Querying external tables ERROR no not English version 10g R2 ¿BUG 5172459?

Question

Hello
I have a serious problem when trying to view the content of external tables under Oracle 10R2 in Spanish
Steps to perform:
1. Make directory on file system (in oracle server side).
2. Copy a data file into this directory.
3. Login (sqlplus) as "sys as sysdba"
4. Make one oracle directory object
5. Grant permits read / write to a user 'simple_uesr'
6. Logout sys, and login as 'simple_user'
7. Make a external table, which uses the directory and data file.
8. Run query 'select * from myExtTable' to check it.
I have repeated these steps on Oracle 9i Enterprise, Oracle 10gR2 Enterprise, and Oracle 10g XE, and always, always worked perfectly (no problems).
The problem occurs in the client's DB (Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.2.0 SPANISH), everything works fine until the step 8 (querying external tables), where systematically the following error occurs:
ERROR en línea 1:
ORA-29913: error al ejecutar la llamada de ODCIEXTTABLEOPEN
ORA-29400: error de cartucho de datos
KUP-00552: internal XAD package failed to load
ORA-06512: en "SYS.ORACLE_LOADER", línea 19
I have made many tests, such as assigning a wrong directory to external table, remove the data file, remove access permissions, and always, always gives the same error, nerver error "file not found...etc, etc".
I have concluded that the failure, which occurs before Oracle even try to access the file system, but I do not know what may be the cause.
Searching the Internet, I found the following links:
http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_ora_29913_external_table_error.htm
http://zalbb.itpub.net/post/980/249423
Where mention the BUG 5172459 (MetaLink Note: 373168.1), but after follow the directions, still does not work.
Can anyone help me with this problem?
Thanks!
Full details of the DB which gives the error
SO: Windows 2003 Server Standard SP1.
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Prod
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.2.0 - Production
CORE 10.2.0.2.0 Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.2.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.2.0 - Production
show parameter nls;
NAME TYPE VALUE
nls_calendar string
nls_comp string
nls_currency string
nls_date_format string
nls_date_language string
nls_dual_currency string
nls_iso_currency string
nls_language string SPANISH
nls_length_semantics string BYTE
nls_nchar_conv_excp string FALSE
nls_numeric_characters string
nls_sort string
nls_territory string SPAIN
nls_time_format string
nls_timestamp_format string
nls_timestamp_tz_format string
nls_time_tz_format string
-- NLS_SESSION_PARAMETERS
select * from NLS_SESSION_PARAMETERS order by parameter;
PARAMETER VALUE
NLS_CALENDAR GREGORIAN
NLS_COMP BINARY
NLS_CURRENCY €
NLS_DATE_FORMAT DD/MM/RR
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE SPANISH
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY €
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY SPAIN
NLS_LANGUAGE SPANISH
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP FALSE
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS ,.
NLS_SORT SPANISH
NLS_TERRITORY SPAIN
NLS_TIME_FORMAT HH24:MI:SSXFF
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT DD/MM/RR HH24:MI:SSXFF
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT DD/MM/RR HH24:MI:SSXFF TZR
NLS_TIME_TZ_FORMAT HH24:MI:SSXFF TZR
-- NLS_INSTANCE_PARAMETERS
select * from NLS_INSTANCE_PARAMETERS order by parameter;
PARAMETER VALUE
NLS_CALENDAR
NLS_COMP
NLS_CURRENCY
NLS_DATE_FORMAT
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY
NLS_LANGUAGE SPANISH
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP FALSE
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS
NLS_SORT
NLS_TERRITORY SPAIN
NLS_TIME_FORMAT
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT
NLS_TIME_TZ_FORMAT
-- NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS
select * from NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS order by parameter;
PARAMETER VALUE
NLS_CALENDAR GREGORIAN
NLS_CHARACTERSET WE8MSWIN1252
NLS_COMP BINARY
NLS_CURRENCY ?
NLS_DATE_FORMAT DD/MM/RR
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE SPANISH
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY ?
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY SPAIN
NLS_LANGUAGE SPANISH
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET AL16UTF16
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP FALSE
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS ,.
NLS_RDBMS_VERSION 10.2.0.2.0
NLS_SORT SPANISH
NLS_TERRITORY SPAIN
NLS_TIME_FORMAT HH24:MI:SSXFF
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT DD/MM/RR HH24:MI:SSXFF
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT DD/MM/RR HH24:MI:SSXFF TZR
NLS_TIME_TZ_FORMAT HH24:MI:SSXFF TZR
END.

Answer 1

jpadron_uy wrote:
ERROR en línea 1:
ORA-29913: error al ejecutar la llamada de ODCIEXTTABLEOPEN
ORA-29400: error de cartucho de datos
KUP-00552: internal XAD package failed to load
ORA-06512: en "SYS.ORACLE_LOADER", línea 19Hola!
Let's go through errors you posted:
First error (ORA-29913) indicating error occurs when Oracle tryed to access external table.
Then ORA-29400 says that error has occurred in a data cartridge external procedure.
And then finally KUP-00552 - an error was encountered while attempting to initialize the XAD package.
So did you check state of the XAD package in that database?
Also, please post code you used in steps 4. and 7.
HTH