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Alter Session Set Current_schema Does Not Work With Db Links (Doc ID 2086082.1)

Last updated on MARCH 28, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.4 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

When setting the following and running any SQL involving db links, the execution fails with the error "connection descriptor cannot be found".

alter session set current_Schema=<username>;

Why is it happening ?

 

Solution

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