> For instance on database A
>>
>> issue; delete from table_at_databaseB where <column_name> in (select
>> column_name from table_at_databaseC);
>>
>> The problem occurs if B is at 11.2.0.4 and C is not or vice versa.
>> See the matrix for base bug 5702977. On of the child bugs may match
>> your situation. We hit bug 18329037.
>> There is a patch for that bug, and Oracle has been very good at updating
>> that patch after every quarterly Critical Patch Update so that it does not
>> produce conflict. However, who knows if they will continue to do so as
>> everything below 11.2.0.4 goes off support?
>>
>> Your best bet is probably rewriting the statement to avoid the use of
>> two db links.
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>> On Jun 17, 2015, at 12:16 PM, Patrice sur GMail <patrice.boivin_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> I patched our databases on unix and on windows.... now one app won't
>> work because it goes like this:
>>
>> From 11.2.0.4 Unix --> db link --> 11.2.0.4.16 on win32 view + db link
>> --> 10.1 on (something, it's another organization's site).
>>
>> (no I can't tell them 10.1 is no longer supported etc., cue the funeral
>> parlor music)
>>
>> Well because there are two db links in a row, connectivity failed after
>> the latest 11.2.0.4 PSU was applied and I upgrade the database from
>> 11.2.0.3 to 11.2.0.4.
>>
>> The latest psu was applied to 11g on win32, no change.
>>
>> Any ideas? Maybe there's a patch I don't know about to fix this.
>>
>> Meanwhile I suggested to the developer that he might want to use mviews
>> instead of views in the middle, but it would be easier if we just fixed
>> that bug.
>>
>>
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