Re: ORA-00036 maximum number of recursive SQL levels (string) exceeded

Kind of a reach, but are you tracing?
https://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/f?p=130:3:860659775836546959::::p3_database_id,p3_docid,p3_show_header,p3_show_help,p3_black_frame,p3_font:NOT,343736.1,1,1,1,helvetica

Just for jollies, check MAX_TRANSACTION_BRANCHES and DISTRIBUTED_TRANSACTIONS on the 8 side (though it looks like the 10 side is throwing the error - are you sure it doesn't have more links?).

I think you are going to have to have a 9 in between.

jg

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