Very odd ora-06502

Hi!..
I´ll try my best to explain what is happening...
I have two packages, p1 and p2.
at specification of p2 i have a variable called var2 (type number).
at p1 i have a procedure called proc1 that assing a value to p2.var2
procedure proc1 is
begin
p2.var2 := 0;
end;
when i execute p1.proc1 for the first time the error ora-06502 occurs at line of "p2.var2 := 0".
if i execute p1.proc1 again, it works.
I´m not assing a string to the numeric variable!!! I´ve checked and double checked it.
What could be happening?
Help me!!!

mcardia wrote:
the problem was oracle told me that the error was at a line that has nothing to do with this....Well, it did have something to do with it.
The first time the procedure is called, the p1 package is iniitialized. This happens at that line.
Regards
Peter

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ERROR at line 1:
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create or replace procedure audit_report
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rpad(r_audit_user.os_user,11,' ')||
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rpad(r_audit_user.host,9,' ')||
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rpad(r_audit_user.last_action,12,' ')||
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rpad(r_audit_user.logon_day,11,' ')||
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null;
end;
So all code is commented out, but still the error.
Any ideas?
Kind regards,
Dave

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for i in 1..nlns loop
if ( length(lines(i)) > 0 ) then
if ( ( lengthb(l_buff) + lengthb(lines(i))) > 32767) then
if (NOT l_clob_init) then
dbms_lob.createtemporary(l_clob, TRUE);
dbms_lob.open(l_clob, dbms_lob.lob_readwrite);
l_clob_init:=true;
end if;
dbms_lob.writeappend(l_clob,length(l_buff),l_buff);
l_buff := lines(i);
else
l_buff := l_buff || lines(i);
end if;
end if;
end loop;
end if;
if (l_clob_init) then
dbms_lob.writeappend(l_clob,length(l_buff),l_buff);
l_buff := '';
end if;
? := l_clob;
? := l_buff;
if (wpg_docload.is_file_download) then l_file:='TRUE'; wpg_docload.get_download_file(l_doc_info); else l_file := 'FALSE'; end if; ? := l_file;
? := l_doc_info;
end;
get_page FAILED:ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small
ORA-06512: at line 33
Edited by: BrianB on May 11, 2011 7:50 AM
Edited by: BrianB on May 11, 2011 8:01 AM

Brian,
this post is going to get a bit longer, so the summary comes first.
h6. Summary
1. I could reproduce the problem on my system using the APEX Listener in standalone mode.
2. I don't think the problem is content-related in the sense that you have any issue in your page or database contents.
3. I have a workaround for your problem.
h6. Error message
Having that error in my environment made me start to think. I not only disabled some item and got it work, but I could also add something to achieve this effect.
So I came to think, this really is somewhere deep down. The error message doesn't seem very helpful on first sight, but when starting to follow on what's happening there, things get clearer:
APEX generates pages dynamically, replacing substitution strings and other tokens to get the actual page definition. This has to be read by a requesting client. The use of VARCHAR2 as buffer introduces a limit of 32767 bytes, after which the contents is handled as CLOB instead.
h6. Analysis
Obviously, there are cases where the "estimation" fails. Of course, this is may only be relevant in rare cases, because:
1. If a page would exceed the maximum without some charset interpretation problem, the buffer would be switched to clob.
2. If a page stays small enough to stay below 32767 even with some characters that are acutally larger then expected, the buffer isn't busted.
To find out, if your could be one of these rare cases, I investigated the HTTP headers, focussing on X-DB-Content-length and made an odd observation.
Test case 1: "Go" button disabled, so the page runs fine with APEX Listener
1. It has *31968 bytes* when coming from APEX Listener with a Go button disabled.
2. It has *31938 bytes* according to the header set by EPG - for exactly the same page.
That makes a difference of 30 bytes for what is expected to be the same contents.
Test case 2: The button is enabled again
1. This causes the page load to crash in APEX Listener.
2. EPG transports *32341 bytes* according to that header.
So we are pretty close to the hard limit for the VARCHAR2 buffer.
For some reason, APEX Listener seems to cause a false calculation of the actual page size. Whether this is due to some charset problem or due to some other problem with response handling, I don't know. The 30 bytes difference may result from the odd header "X-ORACLE-IGNORE" with value "IGNORE, IGNORE, IGNORE, IGNORE" sent by the APEX Listener. This value has exactly 30 bytes in length, but this could be coincidence, as there are more differences in headers. If I add the size of all headers, we are even closer to the buffer limit and probably exceed it when some items need more bytes than expected.
This could even be as simple as a line break, as your page has about 424 lines when I disabled the button... Adding 1 byte per line to the 32341 bytes of the EPG, I get 32765 bytes. Now add that button (403 bytes difference on EPG) and you exceeed the limit. Reduce that value by the line count again and you are still below.
Could be coincidence as well, but makes me wonder.
h6. Workaround
To make sure that we were actually hitting that limit, I now introduce my suggestion for a workaround.
Test case 3: Add a hidden item
1. APEX Listener loads the page, stating the size to be *32876 bytes*
2. EPG sees 30 bytes less and transmits the header with *32846 bytes*
h6. Conclusion
I can't give you a real solution for that problem, nor do I have a definitive answer on what is the root cause for it. It seems, only one of the developers may find it. But I can offer you a workaround, which is to just add some hidden item to your page so it exceeds the limit for the VARCHAR2 buffer and gets handled as clob.
Note that this may occur outside the app builder as well. The app builder just renders some additional items when starting that page, so it has a different size from its productive representation. On the other hand, I may start counting the size of that additional page section - I wouldn't wonder if that results in a value around 400 bytes, and this is the forgotten part...
Unfortunately, if it actually is happening outside of the app builder, this workaround isn't very handy: Dynamic contents can't be calculated that easy all the time, so you may have cases where you just don't know in advance if you are close to the limit and have to add some item to exceed it or if you've already exceeded it or if you are far below, or close enough to actually hit it when adding just one byte...
-Udo

