Diagnose a Invalid String/Buffer Length

Hey everyone,
If someone could help me out with this, I would greatly
appreciate it. I have included the code and linked to the database.
I continue to get this error no matter I do. The most frustrating
thing is that it only tells me that the error is on line 66. Well
line 66 tells me nothing. Hopefully someone else can figure it out;
I sure can't.
Database

I often get this when I have manually amended an insert or
update form, and it is simply due to me missing a value either in
the form or in the insert code. It may even be that you have copied
a line of code and not changed the name of a text box or the
Request.Form insert code that relates to the db column.
HTH
Mat

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lga_width(5) := '9%';
lga_width(6) := '9%';
lga_width(7) := '9%';
lga_width(8) := '9%';
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if nvl(p_apvr_id, 0) = 0 then
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v_display_fl := fct_ASSIGNED_APVR(p.tcs_user_id, p_apvr_id, p_rpt_from_dt, p_rpt_to_dt);
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lg_tcs_owner_info.PAY_ID := p.pay_id;
lg_tcs_owner_info.PAY_TYPE := p.pay_typ;
lg_tcs_owner_info.SYS_STRT_DT := p.sys_strt_dt;
lg_tcs_owner_info.TERM_DT := p.sys_end_dt;
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begin
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into lg_tcs_owner_info.hire_dt
from subcntr
where sub_id = p.pay_id;
exception
when no_data_found then
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else
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wrk_hire_dt,
decode(bend_empl_fl, 'Y', 'E', 'W')
into
lg_tcs_owner_info.hire_dt,
lg_tcs_owner_info.pay_type
from empl
where empl_id = lg_tcs_owner_info.PAY_ID;
end if;
if lga_report_out.count = 0 then
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := '<table border="1" cellpadding="3" width="'||lg_page_width||'">';
end if;
if mod(v_people_cnt,2) = 1 then
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('<tr bgcolor="'||lg_odd_bgcolor||'">');
else
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('<tr bgcolor="'||lg_even_bgcolor||'">');
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lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('<td valign="top"><font size=-2>'||p.name||'</font></td >');
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('<td valign="top"><font size=-2>'||p.pay_typ||'-'||lpad(p.pay_id,4,'0')||'</font></td >');
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for i in 1..lga_apvr.count loop
v_apvr_id := ap.fk_tcs_apvr_id;
if lga_apvr(i).apvr_tcs_id = ap.fk_tcs_apvr_id then
/* don't add again */
v_apvr_id := NULL;
exit;
end if;
end loop;
if v_apvr_id is not NULL then
v_cnt := v_cnt + 1;
lga_apvr(v_cnt).apvr_name := ap.apvr_name; -- identify multiple approvers for the "status"
lga_apvr(v_cnt).apvr_tcs_id := ap.fk_tcs_apvr_id; -- identify multiple approvers for the "status"
lga_apvr(v_cnt).apvr_pay_id := ap.apvr_pay_id; -- identify multiple approvers for the "status"
lga_apvr(v_cnt).apvr_pay_typ := ap.apvr_pay_typ; -- identify multiple approvers for the "status"
end if;
end if;
end loop;
/* list approver pay IDs */
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('<td valign="top"><font size=-2>');
if lga_apvr.count = 0 then
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := 'Approver Unassigned';
else
for i in 1..lga_apvr.count loop
if i > 1 then
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := '<br>';
end if;
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := (lga_apvr(i).apvr_name);
end loop;
end if;
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('<td valign="top"><font size=-2>');
if lga_apvr.count = 0 then
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := 'N/A';
else
for i in 1..lga_apvr.count loop
if i > 1 then
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := '<br>';
end if;
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := (lga_apvr(i).apvr_pay_typ)||'-'||lpad(lga_apvr(i).apvr_pay_id,4,'0');
end loop;
end if;
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('</font></td >');
end if;
for t in tc_cur(p.tcs_user_id, p_rpt_from_dt, p_rpt_to_dt) loop
htp.p('<! '||t.strt_dt||', '||t.end_dt||', '||t.stat_cd||' -->');
--lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('<td valign="top"><font size=-2>');
--lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := (t.stat_cd);
--lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('</font></td >');
/* has the selected approver has completed processing */
if p_apvr_id > 0
and v_apvr_id = p_apvr_id
and v_a_user_id != p_apvr_id
then
exit;
end if;
for ap in apvr_cur (p.tcs_user_id) loop
if apvr_cur%rowcount = 1 then
