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DataPump API Fails With Error ORA-39041 Filter "EXCLUDE_PATH_EXPR" Either Identifies All Object Types Or No Object Types (Doc ID 1377619.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 30, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.1.0.7 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

This issue was observed on Oracle 11.1.0.7 64-bit on a IBM AIX server

Dbms_datapump is returning an error when trying to exclude index statistics:

ERROR:
KUPM:15:31:15.625: DBMS_DATAPUMP.METADATA_FILTER (hand, 'EXCLUDE_PATH_EXPR', 'like'%INDEX_STATISTICS'', '');
KUPM:15:31:15.688: Error detected by MCP
KUPM:15:31:15.716: ORA-39041: Filter "EXCLUDE_PATH_EXPR" either identifies all object types or no object types

However, the same statements on other databases are working without error

Changes

An update may have been done recently, or a patch may have been installed recently

Cause

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