Report error: ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: NULL index table k

Hi everybody,
I have two Distinct Databases on two distinct servers. (Oracle Ent. Release 10.2.0.3.0 on AIX 5.3). After I install the latest patch last week, One of the APEX installation has some problems on Home>Application Builder Page. The error message is very random and
report error:
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: NULL index table key value.
When i change the view (details to icons), everything goes to normal. This error message is reflected some of the pages (report region) of some of my applications randomly. When it appears in a report region, i deselect the order method of the region, the result is normal.
But the other APEX application on the other instance has no problem. It is a bug? or Should i re-install the APEX instance?
Thank you for your interest?
Gökhan ÇATALKAYA

No, but we have a reproducible test case now so we're working on it. See ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: NULL index table key value
Scott

ORA-06502 when searching region source

The following is listed as a limitation of Apex 3.1, for both interactive reports and the application builder, although the specific context is not mentioned.
The row length limit is 32k (just as with Classic Reports). You can include more columns but if too many are selected to be displayed, the user will get the following error - "ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small". This should be considered when creating your report.You can find that here: http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/application_express/html/3.1_known_issues.html
I'm getting this very error when trying to search region source for one of my application items. Presumably the region source is larger than the 32k limit where my particular page item is being used?
Can anyone from Oracle verify that this is still a problem in Apex 3.2.0.00.27?
Earl

>
The following is listed as a limitation of Apex 3.1, for both interactive reports and the application builder, although the specific context is not mentioned.
The row length limit is 32k (just as with Classic Reports). You can include more columns but if too many are selected to be displayed, the user will get the following error - "ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small". This should be considered when creating your report.
You can find that here: http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/application_express/html/3.1_known_issues.html
I'm getting this very error when trying to search region source for one of my application items. Presumably the region source is larger than the 32k limit where my particular page item is being used?
Can anyone from Oracle verify that this is still a problem in Apex 3.2.0.00.27?
EarlAnyone have any ideas about the above? I'm getting this error when searching region source code, here:
Home>Application Builder>Application nnn>Application Reports>Page Components>Search Region Source
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Earl

-6502 ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error when using 'Create CAPI Definition'