/* most recent approver assigned */
lg_tcs_owner_info.apvr_id := ap.fk_tcs_apvr_id;
end if;
if ap.strt_dt <= t.end_dt and nvl(ap.end_dt, t.end_dt) >= t.strt_dt then
/* approver assigned during time card period */
lg_tcs_owner_info.apvr_id := ap.fk_tcs_apvr_id;
exit;
end if;
end loop;
lg_tc_status.strt_dt := t.strt_dt;
lg_tc_status.end_dt := t.end_dt;
lg_tc_status.stat_cd := t.stat_cd;
v_stat_cd := fct_TC_STATUS(nvl(p_apvr_id, 0));
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('<td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="'||lg_tc_status.bg_color||'">');
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('<font size=-2 color='||lg_tc_status.font_color||'>');
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := v_stat_cd;
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := ('</font></td >');
end loop;
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := '</tr>';
end if; /* v_display_fl */
end loop;
if p_rpt_type in ('B', 'S') then
lg_page_cnt := lg_page_cnt + 1;
sub_DISPLAY_STATUS_SUMMARY;
end if;
if lga_report_out.count > 0 then
lga_report_out(lga_report_out.count+1) := '</table>';
end if;
if lga_report_out.count > 0 then
if p_rpt_type = 'B' or p_apvr_id > 0 then
if p_display_hdr then
if lg_page_cnt > 0 then
if p_apvr_id > 0 then /* selected individual approver */
htp.p('</table>');
end if;
htp.p('<br style="page-break-after:always">');
                    htp.p('');
                    htp.p('');
end if;
lg_page_cnt := lg_page_cnt + 1;
tc_reporting.reports_header
1,
'Time Card Status Report',
'for '||dd_mon_yyyy(p_rpt_from_dt)||' through '||dd_mon_yyyy(p_rpt_to_dt)||'<BR>'||
'Report Date: '||dd_mon_yyyy(lg_sysdate)||' Time: '||v_time_str,
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
NULL, -- p_backto_pg, /* Backto */
'focus()',
lg_page_cnt
end if;
end if;
if p_rpt_type in ('B', 'D') then
for i in 1..lga_report_out.count loop
htp.p(lga_report_out(i));
end loop;
end if;
end if;
END sub_STATUS_BD_ALPHA;
Some veriable
type report_tc_rec is record
tc_owner_name tc_wkr.d_full_nm_lfm%type,
o_user_id tc_wkr.tc_row_id%type,
o_pay_id varchar2(10),
o_sys_strt_dt date,
o_sys_end_dt date,
tc_apvr_name tc_wkr.d_full_nm_lfm%type,
a_pay_id varchar2(10),
a_user_id tc_wkr.tc_row_id%type,
tc_strt_dt date,
tc_end_dt date,
tc_stat_cd varchar2(50),
ap_strt_dt date,
ap_end_dt date
/* time card owner information */
TYPE tcs_owner_info_rec IS RECORD
USER_ID tc_wkr.tc_row_id%type,
PAY_ID tc_wkr.tcw_id%type,
PAY_TYPE tc_wkr.tcw_typ%type,
HIRE_DT date,
SYS_STRT_DT date,
TERM_DT date,
APVR_ID tc_wkr.tc_row_id%type,
APVR_STRT_DT date,
APVR_END_DT date
/* status code determines report cell font and background colors */
TYPE tc_status_rec IS RECORD
STRT_DT date,
END_DT date,
STAT_CD tc.stat_cd%type,
FONT_COLOR varchar2(16),
BG_COLOR varchar2(16)
/* count of all time card status for report summary */
TYPE tc_status_summary_rec IS RECORD
APPROVED_CNT integer := 0,
REJECTED_CNT integer := 0,
SUBMITTED_CNT integer := 0,
POSTED_CNT integer := 0,
VERIFIED_CNT integer := 0,
OPEN_CNT integer := 0,
NEW_CNT integer := 0,
REQUIRED_CNT integer := 0,
TOTAL_CNT integer := 0
/* determine multiple approvers for individual for selected report period */
TYPE apvr_rec IS RECORD
apvr_name tc_wkr.d_full_nm_lfm%type,
apvr_tcs_id tc_wkr.tc_row_id%type,
apvr_pay_id tc_wkr.tcw_id%type,
apvr_pay_typ tc_wkr.tcw_typ%type
TYPE apvr_id_array_table IS TABLE OF apvr_rec
index by binary_integer;
type output_array is table of varchar2(1000)
index by binary_integer;
type date_array is table of date
index by binary_integer;
type status_array is table of varchar2(1000)
index by binary_integer;
type apvr_array is table of number(8)
index by binary_integer;
lga_report_out output_array; /* array of HTML code to be output to browser */
lga_report_out_null output_array; /* null array of HTML code */
lga_tc_status status_array;
lga_null_status status_array;
lga_tc_strt_dt date_array;
lga_tc_end_dt date_array;
lga_tc_disp date_array; /* start dates of displayed TC for selected user */
lga_null_date date_array; /* null array used to clear other date arrays */
/* LOCAL GLOBAL VARIABLES */
lg_tcs_owner_info tcs_owner_info_rec; /* time card owner information */
lg_tc_status tc_status_rec; /* time card status information */
lg_tc_status_summary tc_status_summary_rec; /* time card count by status */
lg_tc_rec report_tc_rec; /* time card */
lga_apvr apvr_id_array_table; /* array of approver Names and Payroll IDs */
lga_apvr_null apvr_id_array_table; /* clear the lga_apvr array for each user */
lg_sysdate date := sysdate;
lg_debug_fl boolean := FALSE;
lg_debug_owner_id tc_wkr.tc_row_id%type := 9905;
lg_debug_apvr_id tc_wkr.tc_row_id%type := 1000;
The chnages i have done its in bold
Please Advice
Thanks
Edited by: Purvik on Aug 25, 2009 11:59 AM

