Re: 8.0.5 -> 8.1.6 PL/SQL Problem

I got help from our support. The event 10943, level 4, mimicks the old faulty behaviour. Thank you for your help.

Martin

Matthew Fuller wrote:
>
> In article <3A788771.CC52EC6C_at_0800-einwahl.de>,
> Martin Haltmayer <Martin.Haltmayer_at_0800-einwahl.de> wrote:
> > We found the following works in 8.0.5 (Sparc Solaris) but not in
 8.1.6:
> >
> > begin
> > if nvl (5, ' ') = nvl (6, ' ') then
> > null;
> > end if;
> > end;
> > /
> >
> > In 8.1.6.3.0 we get ORA-01722.
> >
> > I found a init.ora setting of plsql_v2_compatibility which I set to
 true.
> > However, this error persists.
> >
> > Anyone got an idea?
> >
> > Martin
> >
> >
>
> Martin,
>
> The bigger question to me is why did that work on 8.0.5. I can't
> remember the last time (if ever) that I saw that work. The NVL
> function expects the datatypes to be the same for both of its
> parameters. So it wants you to stick a number in the second parameter
> and not ' '. So, you have two quick options, either do something like
> this:
>
> NVL(5, -1) -- Just be sure -1 will never really occur in your data.
> NVL(TO_CHAR(5),' ') -- Now they're both character
>
> HTH.
>
> Matt.
>
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Received on Thu Feb 01 2001 - 17:08:25 CST