I get an error when I try to create a CAPI definition with Headstart untilities (6i). I use HSU_CAPI revision 6.5.2.0
The detailed information says the following:
Message
BLAPI.OPEN_ACTIVITY
Start HSU_CAPI.run
Number of Tables to create CAPI for 1
Initial checks for table KCS_TENDERS with id 692754610572409851363604771392473242
HSU_CAPT.initial_checks for table KCS_TENDERS
HSU_CAPF.initial_checks for table KCS_TENDERS
HSU_CAPC.initial_checks Custom Services for table KCS_TENDERS
HSU_CAPB.initial_checks BRDD for table KCS_TENDERS
bltext.get_lines_from_repository, p_text_type=CDINOT
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_lines_from_repository, p_text_type=CDIPLS
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_line_containing
KCS_TENDERS Business Rule Design Definition BR_TNR001_CEV does not have any Trigger Columns. Rule will fire when any column is updated.
bltext.get_lines_from_repository, p_text_type=CDINOT
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_lines_from_repository, p_text_type=CDIPLS
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_line_containing
Creating CAPI for table KCS_TENDERS with id 692754610572409851363604771392473242
Recreating KCS_TENDERS Table API/Trigger Logic - Event: Pre-Before-Insert-stmt, Open transaction.
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580304413262318236391196826 - Text type: ALCODE number of text lines = 6 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580304413262318236391196826 - Text type: ALCMNT number of text lines = 1 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Recreating KCS_TENDERS Table API/Trigger Logic - Event: Pre-Before-Update-stmt, Open transaction.
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580332747461215454262479002 - Text type: ALCODE number of text lines = 6 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580332747461215454262479002 - Text type: ALCMNT number of text lines = 1 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Recreating KCS_TENDERS Table API/Trigger Logic - Event: Pre-Before-Delete-stmt, Open transaction.
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580361081660112672133761178 - Text type: ALCODE number of text lines = 6 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580361081660112672133761178 - Text type: ALCMNT number of text lines = 1 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Recreating KCS_TENDERS Table API/Trigger Logic - Event: Post-After-Insert-stmt, Close transaction.
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580389415859009890005043354 - Text type: ALCODE number of text lines = 6 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580389415859009890005043354 - Text type: ALCMNT number of text lines = 1 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Recreating KCS_TENDERS Table API/Trigger Logic - Event: Post-After-Update-stmt, Close transaction.
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580417750057907107876325530 - Text type: ALCODE number of text lines = 6 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580417750057907107876325530 - Text type: ALCMNT number of text lines = 1 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Recreating KCS_TENDERS Table API/Trigger Logic - Event: Post-After-Delete-stmt, Close transaction.
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580446084256804325747607706 - Text type: ALCODE number of text lines = 6 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580446084256804325747607706 - Text type: ALCMNT number of text lines = 1 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Recreating KCS_TENDERS Table API/Trigger Logic - Event: Pre-Before-Delete-row, Save old data.
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580474418455701543618889882 - Text type: ALCODE number of text lines = 404 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580474418455701543618889882 - Text type: ALCMNT number of text lines = 1 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Recreating KCS_TENDERS Table API/Trigger Logic - Event: Pre-Insert, Call CAPI.
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580568865785358936523163802 - Text type: ALCODE number of text lines = 4 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580568865785358936523163802 - Text type: ALCMNT number of text lines = 1 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Recreating KCS_TENDERS Table API/Trigger Logic - Event: Pre-Update, Call CAPI.
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580597199984256154394445978 - Text type: ALCODE number of text lines = 4 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580597199984256154394445978 - Text type: ALCMNT number of text lines = 1 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Recreating KCS_TENDERS Table API/Trigger Logic - Event: Pre-Delete, Call CAPI.
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580625534183153372265728154 - Text type: ALCODE number of text lines = 17 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580625534183153372265728154 - Text type: ALCMNT number of text lines = 1 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Recreating KCS_TENDERS Table API/Trigger Logic - Event: Post-Insert, Call CAPI.
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580653868382050590137010330 - Text type: ALCODE number of text lines = 7 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580653868382050590137010330 - Text type: ALCMNT number of text lines = 1 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Recreating KCS_TENDERS Table API/Trigger Logic - Event: Post-Update, Call CAPI.
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580682202580947808008292506 - Text type: ALCODE number of text lines = 144 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580682202580947808008292506 - Text type: ALCMNT number of text lines = 1 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Recreating KCS_TENDERS Table API/Trigger Logic - Event: Post-Delete, Call CAPI.
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580767205177639461622139034 - Text type: ALCODE number of text lines = 282 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
Write Text for element type APPLOG with id 753236628580767205177639461622139034 - Text type: ALCMNT number of text lines = 1 - REPLACE
Deleted old text
HSU_CAPF.create_or_find_capi_pack
hsu_capi.find_plm (kcs_tnr_capi, 692754610572409851363604771392473242, CAPI).
capi package found in the context folder
BLPLM.UPD
FREE_FORMAT_TEXT_FLAG......... = Y
IMPLEMENTATION_NAME........... = kcs_tnr_capi
PLSQL_MODULE_TYPE............. = PACKAGE
SCOPE......................... = PUBLIC
COMPLETION_STATUS............. = COMPLETED
NAME.......................... = kcs_tnr_capi
PURPOSE....................... = Custom API package for implementing Business Rules and supporting TAPI
Recreated Package KCS/ KCS_TNR_CAPI, preserving only the Revision History.
HSU_CAPF.add_tags_er_av
bltext.get_lines_from_repository, p_text_type=CDINOT
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_lines_from_repository, p_text_type=CDINOT
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_lines_from_repository, p_text_type=CDINOT
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_lines_from_repository, p_text_type=CDINOT
bltext.get_line_containing
bltext.get_line_containing
HSU_CAPF.create_specification
HSU_CAPF.create_c_tabalias
HSU_CAPF.create_c_tabalias_all
HSU_CAPF.create_aggregate_value
HSU_CAPF.create_aggregate_value
HSU_CAPF.create_aggregate_value
Activity aborted with ORACLE internal errors.
-6502 ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small
What can I do about it???
Thanks in advance.
Menno Hoogsteen

Working on the same project as Menno, I had the time to look into the problem.
The problem is caused by the creation of the capi-function agregate_char_value in the packages hsu_capf. While creating this function the following code is executed:
add(' -- allowable values:');
add(' -- '||l_col_name_list);
This last statement causes the problem because this table is very big. L_col_name_list contains 2391 characters wich is 393 characters to long. So i changed this code into:
add(' -- allowable values:');
add(' -- '||substr(l_col_name_list,1,1990));
add(' -- '||substr(l_col_name_list,1990));
and everything works fine. Perhaps something for a patch?
Kind regards,
Ruben Spekle

ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error

HI All,
I am facing the following issue and looking forward for help to find the cause.
We are converting PDF documents in our repository to HTML using Oracle API
ctx_doc.ifilter (v_datablob, v_dataclob);
a highly simplified version of our code will be something like this..
1) Create table to store the BLOB(Binary PDF documents)
create table tbl_pdf_store(pdf_doc blob);
2) Insert a row and store a PDF.
3) Convert the PDF into HTML and store it in a CLOB object..
DECLARE
v_datablob BLOB;
v_dataclob CLOB;
BEGIN
--Create temporary clob objects
DBMS_LOB.createtemporary (v_dataclob, TRUE, DBMS_LOB.SESSION);
DBMS_LOB.createtemporary (v_datablob, TRUE, DBMS_LOB.SESSION);
--get the pdf to be converted from store table
SELECT pdf_doc
INTO v_datablob
FROM tbl_pdf_store
WHERE rownum < 1;
     --convert the BLOB to HTML and store it in CLOB
     ctx_doc.ifilter (v_datablob, v_dataclob);
exception
     when others then
     dbms_output.put_line(sqlerrm||' - '||sqlcode);
end;
Now the issue I am facing is, the above code works fine for few documents and for few others I get this cryptic error message
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error
ORA-06512: at "CTXSYS.DRUE", line 180
ORA-06512: at "CTXSYS.CTX_DOC", line 1142
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error - -6502
I cant reproduce the exact code here, but if anyone had faced the similar issue, then it would be great if they help me out.
thanks,
Prashant

