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EM 12c: Segment Advisor Page - DBMS_SPACE.ASA_RECOMMENDATION Fails with ORA-6502 if NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS is Set to a Non Default Value (Doc ID 1995857.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 02, 2017

Applies to:

Enterprise Manager for Oracle Database - Version 11.2.0.3 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
***Checked for relevance on 01-Sep-2017***

Symptoms

When attempting to return the recommendation by the most recent run of the Segment Advisor, the following error occurrs :

 

 

SQL> select * from table(dbms_space.asa_recommendations('TRUE', 'TRUE', 'ALL'));
select * from table(dbms_space.asa_recommendations('TRUE', 'TRUE', 'ALL'))
  *
ERROR at line 1:

ORA-06502: PL / SQL: numeric or value error: Error converting Character to number

ORA-06512: in "SYS.DBMS_SPACE", Line 1102
ORA-06512: in Line 1

 

Unsetting NLS_LANG as per Doc ID 1380978.1 did not resolve the issue.

Cause

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