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ORA-00604 Error Occurs at Recursive SQL level While Creating Package/Procedure using SQL Developer on Upgraded 12c Database (Doc ID 2476156.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle SQL Developer - Version 18.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
This issue is seen on the upgraded/patched 12c database only while using SQL Developer, but works fine with SQL*Plus.

Symptoms

After patching existing 12c database (for example, patch to 12.2.0.1.181016), the following exception is seen while connecting and creating a Package/Procedure from SQL Developer:

CREATE OR REPLACE
PACKAGE PACKAGE1 AS
END PACKAGE1;
/

Error starting at line: 1 of the command:
CREATE OR REPLACE
PACKAGE PACKAGE1 AS
END PACKAGE1;
Error report -
ORA-00604: a recursive SQL level 1 error has occurred
ORA-00904: "DECL_OBJ #": invalid identifier
00604. 00000 - "error occurred at recursive SQL level% s"
* Cause: An error occurred while processing a recursive SQL statement (a statement applying to internal dictionary tables).                                                                                                                  
* Action: If the situation described in the next error on the stack can be corrected, do so; otherwise contact Oracle Support.


However, if run this same command in SQL*Plus directly on the server, then it works correctly.

Changes

 Database 12c is patched or upgraded

Cause

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