> Billy, its not just plain wrong its a sin :). "When
others" should itself be avoided if possible(it just
shows you don't know what error can occur). In the
actual code, we are using separate package to handle
and log errors. Here it was just for simplification I
added that putline code.
Phew.. You had me worried there... :-)
> I ran my procedure in debug mode and it throws this
exception when its executing the Oracle API
ctx_doc.ifilter
And there is very little you can do debugging that, as that source code is encoded (wrapped).
Which means that unfortunately you have to treat that code as a black box and investigate the bug with respects to:
a) the "environment" from which the call is made (ito of session settings, the sequence of calls made, etc)
b) the data and parameters passed
> this is not the case with all the PDFs..I was able to
convert more than 11 thousand documents without any
issues. I have this for only few hundred documents.
This would seem to point to a bug in Oracle's CTX conversion/filter code. Maybe those PDFs are a newer version and is not correctly supported. Maybe they're an older version that is not supported.
Which is why I said you need to isolate the error. Determine which PDFs are failing. Create a test harness (simplified code as you've posted) to perform a conversion (and nothing else).
Determine which PDFs fail and which works. Look at the differences between PDFs. E.g. can those problem PDFs be opened with different Acrobat Reader version - or do some of them fail?
> Another issue is I cannot view the content of the
these documents to check if anything is different :(.
You can with Acrobat Reader.. right?
> so no sure how to go from here...is there a
printstack method in Oracle 9i(similar to 10g I
guess) which can give me more information as I am
currently lost and not sure where to look.
Dumping the stack will not be of much help. In fact, the error message sequence you pasted already show the call sequence. And as these are in Oracle PL/SQL code, there is nothing really you can do about it.
My suggestion is to
a) isolate the error
b) consult the manual(s) to ensure that the Oracle PL/SQL s/w is used correctly
c) determine if this is data related (e.g. different PDF versions for example)
d) log a SR (Service Request) with Oracle Support
The more you can do ito of (a) - (c), the better the chance for finding the root cause, and the quicker resolution when you have no choice but to do (d).

ORA-06502 error during dbms_mview.refresh

I created a Materialized view MV1 and refreshed using dbms_mview.refresh option and it worked.
dbms_mview.refresh (list => 'MV1', method => 'F');
My requirement is to refresh MV1 daily at 10.00 P.M. I created a procedure ( code attached below) to execute the dbms_mview.refresh and scheduled the procedure to run at 10.00 P.M.
I am getting the following error in a regular basis not always.
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: raw variable length too long
Kindly do the needfull.
PACKAGE:
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY PKG_COMMON
AS
LOG EXCEPTIONS
PROCEDURE log (
p_package IN ttfa_log.package_name%TYPE DEFAULT NULL,
p_procedure IN ttfa_log.procedure_name%TYPE DEFAULT NULL,
p_log_priority IN ttfa_log.log_priority%TYPE DEFAULT 'INFO',
p_params IN ttfa_log.parameters%TYPE DEFAULT NULL,
p_line_number IN ttfa_log.line_number%TYPE DEFAULT NULL,
p_error_stack IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
p_error_backtrace IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL
IS
l_step PLS_INTEGER := 0;
l_log_date DATE;
PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION;
BEGIN
l_step := 20;
l_log_date := sysdate;
l_step := 40;
INSERT INTO ttfa_log
( log_id
,log_date
,log_priority
,username
,package_name
,procedure_name
,line_number
,error_code
,log_message
,backtrace_tmp
,parameters
,partition_key
VALUES
( ttfa_log_id_seq.NEXTVAL
,l_log_date
,p_log_priority
,LOWER(USER)
,p_package
,p_procedure
,p_line_number
,SUBSTR( p_error_stack, 1, INSTR(p_error_stack,':') - 1 )
,substr(p_error_stack,1,4000)
,substr(p_error_backtrace,1,4000)
,p_params
,EXTRACT(MONTH FROM l_log_date)
COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS
THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20001, 'Error in pkg_ttfa_log.log ' ||chr(13) || 'Actual Error=>' ||DBMS_UTILITY.FORMAT_ERROR_STACK);
END log;
REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW
PROCEDURE refresh_mi_mvs
IS
BEGIN
-- Refresh Materialized View
BEGIN
dbms_mview.refresh (list => 'MV1', method => 'F');
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
log (
p_package => 'PKG_COMMON'
,p_procedure => 'refresh_mvs'
,p_log_priority => 'ERROR'
,p_params => 'MV1'
,p_line_number => 40
,p_error_stack => DBMS_UTILITY.FORMAT_ERROR_STACK
,p_error_backtrace => DBMS_UTILITY.FORMAT_ERROR_BACKTRACE
ROLLBACK;
END;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
log (
p_package => 'PKG_COMMON'
,p_procedure => 'refresh_mi_mvs'
,p_log_priority => 'ERROR'
,p_params => 'Package Exception'
,p_line_number => 90
,p_error_stack => DBMS_UTILITY.FORMAT_ERROR_STACK
,p_error_backtrace => DBMS_UTILITY.FORMAT_ERROR_BACKTRACE
ROLLBACK;
END;
END PKG_TTFA_COMMON;

It impossible from what you have posted to know whether the issue is what you are passing to Oracle or what you have written yourself. Have your run a trace? If not that is the first step.
And when you post next ... a version number would be very helpful.

