ORA-12541: TNS:no listener - when executing procedure

Question

Hi,
I am getting the following error when execting a procedure within a package:
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SQL> execute VRT_PIVOTAL_TEMP_INT.GET_NEW_PIVOTAL_ANON_TRANS
BEGIN VRT_PIVOTAL_TEMP_INT.GET_NEW_PIVOTAL_ANON_TRANS; END;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_LOB", line 722
ORA-06512: at "MPD.VRT_PIVOTAL_TEMP_INT", line 2579
ORA-06512: at "MPD.VRT_PIVOTAL_TEMP_INT", line 2430
ORA-12541: TNS:no listener
ORA-06512: at line 1
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But the listener is up and I can ping the host as well as tnsping the connect string. I am trying to execute it on the server itself.
Please help.
Prachi

Answer 1

The problem comes into play when you try to select the actual LOB locator remotely, however straight INSERTs aren't a problem.
SQL> desc test_clob1
Name                                      Null?    Type
A1                                                 NUMBER
A2                                                 CLOB
SQL> desc test_clob2@remotedb
Name                                      Null?    Type
A1                                                 NUMBER
A2                                                 CLOB
SQL> declare
  2     big_text varchar2(32767) := rpad('#',32767,'#');
  3  begin
  4       insert into test_clob1 values (1, big_text );
  5  end;
  6  /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select a1, dbms_lob.getlength(a2) from test_clob1;
        A1 DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(A2)
         1                  32767
SQL> select count(*) from test_clob2@remotedb;
  COUNT(*)
         0
SQL> insert into test_clob2@remotedb
  2  select * from test_clob1;
1 row created.
SQL> select a1, dbms_lob.getlength(a2) from test_clob2@remotedb;
select a1, dbms_lob.getlength(a2) from test_clob2@remotedb
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-22992: cannot use LOB locators selected from remote tables
SQL> commit;
Commit complete.However, if I do a COMMIT and then go to the remote database and do the same query, I get the following:
SQL> select a1, dbms_lob.getlength(a2) from test_clob2;
        A1 DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(A2)
         1                  32767HTH