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Oracle RDBMS Version Downgrade and catrelod.sql fails with SELECT TO_NUMBER('MUST_BE_SAME_TIMEZONE_FILE_VERSION') * ERROR at line 1:ORA-01722: invalid number.. (Doc ID 1986687.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Applies to:

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

Symptoms

You are downgrading from
or from Oracle 12c to 11gR2
or from 12.1.0.2 to 12.1.0.1
or from 11.2.0.x to a lower 11.2 patchset

and catrelod.sql fails with SELECT TO_NUMBER('MUST_BE_SAME_TIMEZONE_FILE_VERSION') * ERROR at line 1:ORA-01722: invalid number..

example:

 

Changes

 Testing downgrade after upgrade

Cause

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