Intermittent Ora-06502

Hi,
We have an intermittent Ora -06502 Error arising from our packages on our webpages.
We have trace files and log files. But the error is not always reproducable but keeps on returning with different users on different times.
We have put debugging messages inside the packages but keep on coming up empty handed. We have logged trace files but they are no avail either.
Any help would be very appreciated.
THNX
We use an 8.1.6 database on unix.
Below is the details of the error:
Request Failed
We were unable to process your request at this time.
Error occured while accessing
"/cv_app/www/cdew600$vrmn.actionview"
at Sun Aug 12 20:01:34 2001
OWS-05101: Execution failed due to Oracle error 6502
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error
ORA-06512: at line 5
PL/SQL Cartridge SERVICE: newmonday/webappl
PROCEDURE: cdew600$vrmn.actionview
PARAMETERS:
===========
P_CDE_ID:
11110397
P_L_RVE5_DESCRIPTION:
P_L_RVE7_DESCRIPTION:
125-140
P_CURRENT_HOLIDAYS:
39
P_BNT_STR:
P_DCE_STR:
P_L_RVE2_DESCRIPTION:
P_L_RVE4_DESCRIPTION:
140-155
O_CDE_LCN_ID:
4
O_CCT_CDE_ID:
11110397
O_HEADER:
O_DESCTEXT:
O_PROMPT1:
O_CURRENT_CONTRACT_TYPE:
O_CURRENT_SALARY:
O_CURRENT_HOLIDAYS:
O_ID_RVE_BNT:
O_ID_BTN_BNT:
O_BNT_STR:
O_PROMPT2:
O_DCE_STR:
O_DSE_CDE_ID:
11110397
O_DESIRED_TERMS_OF_EMPL:
O_DESIRED_SALARY:
O_ID_DCE_DCE:
O_ID_RVE_DCE:
Z_ACTION:
CLEAR
Z_CHK:
55704
Please try again later
null

hi,
thanks for the reply. And the answer is Yes. Reloading the cartridge solves the problem. But the problem starts re-ocurring after a while again when we didn't change any packages or plsql code.
How can we solve this caching problem?
thanks.
help is urgently needed

FRM-40735:WHEN-BUTTON-PRESSED trigger raised unhandled exception ORA-06502

Hi,
I am trying to run a form in which I have a button which when pressed should display another popup window with few text fields in it. I have a WHEN-BUTTON-PRESSED trigger on that particular button and its raising an exception called
FRM-40735: WHEN-BUTTON-PRESSED trigger raised unhandled exception ORA-06502.
When I debug the form with breakpoints its displaying the popup window correctly, but if I run it in a browser as soon as click the button it raises the Unhandled exception given above.
Can anyone help with this? Urgent please....
Thanks

It is VERY good to handle your exceptions, specially a certain pre-defined exceptions like NO_DATA_FOUND, TOO_MANY_ROWS, ZERO_DIVIDE etc...
You can also find samples on how to create user-defined exceptions, just search the online forms help (press the question mark in forms builder) for "User-Defined"
But however you handle your exception never ever do
WHEN OTHERS THEN NULL;If you do that you are telling to forms that no matter what kind of error is thrown do nothing, now that's very dangerous.
You might also want to check Oracle's documentation on [url http://www.oracle.com/pls/db102/portal.portal_db?selected=5]Application Development and do a search on "Exception Handling"
Regards,
Tony
Message was edited by:
Tony Garabedian

Error Message - ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: Bulk Bind: Trunc

This is driving me nuts!
I am getting this error from OWB during a mapping process.
I have checked the input data and it looks fine.
The run time audit browser just lists all of the steps but does not make it clear which one failed. Is it the last one which is shown (does not have HIDE as selection link.)
I also tried to determine which row was causing the problem and followed the instructions at http://www.nicholasgoodman.com/bt/blog/2005/07/, but no row_id was recorded in the views. In actual fact there wasn't very much audit info other than that the mapping ran and was complete (even though it failed).
In the error message section it has, in order
Map Step - blank
Rowkey - 35204435256
Severity - X
Error Message - ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: Bulk Bind: Truncated Bind
Object Name - N/A
Object Column - *
From the PL/SQL error I thought it may be trying to insert into a data field that was too small, but all of the columns that are used are full of data of length shorter than all of the target tables.
I have even started running the cursors in the generated PLSQL but I don't get the error by doing this.
Thanks in advance for any tips at all.

Thanks for the response.
I managed to work it out and it had to do with the selection criteria of one of the filters.
For anyone else facing this error, check to see if any of the rows being inserted has the same key/identifier as some existing in the target table. If so add an extra condition to the where clause.
This worked for me.

