Log() not completing the execution

Question

Hi,
The problem is illustrated below :
SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.4.0 - Production on Mon Aug 20 12:44:29 2007
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Connected to:
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.4.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
JServer Release 9.2.0.4.0 - Production
SQL> select log (10, 16850.65000000001) from dual ;
LOG(10,16850.65000000001)
4.22661666
SQL> select log (10, 16850.65) from dual ;
Quit
Even Ctrl-C doesn't help. Only a forced quit helps. However, the session keeps
running as seen from v$session.
Is it a problem with Release 9.2.0.4.0 or only on machine, because of some other reason, I'm observing this behavior?
Thanks in advance...

Answer 1

Hi,
Do you mean when you execute the select query your session hangs??
I tested the same and it works fine.
SQL> select * from v$version;
BANNER
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Prod
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
CORE    10.2.0.1.0      Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
SQL> select log (10, 16850.65000000001) from dual ;
LOG(10,16850.65000000001)
               4.22661666
SQL> select log (10, 16850.65) from dual ;
LOG(10,16850.65)
      4.22661666
SQL>Regards