Re: Oracle 9.0.1: DESCRIBE bug

In article <c62a0d08.0208210449.45c86b13_at_posting.google.com>, derkm_at_web.de says...
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>While porting from Oracle 8.1.7 to 9.0.1 (both Windows)
>I found a fatal bug in
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>EXEC SQL DESCRIBE BIND VARIABLES FOR S INTO bind_dp;
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>Oracle9 returns everytime bind_dp->F=0. Oracle 8 works.
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>You can simply test it by running the original sample10.pc in
>your Oracle8/9-directory precomp/demo/proc/sample10.
>Oracle9-sample10 returns ORA-24374 because of the wrong DESCRIBE before.
>
>Do you have an idea for a workaround or solution?

I believe this to be related to bug 2023714 fixed in the following patchsets:

Fixed-Releases: 9014 9201

which should be on the support site (metalink.oracle.com)

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