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Description of Invalid Zero Length Column (ZLC) (Doc ID 1606284.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 30, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 8.0.6.3 to 23.6 [Release 8.0.6 to 23]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - 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
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

 The purpose of this article is to describe an invalid length of Zero in a column (ZLC).

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In this Document
Purpose
Details
 ZLC Definition
 ZLC and SELECT statements
 ZLC and db_block_checking / db_block_check_for_debug
 ZLC cannot be proactively detected
 Workarounds to fix ZLC
References

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