PLSQL join does not work with RAW fields

Question

Hi All, I wanna to do a join between two table which have as primary key a GUID field (RAW 16). To do this I'm creating a cursor and the sql is simple. However, it returns the following error when I try to compile the procedure:
Error(41,3): PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
Error(42,27): PL/SQL: ORA-06552: PL/SQL: Compilation unit analysis terminated ORA-06553: PLS-320: the declaration of the type of this expression is incomplete or malformed
The tables and the cursor are listed below. I would like to know the best way to do a join with Raw fields in plsql once that the same query works when used out of the procedure.
     CURSOR Areas IS
Select ha.partial, ha.acidental_burn, ha.edge_cut
from harvest_area ha, harvest_order ho
where ha."ORDER" = ho."ID";
create table "HARVEST_AREA" (
"ID" RAW(16) not null,
"VERSION" NUMBER(10,0) not null,
"ACCIDENTAL_BURN" NUMBER(1,0) not null,
"AREA" DOUBLE PRECISION not null,
"EDGE_CUT" NUMBER(1,0) not null,
"K_FACTOR" NUMBER(1,0) not null,
"PARTIAL" NUMBER(1,0) not null,
"SISCONAGR_CONTROL" NUMBER(1,0) not null,
"CUT" RAW(16) not null,
"ORDER" RAW(16) not null,
"PROVIDER" RAW(16) not null,
"SHAPE" MDSYS.SDO_GEOMETRY,
primary key ("ID")
create table "HARVEST_ORDER" (
"ID" RAW(16) not null,
"VERSION" NUMBER(10,0) not null,
"CHOPPED" NUMBER(1,0) not null,
"CODE" NUMBER(10,0) not null,
"FILE" NVARCHAR2(256),
"LOAD_DISTRIBUTION" NUMBER(1,0) not null,
"RAW_CANE" NUMBER(1,0) not null,
"TIMESTAMP" TIMESTAMP(4) not null,
"FACTORY" RAW(16) not null,
"FRONT" RAW(16) not null,
"MODE" RAW(16) not null,
"SHAPE" MDSYS.SDO_GEOMETRY,
primary key ("ID")
);

Answer 1

Ok, I could reproduce on my 10.2.0.4 (my first test was on 11.2.0.1):
SQL> create table harvest_area
   id                raw (16) not null,
   version           number (10, 0) not null,
   accidental_burn   number (1, 0) not null,
   area              double precision not null,
   edge_cut          number (1, 0) not null,
   k_factor          number (1, 0) not null,
   partial           number (1, 0) not null,
   sisconagr_control number (1, 0) not null,
   cut               raw (16) not null,
   order1            raw (16) not null,
   provider          raw (16) not null,
   primary key (id)
Table created.
SQL> create table harvest_order
   id                raw (16) not null,
   version           number (10, 0) not null,
   chopped           number (1, 0) not null,
   code              number (10, 0) not null,
   file1             nvarchar2 (256),
   load_distribution number (1, 0) not null,
   raw_cane          number (1, 0) not null,
   timestamp         timestamp (4) not null,
   factory           raw (16) not null,
   front             raw (16) not null,
   mode1             raw (16) not null,
   primary key (id)
Table created.
SQL> declare
   cursor areas
   is
      select null
      from harvest_area ha,
           harvest_order ho
      where ha.order1 = ho.id;
begin
   for c in areas
   loop
      null;
   end loop;
end;
Error at line 41
ORA-06550: line 6, column 12:
PL/SQL: ORA-06552: PL/SQL: Compilation unit analysis terminated
ORA-06553: PLS-320: the declaration of the type of this expression is incomplete or malformed
ORA-06550: line 4, column 7:
PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignoredProblem is the timestamp column in harvest_order which I think you need to rename:
SQL> drop table harvest_area
Table dropped.
SQL> drop table harvest_order
Table dropped.
SQL> create table harvest_area
   id                raw (16) not null,
   version           number (10, 0) not null,
   accidental_burn   number (1, 0) not null,
   area              double precision not null,
   edge_cut          number (1, 0) not null,
   k_factor          number (1, 0) not null,
   partial           number (1, 0) not null,
   sisconagr_control number (1, 0) not null,
   cut               raw (16) not null,
   order1            raw (16) not null,
   provider          raw (16) not null,
   primary key (id)
Table created.
SQL> create table harvest_order
   id                raw (16) not null,
   version           number (10, 0) not null,
   chopped           number (1, 0) not null,
   code              number (10, 0) not null,
   file1             nvarchar2 (256),
   load_distribution number (1, 0) not null,
   raw_cane          number (1, 0) not null,
   timestamp1        timestamp (4) not null,
   factory           raw (16) not null,
   front             raw (16) not null,
   mode1             raw (16) not null,
   primary key (id)
Table created.
SQL> declare
   cursor areas
   is
      select null
      from harvest_area ha,
           harvest_order ho
      where ha.order1 = ho.id;
begin
   for c in areas
   loop
      null;
   end loop;
end;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.