Merge Statement in 10g

Question

Hi all,
The following article shows how one can use Merge for Insert alone:
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/10g/MergeEnhancements10g.php
in particular:
-- No matched clause, insert only.
MERGE INTO test1 a
USING all_objects b
ON (a.object_id = b.object_id)
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
INSERT (object_id, status)
VALUES (b.object_id, b.status)
WHERE b.status != 'VALID';
when I used the same ... in my program ... I am getting the following error:
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel
can some one give me an idea ... what I am doing wrong?
I am using release 10.2.0.3.0
Thanks

Answer 1

Works fine on 10.2.0.1.0:
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> create table test1 as select object_id, status from all_objects where 1 = 2;
Table created.
SQL> MERGE INTO test1 a
  2  USING all_objects b
  3  ON (a.object_id = b.object_id)
  4  WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
  5  INSERT (object_id, status)
  6  VALUES (b.object_id, b.status)
  7  WHERE b.status != 'VALID';
50 rows merged.SY.