Sdo_cs.transform on Compaq tru64 UNIX

Question

We have managed to get sdo_cs.transform function working on NT after applying the latest patches. We now need to have it work on Compaq Tru64 Ver 4.0F where we have just installed Oracle 8.1.6.3.0 with all the latest patches.
We get the error:
"ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel"
whenever we try the sdo_cs.transform function.
The following code works on our NT installation but fails on the UNIX installation:
SQL> SELECT * FROM AMG56_AGD66;
PLACE_NAME
POSITION(SDO_GTYPE, SDO_SRID, SDO_POINT(X, Y, Z), SDO_ELEM_INFO, SDO_ORDINATES)
AMG56_AGD66
SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, 81938, SDO_POINT_TYPE(498910, 6966131, NULL), NULL, NULL)
SQL> SELECT c.place_name "Name",
2 c.position.sdo_srid,
3 c.position.sdo_point.x "Easting 1",
4 c.position.sdo_point.y "Northing 1",
5 c.position,
6 sdo_cs.transform(c.position,m.diminfo,82413)
7 FROM AMG56_AGD66 c, user_sdo_geom_metadata m
8 WHERE m.table_name = 'AMG56_AGD66'
9 AND m.column_name = 'POSITION';
SELECT c.place_name "Name",
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel
SQL> SELECT * FROM AMG56_AGD66;
SELECT * FROM AMG56_AGD66
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-03114: not connected to ORACLE
SQL>
Any ideas???
Regards
Peter Cohen
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Answer 1

Hi Peter,
I believe that functionality was broken in the field test version of coordinate systems that shipped in 8.1.6 only for transforming data stored in the SDO_POINT type. I'm not sure, but I doubt this will be patched on tru64 unix.
If you need to get this working you might want to try storing your point data using the elem_info_array and the ordinate array rather than the optimized point type.
This problem is fixed in 8.1.7.
Hope this helps,
dan