There is not a chance in the world, especially not knowing column definitions that I, and I suspect most anyone else, is going to wade through this much unformated code looking for an error you couldn't bother to copy in full.
Either tell us, specifically, the line on which the error is occurring or, better yet, start whacking stuff out of your code until you find the offending definition. That is certainly what I would do. Commenting out sections is a marvelous way to quickly find an issue.
Before you post again please read the FAQ. It will explain to you how to properly post and use the tags.

Error PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small

HI oracle gurus,
I am new to PL/SQL,
my oracle version is oracle 11g.
i have create a procedure to insert data from flat file to a table using UTL_FILE.
Table is
CREATE TABLE EXT_PERSON_INFO
ID_PERSON              NUMBER(38),
ID_BATCH             NUMBER(38),
ID_PERSON_NBR        VARCHAR2(3 BYTE),
ID_AREA              VARCHAR2(5 BYTE),
NM_FINAL              VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
NM_START             VARCHAR2(20 BYTE),
DT_DOB             DATE,
ID_SERIAL               VARCHAR2(9 BYTE),
DT_RESPONSE          DATE,
TRANS_TYPE VARCHAR2(2 BYTE),
REG_RESPONSE VARCHAR2(1 BYTE),
TM_RX          TIMESTAMP(6)
my procedure is
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE PROC_PERSON
IS
f_line VARCHAR2(2000);
f utl_file.file_type;
f_dir VARCHAR2(250);
fname VARCHAR2(50);
F_ID_PERSON EXT_PERSON_INFO.ID_PERSON%type :=1;
F_ID_BATCH EXT_PERSON_INFO.ID_BATCH%type :=1;
F_ID_PERSON_NBR EXT_PERSON_INFO.ID_PERSON_NBR%type;
F_ID_AREA EXT_PERSON_INFO.ID_AREA%type;
F_NM_FINAL EXT_PERSON_INFO.NM_FINAL%type;
F_NM_START EXT_PERSON_INFO.NM_START%type;
F_DT_DOB EXT_PERSON_INFO.DT_DOB%type;
F_ID_SERIAL EXT_PERSON_INFO.ID_SERIAL%type;
F_DT_RESPONSE EXT_PERSON_INFO.DT_RESPONSE%type;
F_TRANS_TYPE EXT_PERSON_INFO.TRANS_TYPE%type;
F_REG_RESPONSE EXT_PERSON_INFO.REG_RESPONSE%type;
BEGIN
fname := 'D:\raj\raj.txt';
f:= utl_file.fopen('RAJ',fname,'r');
loop
begin
utl_file.get_line(f,f_line);
exception
when no_data_found then
exit;
end;
F_ID_PERSON := 1;
F_ID_BATCH := 1;
F_ID_PERSON_NBR :=substr(f_line,1,3);
F_NM_FINAL := substr(f_line,4,22);
F_NM_START := substr(f_line,23,34);
F_DT_DOB := substr(f_line,35,44);
F_ID_SERIAL := substr(f_line,45,48);
F_DT_RESPONSE := substr(f_line,49,58);
F_TRANS_TYPE := substr(f_line,59,60);
F_REG_RESPONSE := substr(f_line,61,61);
F_ID_AREA := substr(f_line,62,64);
insert into EXT_PERSON_INFO VALUES (F_ID_PERSON,F_ID_BATCH,F_ID_PERSON_NBR,F_ID_AREA,F_NM_FINAL,F_NM_START,F_DT_DOB,F_ID_SERIAL,F_DT_RESPONSE,F_TRANS_TYPE,F_REG_RESPONSE);
end loop;
utl_file.fclose(f);
commit;
end;
am getting error
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small
please help me in this regard. unable to trace the issue.
Thanks in advance
Regards,
raj

