SQLcl will no longer launch after applying RDBMS patch 33248420 (Doc ID 2822539.1)

Last updated on MAY 30, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

On : 19.1 version, Installation

$ORACLE_HOME/bin/sql exits with Java error

After applying the RDBMS Oct 2021 combo patch 33248420, SQLcl in the ORACLE_HOME will no longer start.

The following error is thrown:

$ ./bin/sql
Exception in thread "main" java.util.ServiceConfigurationError: oracle.dbtools.extension.SQLCLService: Provider oracle.dbtools.raptor.scriptrunner.commands.liquibase.liquibaseCommand could not be instantiated
at java.util.ServiceLoader.fail(ServiceLoader.java:232)
at java.util.ServiceLoader.access$100(ServiceLoader.java:185)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.nextService(ServiceLoader.java:384)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.next(ServiceLoader.java:404)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$1.next(ServiceLoader.java:480)
at oracle.dbtools.extension.SQLCLServices.registerServices(SQLCLServices.java:48)
at oracle.dbtools.raptor.scriptrunner.cmdline.SqlCli.(SqlCli.java:220)
at oracle.dbtools.raptor.scriptrunner.cmdline.SqlCli.main(SqlCli.java:441)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: liquibase/exception/DatabaseException
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Class.java:2671)
at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Class.java:3075)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:412)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.nextService(ServiceLoader.java:380)

Changes

Patch 33248420 has been applied to the database.

Cause

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