Re: Stored Function/Trigger anomaly

From: Pat Minnis <pminnis_at_maverick.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 02:12:57 GMT
Message-ID: <J_xh3.3343$X4.30127_at_news.goodnet.com>


[Quoted] This is a problem with 7.3.3 and lower (I've heard that 7.3.4 fixes it mostly). You can flush shared pool now and then or dramatically increase [Quoted] the size of your shared pool.

Gregory Lechkun > _at_dteenergy.com> <"lechkung<<nospam> wrote in message news:37869FD2.F671BF02_at_dteenergy.com...
> Hello everyone,
>
> I had a weird problem on Friday (see the log entry). Apparently, a
> stored function (a simple one) would work with some parameters and not
> with others. After I re-compiled the function (and it was a "VALID"
> object) it would work. I had another problem earlier that day with a
> trigger which reported the same error (I don't know were the error was
> occurring because it started to work when I did the re-compiles of all
> objects). As mentioned in the log, I re-compiled all of USER's objects
> (procedures, functions, & packages) whether they needed it or not, and
> got my application up and running.
>
> The reason why I bring this up is, did anyone see a simular occurance
> elsewhere? Is this a known bug?
>
> Let me know what you think!
> :
> :
> :
>



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>
> 09-jul-1999 2045/gpl
> SYSTEM: APPL
> SYSTEM_DOWN_TIME: 705 minutes
> SUBSYSTEM:
> SUBSYSTEM_DOWN_TIME:
> SUBJECT: APPL Extraction process failed
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------


>
> At 1615 hours, an user had reported that his data was not updating.
> After
> looking at the problem, I found that none of the data was updating.
> I investigated the APPL extraction process and found that the process
> had
> been reporting errors since 0815 hours, with the following error:
>
> Getting ORA Module Data Controls Error:
> ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric of value error
> ORA-06512: at line 1
>
> Looking at the source code, if found that it was getting the error when
> executing the stored function get_MDC. I found that the function would
> work
> when on get_MDC('DP_PERIOD') & get_MDC('DP_HISTORY'), but not for
> get_MDC('DB_SHUTDOWN'), get_MDC('DB_EXCEPTION'),
> get_MDC('DP_FLUSH_PERIOD'),
> and get_MDC('DP_DEAD_BAND'). There was no reason for some to work and
> some
> not, so I tried recompiling the stored function (even though it was
> "VALID"),
> and it started to work properly. Since I experienced a simular problem
> in the
> creation of an account in the APPL account definition page, I decided to
> compile all
> stored PROCEDURE's, FUNCTION's, PACKAGE's, PACKAGE BODY's. After
> shuting all
> SQL*net connection down I re-compiled the objects. APPL was restored to
>
> service at 2000 hours.
> :
> :
> :
> Regards,
> Greg Lechkun
> gpl :-)
> DTE
> Energy====================================================================
>
> DTE ////// //////////// Gregory Lechkun -
> DTE // // // // Power Application Software Engineer
> DTE // // // //// lechkung<<nospam>>_at_detroitedison.com
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Received on Sat Jul 10 1999 - 04:12:57 CEST

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