The error message should have included a line number for you to reference back to your code to know what line the error was occurring on.
That said, look at the documentation for SUBSTR as you are using the third parm incorrectly. It is length, not end position. That's your issue.

OLAP -- ORA-6502: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small

Hi all,
We got installed Oracle 9201. After applying the patch #2761332 (to upgrade up to 9203)
and interim patch #2897078 (9203 Patch 1) we always get OLAP Catalog invalid.
I've tried to mend this problem by doing all it is said in Notes 23268.1 & 226443.1 but
my effort was worthless. OLAP catalog is still invalid though BI_Checkconfig says is okay at all.
Nevertheless, we can create dimensions, cubes and measures well, but other problem arises when
I try to add a dimension to a cube issuing the following command:
cwm2_olap_cube.add_dimension_to_cube( owner, NAME, owner, DIM_NAME);
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small
ORA-06512: at "OLAPSYS.CWM2_OLAP_MANAGER", line 380
ORA-06512: at "OLAPSYS.CWM2_OLAP_MANAGER", line 397
ORA-06512: at "OLAPSYS.CWM2_OLAP_CUBE", line 281
Paying attention to other metalink/otn threads about this subject we found similar problems with
Oracle 9203 in Japanese (keeping in mind we use Oracle in Spanish).
Any patch we can apply? Any ideas? Your comments are welcome ...
Thanks in advanced !!
[email protected]

We have fixed the problem !!! :-DDD
Thanks to all Oracle analysts who replied this issue.
aLeX
[email protected]

6502 = ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer

i'm getting this error when i try to do the following
6502 = ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small
declare
str1Query varchar2(32767);
str2Query varchar2(32767);
str3Query varchar2(32767);
str31Query varchar2(32767);
str32Query varchar2(32767);
str4Query varchar2(32767);
desc_t dbms_sql.desc_tab2;
l_col_cnt integer;
colvalue varchar(32676);
cur_rows number;
repCursor integer;
begin
repCursor := dbms_sql.open_cursor;
dbms_sql.parse(repCursor,str1Query || ' ' || str2Query || ' ' || str3Query || ' ' || str31Query || ' ' || str32Query || str4Query,dbms_sql.native);
dbms_sql.describe_columns2( repCursor, l_col_cnt, desc_t );
DBMS_SQL.CLOSE_CURSOR (repCursor);
end;
if there is any ideas about what is wrong