Error at Script Editor - ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error

Hello everyone,
This is my last call for help. I have made some research before i decided to create this thread, trying to find similar problems on the web and on this forum but it seems that this kind of error is associated with another type of situations. In addition, i am pretty new to Oracle DBMS and i do not know how to figure out some problems that happens in this DBMS. This one is very ridiculous because it happens when i load or create a script in Oracle Script Editor. This might be a bug for Oracle Developers figure out and correct for the next releases or updates (or not..).
Working on:
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (Fresh installation - Yesterday)
Application Express 2.1.0.00.39 (Might be useful information) Windows XP
Problem:
I have a script which allows to create a new database with some tables, relations and data filled in. I go to DB Homepage and login, go to Script Scripts menu and upload the script. I open the script to run it and when the Script Editor load it shows this: ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small
<table style="display:none;position:absolute;background-color:#EEEEEE;border:#000000 solid 1px;padding:0px;text-align:center;font-size:12px;color:#000000;" summary="" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" id="R138352509674476936">
<tr>
<td class="htmldbWizardHeader">Save Script</td>
<td class="htmldbWizardHeader" align="right"><span><img src="/i/qb/vertical_close.png">
</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="htmldbWizardBody">
<div id="saveDialog">A script with this name already exists. Do you wish to overwrite it?</div>
<table summary="" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td align="right"><input type="button" value="Cancel" class="htmldbButton">
<input type="button" value="Yes" class="htmldbButton">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="right">???</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table summary="">
<tr>
<td></td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" align="left"><input type="hidden" name="p_arg_names" value="11141129549203626">
<input type="hidden" name="p_t09" value="" id="OB_OBJECT_NAME">
</td>
<td></td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" align="left"><input type="hidden" name="p_arg_names" value="11143605700225196">
<input type="hidden" name="p_t10" value="" id="P0_PPRTIMESTAMP">
</td>
<td width="15">
<div style="width:15px"><br>
</div>
</td>
<td id="htmldbRegion3" class="htmldbTDRight" width="100%" valign="top"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<div id="htmldbRegion4"></div>
<div class="htmldbFlowV">Application Express 2.1.0.00.39</div>
<div class="htmldbNewBottom">
<div class="htmldbNewBottom1">Language: pt</div>
<div class="htmldbNewBottom2">Copyright ? 1999, 2006, Oracle. All rights reserved.</div>
<br style="clear:both;">
</div>
<form><input type="hidden" name="p_md5_checksum" value="">
</form>
<a name="END"><br>
</a> <script language="JavaScript1.1" type="text/javascript">
    first_field('P60_SCRIPT_NAME');
</script> The first line seems to be the error: boldORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small*bold*.
However i don't understand why shows the HTML code. Seems to be the code related with the rest of the Oracle DB webpage where the script in filled in (check this two images to understand what i am trying to say: http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3104/errororacle10g.jpg and http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/5185/scripteditornormal10g.jpg. This is what Script Editor shows on Internet Explorer.
If i login and make the same in another browser the behavior is different. In Firefox the script editor don't show anything and with Chrome i get all the script instructions in a single line (it exceeds the Script Editor) and the Script Editor background turns red: http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/1382/oracleerrorchrome.jpg I tested some scenarios and i got other conclusions: When i try to create a script in the Script Editor, whatever i write (instructions or whatever) when i save and load the file shows the same error. I uploaded the script many times with different File Character Set and the error shows in all situations.
Edited by: 806529 on Nov 1, 2010 3:38 AM
Edited by: 806529 on Nov 1, 2010 3:42 AM
Edited by: 806529 on Nov 1, 2010 3:42 AM

