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EDITION_NAME Column of USER_OBJECTS Empty for an Editioned Object (Doc ID 1098184.1)

Last updated on JUNE 21, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.1.0 and later
PL/SQL - Version 11.2.0.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

The following script creates a new edition and makes this edition the current edition executing the command ALTER SESSION SET EDITION... .
Then a procedure is recreated returning a different output when calling the package DBMS_OUTPUT than the same procedure of the parent edition ORA$BASE.
Checking the USER_OBJECTS table for the procedure you will see that its column EDITION_NAME is empty.



Output of the SELECT of USER_OBJECTS:

OBJECT_TYPE EDITION_NAME
------------------- ------------------------------
PROCEDURE

Cause

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