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ORA-02153: Invalid VALUES Password String When Creating a Database Link Using BY VALUES With Obfuscated Password After Upgrade To 11.2.0.4 (Doc ID 1905221.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 10, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.4 to 12.1.0.1 [Release 11.2 to 12.1]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Using the BY VALUES syntax to create a database link with a previously obtained obfuscated password string no longer works starting from version 11.2.0.4, the errors are:

CREATE PUBLIC DATABASE LINK <DB Link name> CONNECT TO SYSTEM IDENTIFIED BY VALUES '<hash value>' USING '<Service name>'
                            *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-02153: invalid VALUES password string

 

Changes

Upgraded to 11.2.0.4 from a previous version.

Cause

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