The script that i am trying to run is this: (I think the script is not relevant because many class mates can upload and run it successfully on their Oracle Express 10g installed on Windows 7 or XP)
drop table alunos cascade constraints;
create table alunos (alu_id number(10) not null,
               alu_nome varchar2(60) not null,
               alu_local varchar2(30),
               alu_dnsc date not null,
               alu_sexo char(1) not null,
               alu_email varchar2(30),
               alu_cur_id number(10));
drop table cursos cascade constraints;
create table cursos (cur_id number(10) not null,
               cur_nome varchar2(40) not null);
drop table departamentos cascade constraints;
create table departamentos (dep_id number(10) not null,
                      dep_nome varchar2(60) not null,
                      dep_sigla char(3) not null);
drop table disciplinas cascade constraints;
create table disciplinas (dis_id number(10) not null,
                    dis_nome varchar2(40) not null,
                    dis_creditos number(1) not null,
                    dis_dep_id number(10));
drop table planoestudos cascade constraints;
create table planoestudos (pla_cur_id number(10) not null,
                      pla_dis_id number(10) not null,
                      pla_semestre number(1) not null);
drop table inscricoes cascade constraints;
create table inscricoes (ins_id number(10) not null,
                ins_alu_id number(10) not null,
                ins_pla_cur_id number(10) not null,
                ins_pla_dis_id number(10) not null,
                ins_dt_inscricao date not null,
                ins_dt_avaliacao date,
                ins_nota number(4,2) );
-- Chaves primárias
alter table alunos add constraint pk_alunos primary key (alu_id);
alter table cursos add constraint pk_cursos primary key (cur_id);
alter table departamentos add constraint pk_departamentos primary key (dep_id);
alter table disciplinas add constraint pk_disciplinas primary key (dis_id);
alter table planoestudos add constraint pk_planosestudos primary key (pla_cur_id, pla_dis_id);
alter table inscricoes add constraint inscricoes_pk
            primary key (ins_id);
-- Chaves estrangeiras
alter table alunos add constraint alunos_fk_cursos
            foreign key (alu_cur_id) references cursos(cur_id);
alter table disciplinas add constraint disciplinas_fk_departamentos
            foreign key (dis_dep_id) references departamentos(dep_id);
alter table planoestudos add constraint planoestudos_fk_cursos
            foreign key (pla_cur_id) references cursos(cur_id);
alter table planoestudos add constraint planoestudos_fk_disciplinas
            foreign key (pla_dis_id) references disciplinas(dis_id);
alter table inscricoes add constraint inscricoes_fk_alunos
            foreign key (ins_alu_id) references alunos(alu_id);
alter table inscricoes add constraint inscricoes_fk_planoestudos
            foreign key (ins_pla_cur_id,ins_pla_dis_id) references planoestudos(pla_cur_id,pla_dis_id);
-- Sequências
drop sequence seq_alunos;
create sequence seq_alunos increment by 1 start with 1;
drop sequence seq_cursos;
create sequence seq_cursos increment by 1 start with 1;
drop sequence seq_disciplinas;
create sequence seq_disciplinas increment by 1 start with 1;
drop sequence seq_departamentos;
create sequence seq_departamentos increment by 1 start with 1;
-- Informação
insert into cursos values(seq_cursos.nextval,'Engenharia Biomédica');
insert into cursos values(seq_cursos.nextval,'Engenharia Informática');
insert into cursos values(seq_cursos.nextval,'Engenharia Electrónica e Computadores');
insert into cursos values(seq_cursos.nextval,'Engenharia do Ambiente');
insert into alunos values(seq_alunos.nextval,'Joaquim Pires Lopes','lisboa',to_date('85.01.01','YY.MM.DD'),'M','[email protected]',2);
insert into alunos values(seq_alunos.nextval,'Ana Maria Fonseca','Setúbal',to_date('87.03.03','YY.MM.DD'),'F','[email protected]',1);
insert into alunos values(seq_alunos.nextval,'Paula Antunes','Lisboa',to_date('86.07.06','YY.MM.DD'),'F',null,2);
insert into alunos values(seq_alunos.nextval,'Joana Ramalho Silva','Costa da Caparica',to_date('84.09.23','YY.MM.DD'),'F','[email protected]',3);
insert into alunos values(seq_alunos.nextval,'Rui Manuel Silva','Cascais',to_date('84.08.15','YY.MM.DD'),'M','[email protected]',1);
insert into alunos values(seq_alunos.nextval,'João Paulo Santos','Lisboa',to_date('81.11.16','YY.MM.DD'),'M','[email protected]',1);
insert into alunos values(seq_alunos.nextval,'Cristina Fernandes Lopes','Lisboa',to_date('86.01.07','YY.MM.DD'),'F',null,1);
insert into alunos values(seq_alunos.nextval,'Miguel Pinto Leite','Cascais',to_date('74.01.07','YY.MM.DD'),'M','[email protected]',3);
insert into alunos values(seq_alunos.nextval,'Francisco Costa Rosa',null,to_date('78.02.16','YY.MM.DD'),'M',null,4);
insert into alunos values(seq_alunos.nextval,'Elsa Fialho Pinto','Palmela',to_date('79.10.29','YY.MM.DD'),'F','[email protected]',1);
insert into departamentos values(seq_departamentos.nextval,'Departamento de Sistemas e Informática','DSI');
insert into departamentos values(seq_departamentos.nextval,'Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica', 'DEE');
insert into departamentos values(seq_departamentos.nextval,'Departamento de Matemática','DEM');
insert into disciplinas values(seq_disciplinas.nextval,'Introducao a Programacao',4,1);
insert into disciplinas values(seq_disciplinas.nextval,'Inteligência Artificial',3,1);
insert into disciplinas values(seq_disciplinas.nextval,'Redes de Computadores',2,1);
insert into disciplinas values(seq_disciplinas.nextval,'Base de Dados',6,1);
insert into disciplinas values(seq_disciplinas.nextval,'Complementos de Base de Dados',2,1);
insert into disciplinas values(seq_disciplinas.nextval,'Análise de Sistemas',1,1);
insert into disciplinas values(seq_disciplinas.nextval,'Sistemas Distribuídos',1,1);
insert into disciplinas values(seq_disciplinas.nextval,'Sistemas Digitais',3,2);
insert into disciplinas values(seq_disciplinas.nextval,'Microprocessadores',2 ,2);
insert into disciplinas values(seq_disciplinas.nextval,'Electrónica Geral',3,2);
insert into disciplinas values(seq_disciplinas.nextval,'Análise Matemática I',4,3);
insert into disciplinas values(seq_disciplinas.nextval,'Análise Matemática II',4,3);
insert into disciplinas values(seq_disciplinas.nextval,'Aplicações Multimédia',6,1);
insert into planoestudos values(1,1,1);
insert into planoestudos values(1,2,4);
insert into planoestudos values(1,3,4);
insert into planoestudos values(1,4,3);
insert into planoestudos values(1,5,5);
insert into planoestudos values(1,6,2);
insert into planoestudos values(1,7,5);
insert into planoestudos values(1,8,6);
insert into planoestudos values(1,11,1);
insert into planoestudos values(2,1,1);
insert into planoestudos values(2,4,5);
insert into planoestudos values(2,8,3);
insert into planoestudos values(2,9,2);
insert into planoestudos values(2,10,1);
insert into planoestudos values(2,11,3);
insert into planoestudos values(3,1,3);
insert into planoestudos values(3,11,4);
insert into planoestudos values(3,12,5);
insert into planoestudos values(4,1,3);
insert into planoestudos values(4,4,4);
insert into planoestudos values(4,11,4);
insert into planoestudos values(4,12,5);
insert into inscricoes values(1,1,2,1,TO_DATE('3-SEP-2004','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),TO_DATE('11-FEB-2005','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),10);
insert into inscricoes values(2,1,2,8,TO_DATE('5-SEP-2004','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),null,null);
insert into inscricoes values(3,1,2,9,TO_DATE('6-OCT-2005','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),null,null);
insert into inscricoes values(4,2,1,1,TO_DATE('23-SEP-2000','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),TO_DATE('11-FEB-2001','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),11);
insert into inscricoes values(5,2,1,11,TO_DATE('23-SEP-2000','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),TO_DATE('12-MAR-2001','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),13);
insert into inscricoes values(6,2,1,4,TO_DATE('5-SEP-2003','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),null,null);
insert into inscricoes values(7,3,2,1,TO_DATE('5-OCT-2005','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),TO_DATE('11-FEB-2006','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),12);
insert into inscricoes values(8,3,2,9,TO_DATE('6-SEP-2005','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),null,null);
insert into inscricoes values(9,4,3,12,TO_DATE('5-OCT-2005','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),TO_DATE('11-MAR-2006','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),10);
insert into inscricoes values(10,5,1,1,TO_DATE('7-SEP-2004','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),null,null);
insert into inscricoes values(11,6,1,1,TO_DATE('23-SEP-2003','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),null,null);
insert into inscricoes values(12,6,1,11,TO_DATE('23-SEP-2003','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),null,null);
insert into inscricoes values(13,7,1,1,TO_DATE('8-SEP-2001','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),TO_DATE('10-FEB-2002','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),13);
insert into inscricoes values(14,7,1,11,TO_DATE('8-SEP-2001','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),TO_DATE('7-MAR-2002','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),17);
insert into inscricoes values(15,7,1,4,TO_DATE('5-SEP-2002','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),TO_DATE('12-JUL-2003','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),15);
insert into inscricoes values(16,7,1,2,TO_DATE('5-SEP-2002','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),TO_DATE('11-MAR-2003','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),13);
insert into inscricoes values(17,8,3,12,TO_DATE('11-OCT-2005','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),TO_DATE('12-MAR-2006','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),14);
insert into inscricoes values(18,9,4,1,TO_DATE('7-OCT-2003','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),null,null);
insert into inscricoes values(19,9,4,11,TO_DATE('7-OCT-2003','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),null,null);
insert into inscricoes values(20,9,4,12,TO_DATE('7-OCT-2003','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),null,null);
insert into inscricoes values(21,10,1,11,TO_DATE('11-SEP-2002','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),TO_DATE('12-FEB-2003','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),15);
insert into inscricoes values(22,10,1,1,TO_DATE('12-SEP-2003','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),TO_DATE('11-FEB-2004','dd-mon-yyyy','NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE = English'),12);~
commit;

