Why am I getting an ORA-04052 error when I try to compile a Procedure?

Question

Hi,
The following procedure I'm getting an ORA-04052 error when I try to compile the following procedure.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE APPS.Find_String (
pin_referenced_name IN dba_dependencies.referenced_name%TYPE)
IS
cursor cur_get_dependancy
is
SELECT distinct owner, name, type
  FROM [email protected]        -- prod.world
WHERE lower(referenced_name) = lower(pin_referenced_name) --'ftbv_salesrep_all_1d'
   AND referenced_type <> 'SYNONYM'
   AND owner <> 'SYS'
order by name;
v_owner  varchar2(40);
v_name   varchar2(50);
v_type   varchar2(40);
    BEGIN
       dbms_output.put_line(upper(pin_referenced_name)||' is found in the following objects.');
       dbms_output.put_line(' ');
       dbms_output.put_line(RPAD('OWNER', 30, ' ')||RPAD('NAME', 60, ' ')||RPAD('OBJECT TYPE', 30, ' '));
       dbms_output.put_line('-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------');
        FOR i IN cur_get_dependancy
        LOOP
            v_owner := RPAD(i.owner, 30, ' ');
            v_name  := RPAD(i.name, 45, ' ');
            v_type  := RPAD(i.type, 30, ' ');
            dbms_output.put_line(v_owner ||v_name|| v_type);
        END LOOP;
END find_string;I'm using the link [email protected]. The procedure compiles for other database links used in the cursor including the one commented to the right of the code 'prod.world'.
What's even stranger is that I took the SELECT statement
SELECT distinct owner, name, type
  FROM [email protected]        -- prod.world
WHERE lower(referenced_name) = lower(pin_referenced_name) --'ftbv_salesrep_all_1d'
   AND referenced_type <> 'SYNONYM'
   AND owner <> 'SYS'
order by name;out of the procedure and ran it on the command line using the @pinp.world link, the SQL statement ran just fine. But when I tried to compile the above procedure with that exact same SQL statement with the exact same link I get the following string of errors.
ORA-04052: error occurred when looking up remote object [email protected]
ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1
ORA-02068: following severe error from PINP
ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channelHow can the link work just fine in a regular SQL statement but then cause an error when its compiled in code that otherwise compile just fine when using any other link or even just a plain database. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Answer 1

OK Justin,
Here's the query by itself run in another database using the @pinp.world link and querying the dba_dependencies table in the pinp.world database. As you can see the query using this link works just fine returning the requested rows. I can't figure out why the compiler is having an issue with essentially this same query when I try to compile it in a cursor in TOAD. Also this is the database (dev1.world) that I'm trying to compile this Procedure in.
By the way I'm in an Oracle 9.2.0.6 database and TOAD v9.2.
SQL> conn apps/apps1@dev1
Connected.
SQL> SELECT distinct owner, name, type
  2    FROM [email protected]
  3   WHERE lower(referenced_name) = lower('ALL_USERS')
  4     AND referenced_type <> 'SYNONYM'
  5     AND owner <> 'SYS'
  6   order by name;
OWNER                          NAME                           TYPE
PUBLIC                         ALL_USERS                      SYNONYM
XDB                            DBMS_XDBUTIL_INT               PACKAGE BODY
XDB                            DBMS_XDBZ0                     PACKAGE BODY
SYSTEM                         MVIEW_EVALUATIONS              VIEW
SYSTEM                         MVIEW_EXCEPTIONS               VIEW
SYSTEM                         MVIEW_FILTER                   VIEW
SYSTEM                         MVIEW_LOG                      VIEW
SYSTEM                         MVIEW_RECOMMENDATIONS          VIEW
SYSTEM                         MVIEW_WORKLOAD                 VIEW
ORASSO                         WWCTX_API                      PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWCTX_API                      PACKAGE BODY
ORASSO                         WWEXP_UTL                      PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWEXP_UTL                      PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWPOB_API_PAGE                 PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWPOF                          PACKAGE BODY
ORASSO                         WWPRO_PROVIDER_VALIDATION      PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWPRO_PROVIDER_VALIDATION      PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWSBR_EDIT_ATTRIBUTE           PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWSBR_FOLDER_PORTLET           PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWSBR_USER_PAGES_PORTLET       PACKAGE BODY
ORASSO                         WWUTL_API_PARSE                PACKAGE BODY
OWNER                          NAME                           TYPE
PORTAL                         WWUTL_API_PARSE                PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWUTL_EXPORT_IMPORT_LOV        PACKAGE BODY
ORASSO                         WWUTL_LOV                      PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWUTL_LOV                      PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWV_CONTEXT                    PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWV_CONTEXT_UTIL               PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWV_DDL                        PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWV_GENERATE_UTL               PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWV_GLOBAL                     PACKAGE
PORTAL                         WWV_MONITOR_DATABASE           PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWV_PARSE_AS_SPECIFIC_USER     PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWV_PARSE_AS_USER              PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWV_SYS_DML                    PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWV_SYS_RENDER_HIERARCHY       PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWV_THINGSAVE                  PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWV_UTIL                       PACKAGE BODY
PORTAL                         WWV_UTLVALID                   PACKAGE BODY
38 rows selected.
SQL>Let me know what you think.
Thanks again.