That is not the PL/SQL block that you have run to get that error, right?
What are the sizes of the individual variables - str1Query, str2Query etc...
Whay are there so many variables joined together?
That posted code cannot generate the error you posted:
SQL> declare
2
3 str1Query varchar2(32767);
4 str2Query varchar2(32767);
5 str3Query varchar2(32767);
6 str31Query varchar2(32767);
7 str32Query varchar2(32767);
8 str4Query varchar2(32767);
9 desc_t dbms_sql.desc_tab2;
10 l_col_cnt integer;
11 colvalue varchar(32676);
12 cur_rows number;
13 repCursor integer;
14
15 begin
16
17 repCursor := dbms_sql.open_cursor;
18 dbms_sql.parse(repCursor,str1Query || ' ' || str2Query || ' ' || str3Query || ' ' || str31Query || ' ' || str32Query || str4Query,dbms_sql.native);
19 dbms_sql.describe_columns2( repCursor, l_col_cnt, desc_t );
20 DBMS_SQL.CLOSE_CURSOR (repCursor);
21 end;
22 /
declare
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00900: invalid SQL statement
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SYS_SQL", line 826
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SQL", line 39
ORA-06512: at line 18
SQL>

WWV_FLOW_WORKSHEET_CONDITIONS - ORA-06502 character string buffer too small

Hi,
I am currently working on a application that can upload CSV files inside many tables. Since I hate reinventing the wheels, I have decided to reverse engineer APEX and APEX APIs that are used by the SQL Workshop to upload CSV files to a single table. Since this feature was tested many times by many developers around the world, I know I can trust the code. If in a future release of APEX those packages are modified, I'll have to update my abstraction layer to call my own packages instead of APEX packages. (This is not an issue for our team.)
First Step
Use apex_040000.wwv_flow_load_data.create_csv_collection to create an apex collection with the first 20 rows of the csv file. At this step, we can validate the format of a sample of the file without loading all rows of the csv file.
Second Step
Use apex_040000.wwv_flow_load_data.load_csv_data to upload all rows of the csv file inside a table.
Third Step
Do whatever you want with the data inside the table. (i.e.: Send the data into multiple tables...)
Here's my problem..._
After the first or second steps, I display the data using interactive reports. I want to highlight every cells containing "invalid" data. I use apex_040000.wwv_flow_worksheet_api.add_or_update_highlight. When I have too many invalid cells, the IR doesn't show at run time, and you can see ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small on the page.
I would like to know the limitations of IR using the table WWV_FLOW_WORKSHEET_CONDITIONS. Is there a way to create many highlight conditions inside a single row of WWV_FLOW_WORKSHEET_CONDITIONS ? I want to find the best approach to add hundreds of conditions.
Thanks
Louis-Guillaume Carrier-Bédard
My Google+: https://profiles.google.com/lgcarrier
My Blog: http://www.lgcarrier.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lgcarrier
APEX Québec: http://www.apexquebec.com
APEXFramework: http://www.apexframework.com

At run time, when I look at the html source code, I can see all the generated CSS rules to highlight the cells of the IR.
ie.: *.apexir_WORKSHEET_DATA tr td.rule_5352115461902443_td {background-color:#FF0000 !important;}*

Bug: Report Column based on LOV character string buffer too small error

When using a column type of "Display as Text (based on LOV, does not save state)" with a result set that is rather large causes a character or string buffer too small oracle error.
See the below page for an example.
The example page below has a single report off a table called "HUGE_TABLE" which has two columns: display and code
Code contains a number between 0 and 100000.
Display contains the number in code appended to a block of text.
When I display the report with no Display As Text (based on LOV does not save state) it displays fine.
If I make the "Code" column display as text based on LOV and make the LOV
"SELECT display, code FROM huge_table"
I get the error you see on the page.
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=32149:1
Thanks.