ORA-06502: Long parameter

Hi all,
we´re using Oracle 9.2.0.4. We have a procedure with a long parameter.
When I execute this procedure with more than 32400 characters, the I got the following error:
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too smallWha can I do to solve this?
thank you very much!!!!
[]´s

Hi,
I did this, but...
I got the error before the execute the first query.
When a decrease the size of string to 30000
characters I don't get any error.I don't know why it fails with the LONG datatype, but it is recommended to use CLOB instead of LONG.
Plus, the procedure call works, as expected, with CLOBs.
test@ora>
test@ora>
test@ora> --
test@ora> drop table tab_test;
Table dropped.
test@ora> drop procedure p_ins_tab_test;
Procedure dropped.
test@ora> drop sequence sq_tab_test;
Sequence dropped.
test@ora>
test@ora> --
test@ora> create sequence sq_tab_test;
Sequence created.
test@ora> create table tab_test (
2         id      number(9) not null,
3         id_2    number(9) not null,
4         dt      date not null,
5         data    clob);
Table created.
test@ora>
test@ora> --
test@ora> create or replace
2 procedure   p_ins_tab_test(
3     p_id_2                  in       tab_test.id_2%type,
4     p_data                  in       tab_test.data%type)
5 is
6 begin
7    insert into tab_test (id,id_2,dt,data)
8    values (sq_tab_test.nextval, p_id_2, sysdate, p_data);
9    commit;
10 end p_ins_tab_test;
11 /
Procedure created.
test@ora>
test@ora> --
test@ora> declare
2    v_data clob;
3    n_len   number;
4 begin
5    for i in 1..10 loop
6      v_data := v_data || dbms_random.string(1,4000);
7    end loop;
8    n_len := dbms_lob.getlength(v_data);
9    dbms_output.put_line('n_len = '||n_len);
10    --
11    p_ins_tab_test(100, v_data);
12 end;
13 /
n_len = 40000
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
test@ora>
test@ora> --
test@ora> select dbms_lob.getlength(data)
2    from tab_test
3   where id_2 = 100;
DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(DATA)
                   40000
test@ora>
test@ora>
test@ora>See the recommendation by Oracle, here -
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14220/datatype.htm#sthref3806
HTH
isotope

Very odd ora-06502

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