ORA-03117: TWO-TASK SAVE AREA OVERFLOW

Question

I have oracle 8i database and powerbuilder 7 application.
When I try to execute a store procedure through powerbuilder script ,I got a oracle error "ORA-03117: TWO-TASK SAVE AREA OVERFLOW".
That stored procedure is inside a package .
That oracle package contains more than 10 procedure , function and user define data type declarations.
The same procedure (inside package) execute properly in oracle 7 DBMS and its prompt "TWO-TASK SAVE AREA OVERFLOW" error in oracle 8i DBMS.
The profile string to connect oracle database and powerbuilder is follow:
[Profile TEST]
DBMS=O84
Database=Oracle8i
UserId=
DatabasePassword=
LogPassword=
ServerName=TEST
LogId=
Lock=
Prompt=1
DbParm=DisableBind=0,DelimitIdentifier='No',CommitOnDisconnect='No'
When I try execute other package stored procedures , it execute properly without any error through powerbuilder application.
Please anyone help me how to solve the error "ORA-03117: TWO-TASK SAVE AREA OVERFLOW' in oracle 8i DBMS
Thanks
Leela

Answer 1

Hello,
I think we found the explanation for ORA-03117 error in PowerBuilder environment.
Before EACH time when PowerBuilder calls stored procedure or function it runs dbms_describe.describe_procedure
It looks like at some point this function stops working and it becomes a problem. So far I found the way to discover it.
SET pagesize 0
SET trimspool ON
SPOOL c:\temp\describe.sql
SELECT 'PROMPT Object: ' || object_name || CHR(13) || CHR(10) || 'DESCRIBE ' || object_name
     FROM all_objects
     WHERE owner = 'ABC'
     AND object_type IN ('PROCEDURE', 'PACKAGE', 'FUNCTION CLASS')
     ORDER BY object_name;
SPOOL OFF
SPOOL c:\temp\describe.log
@c:\temp\describe.sql
SPOOL OFF
If you will find text "ORA-03117" in c:\temp\describe.log then this could lead you to the solution.
What's weird is that SQL*Plus can not describe package but it can execute any of its function without any problem.
I will update this thread if something new will come up.
Hope this will help,
Boris