Thanks for your help Scott.
So from what I've gathered from my own tests and the discussions you linked me to the LOVs based on SQL queries are being converted into "static LOV" strings before being used.
As such they are limited to the PL/SQL VARCHAR2 max size of 32767
Which means given the static reduction of the string 'STATIC:' that we have 32760 characters left.
Which is where your SUM( LENGTH( display ) + LENGTH( return ) + 2 ) comes in.
In short, if:
sum( length( display ) + length( return ) + 2 ) + 7 > 32767
would evaluate to true then you have a problem. :)
I'll use this to track down my problems and switch them over to inline queries.
Thanks.
Cheers,
Joe

PL/SQL: numeric or value error (character string buffer too small)

Hi All,
Below is the procedure used to send notifications. It was working fine in previous DB version :- 10.1.0.5.0 and there was recent upgrade to 11.2.0.2.0.
I complies fine, but when executing it throws the error.
PROCEDURE PROC_STATUS_MAIL_UNADJ IS
       K_BOUNDARY CONSTANT VARCHAR2(1000) := 'a1b2c3d4e3f2g1';
      l_analysis_report VARCHAR2(32767); --empty_clob; --clob :=
      l_header VARCHAR2(1000);
      l_footer VARCHAR2(200);
      cnxn UTL_SMTP.connection;
      cursor cloc is select location_id from locations order by location_id asc;
      loc_id cloc%rowtype;
BEGIN
dbms_output.enable (1000000);
     FOR loc_id in cloc
     loop
     l_analysis_report := '<style type="text/css">
    
    
    
    </style>
    <center><b><font face="Arial">Run Summary Report'
                || TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'DD-MON-YYYY HH:MI AM') || '<br><br></font></b></center>'
                || ' <div align="center"><table width="95%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" </div>'
                || '<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"> </span> '
                || '<tr bgcolor=b4b4b4><td align="center"> <font size="3"> <b>'
                || 'Analysis</b></td><td align="center"><font size="3"> <b>'
                || 'Start Time</b></td><td align="center"><font size="3"> <b>'
                || 'End Time</b></td><td align="center"><font size="3"> <b>'
                || 'Run Duration (mins)</b></td><td align="center"><font size="3"> <b>'
                || 'Status</b></font></td></tr> ' || UTL_TCP.CRLF;
                FOR curr_refresh IN (SELECT AN.ANALYSIS_ID,AN.NAME ANALYSIS_NAME,TO_CHAR(ARH.RUN_START_TIME,'DD/MM/YYYY HH:MI:SS') START_TIME,
                                     TO_CHAR(ARH.RUN_END_TIME,'DD/MM/YYYY HH:MI:SS')END_TIME,
                                     ROUND(((ARH.RUN_END_TIME-ARH.RUN_START_TIME)*24*60),2) RUN_TIME_SECS,ARH.JOB_STATUS STATUS
                                     FROM
                                     RUN_HISTORY ARH,ANALYSES AN
                                     WHERE
                                     AN.ANALYSIS_ID=ARH.ANALYSIS_ID
                                     AND AN.CYCLE_IND_ID IN (1,3)
                                     AND ARH.RUN_START_TIME>TO_DATE(SYSDATE-30)
                                     AND ARH.JOB_NAME LIKE 'RHS_QU%'
                                     AND AN.LOCATION_ID = loc_id.location_id
                                     AND ARH.JOB_STATUS='Completed'
                                     ORDER BY ARH.RUN_START_TIME DESC)
                       LOOP
                   l_analysis_report := l_analysis_report ||'<tr><td align="center">'|| curr_refresh.analysis_name
                      || '</td><td align="center">' || curr_refresh.start_time || '</td><td align="center">'
                      || curr_refresh.end_time || '</td><td align="center">'|| curr_refresh.RUN_TIME_SECS ||
                      '</td><td align="center">'|| curr_refresh.status ||
                      '</td> </tr>' || UTL_TCP.CRLF;
                  exit when length (l_analysis_report) > 32500;
               END LOOP;
              l_analysis_report := l_analysis_report || '</table><br><br>';
               l_footer := UTL_TCP.CRLF ||'<b> Note: This is an auto generated email. Please do not reply to it. Contact the IT team for any further information.</b>'|| UTL_TCP.CRLF;
               FOR curr_email IN (SELECT GLOBAL_NAME INSTANCE_NAME,
                                  EU.EMAIL_USER_LAST_NAME last_name, EU.EMAIL_USER_FIRST_NAME ACNAME,
                                  EU.EMAIL_USER_EMAIL_ID,loc.LOCATION_NAME LOC_NAME,
                                  '[email protected]' MAIL_FROM
                                  FROM
                                  RHS_EMAIL_USER EU,LOCATIONS LOC,GLOBAL_NAME
                                  WHERE EU.LOCATION_ID=LOC.LOCATION_ID
                                  AND EU.LOCATION_ID=loc_id.location_id
                              ) LOOP
            cnxn := UTL_SMTP.open_connection('smtprelay.inc.com', 25);
            UTL_SMTP.helo(cnxn, 'smtprelay.inc.com');
            UTL_SMTP.mail(cnxn, '[email protected]');
            UTL_SMTP.rcpt(cnxn, curr_email.EMAIL_USER_EMAIL_ID);
                  l_header := 'MIME-Version: 1.0'||'
To: ' || curr_email.last_name || ' <' || curr_email.EMAIL_USER_EMAIL_ID || '>
From: ' || curr_email.mail_from || '
Subject: Un-Adjusted Analysis Report for ' || curr_email.loc_name || ' Location from' || curr_email.instance_name || ' on ' || to_char(sysdate, 'DD-MON-YYYY') || '
Reply-To: [email protected]
Content-Type: text/html;' || UTL_TCP.CRLF || UTL_TCP.CRLF;
            UTL_SMTP.data(cnxn, l_header || l_analysis_report || l_footer);
            UTL_SMTP.quit(cnxn);
            END LOOP;
            END LOOP;
END PROC_STATUS_MAIL_UNADJ;
Error :-
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 591
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 497
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_SMTP", line 503
ORA-06512: at "RISK_HISTORY.PKG_RHS_EMAIL_NOTIFY", line 206
ORA-06512: at "RISK_HISTORY.PKG_RHS_EMAIL_NOTIFY", line 414
ORA-06512: at line 2Can you please let me know if there is any issue with code or any upgrade issue ?
Regards,
Sunny
Edited by: k_17 on Oct 13, 2011 12:07 PM

