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Selecting Hidden Column ORA_ARCHIVE_STATE Over DBLINK Fails with ORA-00904: "ORA_ARCHIVE_STATE": invalid identifier (Doc ID 2425971.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 07, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

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The row archival functionality doesn't appear to work over db links.

DBLink itself is working and bringing back data.
However,on selecting a "hidden" (called "invisible") column, there is an error.

Cause

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