Error: ORA-13199 following a SDO_GEOM.VALIDATE_LAYER_WITH_CONTEXT call

Question

Good afternoon all,
I am new to this group. I tried to search the web for hints and clues to my error, but could not find a solution to my problem, so I decided to post here. I have an existing spatial table in which I recently inserted new values. I am trying to validate them, using the SDO_GEOM.VALIDATE_LAYER_WITH_CONTEXT function and I am getting errors:
BEGIN
SDO_GEOM.VALIDATE_LAYER_WITH_CONTEXT('ALS.ALS_GEO_SVC_AREAS','GEOLOC','VALIDATION_RESULTS');
END;
Error at line 1
ORA-13199: Invalid GEOMETRY table (or table does not exist)
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.MD", line 1723
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.MDERR", line 17
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_GEOM", line 2828
ORA-06512: at line 2
Script Terminated on line 1.
The spatial table is in a different schema = 'ALS' and is named 'ALS_GEO_SVC_AREAS'; the geometry column = 'GEOLOC'.
I created the validation table ('VALIDATION_RESULTS') as such:
CREATE TABLE VALIDATION_RESULTS(
sdo_rowid ROWID,
status VARCHAR2(2000));
I am using TOAD 9.7.2.5.
Can someone in the community help with this error?
Thank you.
Avridog

Answer 1

Avridog,
The only way I can see to get this cross-schema validation to work is via a view.
Here is my use case.
DROP  TABLE VALIDATION_RESULTS;
CREATE TABLE VALIDATION_RESULTS(
sdo_rowid ROWID,
status VARCHAR2(2000)
select count(*) from CODESYS.GEODPOINT2D;
grant select on geodpoint2d to public with grant option;
create view geodpoint2d as select * from codesys.geodpoint2d;
insert into user_sdo_geom_metadata (table_name,column_name,diminfo,srid)
select table_name,column_name,diminfo,srid
  from all_sdo_geom_metadata
where owner = 'CODESYS' and table_name = 'GEODPOINT2D' and column_name = 'GEOM';
commit;
BEGIN
SDO_GEOM.VALIDATE_LAYER_WITH_CONTEXT('GEODPOINT2D','GEOM','VALIDATION_RESULTS');
END;
Select * from VALIDATION_RESULTS;
SDO_ROWID STATUS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
NULL      Rows Processed <500>This worked for me (all points passed validation). If it works for you, and you believe your question is answered please award points.
regards
Simon