Hi Helios,
Many thanks for your reply.
I am able to figure out the issue. In the code we have
l_analysis_report := l_analysis_report ||'<tr><td align="center">'|| curr_refresh.analysis_name
                      || '</td><td align="center">' || curr_refresh.start_time || '</td><td align="center">'
                      || curr_refresh.end_time || '</td><td align="center">'|| curr_refresh.RUN_TIME_SECS ||
                      '</td><td align="center">'|| curr_refresh.status ||
                      '</td> </tr>' || UTL_TCP.CRLF;
                  exit when length (l_analysis_report) > 32500;where "l_analysis_report VARCHAR2(32767);"
The issue is report has more characters, and when executing it throws the error " ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small ".
Can you please let me know how to have more characters/data in the report. Will CLOB help if yes, please let me know how to use it.
Kindly suggest some options.
Regards,
Sunny

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Hi All,
Hope everyone is doing great...
I have issue with one of the procedure which sends out status email for the reports. Below is the code.
It worked fine from last six months but today it failed because of the length of characters (more reports are added).
The variable "l_an_report" is VARCHAR and it has crossed it limit so gave the below error. Not sure how to handle the report so that it includes all the data.
Also please let me if this is good solution :- Have the report status in excel sheet and attach to the email.
If its fine please let me know how i can achieve this and any prerequisite from network team we need to get?
ERROR :-
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small
ORA-06512: at "REPORT_STAT.PACKG_EMAIL", line 441
ORA-06512: at line 2
Procedure PRC_SUMMARY IS
      l_an_report varchar2(32767);
      l_header VARCHAR2(1000);
      cnxn UTL_SMTP.connection;
      P_job           NUMBER (10)    DEFAULT TO_NUMBER (TO_CHAR (SYSDATE,'YYYYMMDD'));
BEGIN
                      l_an_report := '<style type="text/css">



