ORACLE GEOCODER problems

Question

Hi!
I'm new to oracle geocoding. I downloaded TeleAtlas sample data of San Marino and successfully imported it into Oracle database. I already succesfully geocoded and reverse geocoded some sample data, but when trying other functions like SDO_GCDR.GEOCODE_ALL or SDO_GCDR.GEOCODE_ADDR_ALL etc... I allways get the same error:
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character to number conversion error
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_GCDR", line 554
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_GCDR", line 625
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_GCDR", line 754
ORA-06512: at line 1
This works: SELECT SDO_GCDR.GEOCODE('O10G_EUR0705', SDO_KEYWORDARRAY('CONTRADA', '47890'), 'SM', 'RELAX_BASE_NAME') FROM DUAL;
The result is:
SDO_GCDR.GEOCODE('O10G_EUR0705',SDO_KEYWORDARRAY('CONTRADA','47890'),'SM','RELAX
SDO_GEO_ADDR(0, SDO_KEYWORDARRAY(), NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'SAN MARINO',
NULL, 'SM', '47890', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'F', 'F', NULL, NULL, '
L', 0, 1,6740E+13, '??????????B281CP?', 4, 'RELAX_BASE_NAME', 12,4507268, 43,936
4842, NULL)
This also works: SELECT SDO_GCDR.REVERSE_GEOCODE('O10G_EUR0705',
2 SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 8307,
3 SDO_POINT_TYPE(12.4507268, 43.9364842, NULL), NULL, NULL),
4 'SM') FROM DUAL;
The result is:
SDO_GCDR.REVERSE_GEOCODE('O10G_EUR0705',SDO_GEOMETRY(2001,8307,SDO_POINT_TYPE(12
SDO_GEO_ADDR(0, SDO_KEYWORDARRAY(), NULL, 'STRADA SOTTOMONTANA', NULL, NULL, NUL
L, NULL, NULL, 'SM', '47890', NULL, '47890', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 'F', 'F', N
ULL, NULL, 'L', ,999998505, 1,6740E+13, '', 1, 'DEFAULT', 12,4507268, 43,9364842
, NULL)
But when I try: SELECT SDO_GCDR.GEOCODE_ALL('O10G_EUR0705', SDO_KEYWORDARRAY('CONTRADA'), 'SM', 'DEFAULT') FROM DUAL; or
SELECT SDO_GCDR.GEOCODE_ALL('O10G_EUR0705', SDO_KEYWORDARRAY('PIAZZETTA MARINO MADIONI'), 'SM', 'DEFAULT') FROM DUAL; or
SELECT SDO_GCDR.GEOCODE_ADDR_ALL('O10G_EUR0705', create_addr_from_placename('CASA DEL CASTELLO DI FIORENTINO', 'SM'), 3) FRO
M DUAL;
I allways get the following error:
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character to number conversion error
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_GCDR", line 554
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_GCDR", line 625
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_GCDR", line 769
ORA-06512: at line 1
I did create the function for creating addres from placename as described in example and the function was successfully created.
What am I doing wrong? Please help.

Answer 1

Sam,
It looks like the percent value or one of the other computed values in the result is not correct.
Can you try this function and post what you get back for the problem address (this is in the same package sdo_gcdr)?
function geocode(
username varchar2,
addr_lines SDO_keywordArray,
country VARCHAR2,
match_mode VARCHAR2)
This should return the computed geocoder result.
siva