Ora-00976: Specified Pseudo Column Or Operator Not Allowed Here

(Doc ID 1983795.1)

Last updated on DECEMBER 06, 2016

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.3 to 11.2.0.3 [Release 11.2]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

After upgrading the database from 11.2.0.1 to 11.2.0.3 patchset, a query having "CONNECT BY PRIOR" clause started to fail with:

ORA-00976: Specified pseudo column or operator not allowed here

Changes

 Upgrade to 11.2.0.3 patchset.

Cause

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