</style>
<center><b><font face="Arial">Summary Report '
            || '<br><br></font></b></center>'
            || ' <div align="center"><table width="90%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"'
            || 'style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial" > '
            || '<tr bgcolor=b4b4b4><td align="center"> <font size="3"> <b>'
            || 'Report</b></td><td align="center"><font size="3"> <b>'
            || 'Run Duration </b></td><td align="center"><font size="3"> <b>'
            || 'Status</b></font></td></tr> ' || UTL_TCP.CRLF;
                FOR curr_refresh IN (SELECT
                                     AN.NAME report_NAME,
                                     ROUND(((ARH.RUN_END_TIME-ARH.RUN_START_TIME)*24*60),2) RUN_TIME,
                                     ARH.JOB_STATUS STATUS
                                     FROM
                                     REPORT_HISTORY ARH,REPORT AN
                                     WHERE
                                     ARH.RUN_START_TIME>TO_DATE(SYSDATE-93)
                                     AND AN.report_ID=ARH.report_ID
                                     and arh.JOB_NAME like 'QA%'
                                     and arh.JOB_STATUS='Completed')
                              LOOP
          l_an_report := l_an_report ||
          '<tr><td align="center">'|| curr_refresh.report_name|| '</td><td align="center">'|| curr_refresh.RUN_TIME ||
          '</td><td align="center">'|| curr_refresh.STATUS ||
           '</td><td align="center">' || UTL_TCP.CRLF;
            exit when length (l_an_report) > 32767;
      END LOOP;
       l_an_report := l_an_report || '</table><br><br>';
            FOR curr_email IN (SELECT global_name instance_name,
            REU.EMAIL_USER_LAST_NAME last_name,
            REU.EMAIL_USER_FIRST_NAME first_name,
            REU.EMAIL_USER_EMAIL_ID,
            '[email protected]' mail_from
                             FROM EMAIL_USER REU, EMAIL_GROUP REG,GLOBAL_NAME
                                         WHERE REU.EMAIL_GROUP_ID = REG.EMAIL_GROUP_ID
                                               AND REG.EMAIL_GROUP_NAME ='IT') LOOP
            cnxn := UTL_SMTP.open_connection('smtprelay.ats.com', 25);
            UTL_SMTP.helo(cnxn, 'smtprelay.ats.com');
            UTL_SMTP.mail(cnxn, '[email protected]');
            UTL_SMTP.rcpt(cnxn, curr_email.EMAIL_USER_EMAIL_ID);
               l_header := 'MIME-Version: 1.0'||'
               To: ' || curr_email.last_name || ' <' || curr_email.EMAIL_USER_EMAIL_ID || '>
               From: ' || curr_email.mail_from || '
               Subject: Summary Report for ' || curr_email.instance_name || ' on ' || to_char(sysdate, 'DD-MON-YYYY') || '
               Reply-To: [email protected]
               Content-Type: text/html;' || UTL_TCP.CRLF || UTL_TCP.CRLF;
            UTL_SMTP.data(cnxn, l_header || l_an_report);
            UTL_SMTP.quit(cnxn);
      END LOOP;
END PRC_SUMMARY;Please share your thoughts.
Regards,
Sunny

>
It worked fine from last six months but today it failed because of the length of characters (more reports are added).
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small
>
The error is because you don't check the length of 'l_an_report' until it is already too long.
This code checks the length AFTER adding to it.
>
l_an_report := l_an_report ||
'<tr><td align="center">'|| curr_refresh.report_name|| '</td><td align="center">'|| curr_refresh.RUN_TIME ||
'</td><td align="center">'|| curr_refresh.STATUS ||
'</td><td align="center">' || UTL_TCP.CRLF;
exit when length (l_an_report) > 32767;
>
You need to test the length of the new string to be added to make sure it won't cause 'l_an_report' to be too long
-- add a new variable in the declare section
v_new_string VARCHAR2(2000);
-- in loop do calc
v_new_string := '<tr><td align="center">'|| curr_refresh.report_name|| '</td><td align="center">'|| curr_refresh.RUN_TIME ||
          '</td><td align="center">'|| curr_refresh.STATUS ||
           '</td><td align="center">' || UTL_TCP.CRLF;
-- test length
IF (length(v_new_string) + length (l_an_report) > 32767 THEN EXIT;But as others have said if you need to handle lengths > 32767 then use an attachment as shown in the links provided.

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T.PD wrote:
915826 wrote:
My project use MDA (domain object are specified from an XML file) and we generate the domain, transfer object, DAO, services and controllers, flex controller, flex services and flex .as files.
Now we want to generate the Unit Test Case. What do you think you're going to check with a <b>generated UnitTest</b>?
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IMHO generated tests are nothing more than a placebo...
bye
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