Error occurred in the execution of ODCIINDEXCREATE routine

Question

Hi,
We're using oracle 9.2.0.1. I've created a table with a spatial data column. Then inserted some rows and then created a spatial index on that column. What is peculiar is; depending on the number of the rows inserted I receive below error;
ORA-29855: error occurred in the execution of ODCIINDEXCREATE routine
ORA-13249: internal error in Spatial index: [mdidxrbd]
ORA-13249: Error in Spatial index: index build failed
ORA-13236: internal error in R-tree processing: [failed to cluster in memory]
ORA-13249: Internal error in Spatial index: [mdrcrclmem]
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_INDEX_METHOD_9I", line 7
ORA-06512: at line 1
for 2500 records, I can successfully create the index. However, for 3000 records above error happens. What can be the reason and how can I fix it?
Thanks in advance ;-))

Answer 1

Hi,
I've seen this a few times, and it seems to be related to some memory config issues in the database.
Can you try adding this to your create index statement (after dropping the existing index using the FORCE option [drop index <spatial_index_name> force;]):
parameters ('sdo_max_memory=2000000')
We've found it to be helpful, but we haven't been able to isolate the database or OS parameters that lead to the problem.