Need help to debug SQL Tuning Advisor Error Message

Question

Hi,
I am getting an error message while try to get recommendations from the SQL Tuning Advisor.
Environment:
Oracle Version:  11.2.0.3.0
O/S: AIX
Following is my code:
declare
my_task_name  varchar2 (30);
my_sqltext    clob;
begin
my_sqltext := 'SELECT DISTINCT MRKT_AREA AS DIVISION, PROMO_ID,
                PROMO_CODE,
                RBR_DTL_TYPE.PERF_DETL_TYP, 
                RBR_DTL_TYPE.PERF_DETL_DESC,
                RBR_DTL_TYPE.PERF_DETL_SUB_TYP,
                RBR_DTL_TYPE.PERF_DETL_SUB_DESC,
                BU_SYS_ITM_NUM,
                RBR_CPN_LOC_ITEM_ARCHIVE.CLI_SYS_ITM_DESC,
                PROMO_START_DATE,
                PROMO_END_DATE,
                PROMO_VALUE2,
                PROMO_VALUE1,
                EXEC_COMMENTS,
                PAGE_NUM,
                BLOCK_NUM,
                AD_PLACEMENT,
                BUYER_CODE,
                RBR_CPN_LOC_ITEM_ARCHIVE.CLI_STAT_TYP,
                RBR_MASTER_CAL_ARCHIVE.STATUS_FLAG
FROM  (PROMO_REPT_OWNER.RBR_CPN_LOC_ITEM_ARCHIVE
INNER JOIN PROMO_REPT_OWNER.RBR_MASTER_CAL_ARCHIVE
ON (RBR_CPN_LOC_ITEM_ARCHIVE.CLI_PROMO_ID = PROMO_ID)
AND (RBR_CPN_LOC_ITEM_ARCHIVE.CLI_PERF_DTL_ID = PERF_DETAIL_ID)
AND (RBR_CPN_LOC_ITEM_ARCHIVE.CLI_STR_NBR = STORE_ZONE)
AND (RBR_CPN_LOC_ITEM_ARCHIVE.CLI_ITM_ID = ITM_ID))
INNER JOIN PROMO_REPT_OWNER.RBR_DTL_TYPE
ON (RBR_MASTER_CAL_ARCHIVE.PERF_DETL_TYP = RBR_DTL_TYPE.PERF_DETL_TYP)
AND (RBR_MASTER_CAL_ARCHIVE.PERF_DETL_SUB_TYP = RBR_DTL_TYPE.PERF_DETL_SUB_TYP)
WHERE ( ((MRKT_AREA)=40)
AND ((RBR_DTL_TYPE.PERF_DETL_TYP)=1)
AND ((RBR_DTL_TYPE.PERF_DETL_SUB_TYP)=1) )
AND ((CLI_STAT_TYP)=1 Or (CLI_STAT_TYP)=6)
AND ((RBR_MASTER_CAL_ARCHIVE.STATUS_FLAG)=''A'')
AND ( ((PROMO_START_DATE) >= to_date(''2011-10-20'', ''YYYY-MM-DD'')
And (PROMO_END_DATE) <= to_date(''2011-10-26'', ''YYYY-MM-DD'')) )
ORDER BY MRKT_AREA';
my_task_name := dbms_sqltune.create_tuning_task
                             (sql_text => my_sqltext,
                              user_name => 'PROMO_REPT_OWNER',
                              scope     => 'COMPREHENSIVE',
                              time_limit => 3600,
                              task_name  => 'Test_Query',
                              description  => 'Test Query');
end;
begin
  dbms_sqltune.execute_tuning_task(task_name => 'Test_Query');
end;
set serveroutput on size unlimited;
set pagesize 5000
set linesize 130
set long 50000
set longchunksize 500000
SELECT DBMS_SQLTUNE.REPORT_TUNING_TASK('Test_Query') FROM DUAL;
Output:
snippet .....
FINDINGS SECTION (1 finding)
1- Index Finding (see explain plans section below)
The execution plan of this statement can be improved by creating one or more
indices.
Recommendation (estimated benefit: 71.48%)
- Consider running the Access Advisor to improve the physical schema design
or creating the recommended index.
Error: Cannot fetch actions for recommendation: INDEX
Error: ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small
Rationale
Creating the recommended indices significantly improves the execution plan
of this statement. However, it might be preferable to run "Access Advisor"
using a representative SQL workload as opposed to a single statement. This
will allow to get comprehensive index recommendations which takes into
account index maintenance overhead and additional space consumption.
snippet
Any ideas why I am getting ORA-06502 error?
Thanks in advance
Rogers

Answer 1

Bug 14407401 - ORA-6502 from index recommendation section of DBMS_SQLTUNE output (Doc ID 14407401.8)
Fixed:
The fix for 14407401 is first included in
12.1.0.1 (Base Release)