Repeated Calls To UTL_HTTP.BEGIN_REQUEST In Same Session Can Result In PGA Memory Leak ORA-04036 (Doc ID 2129466.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 05, 2022

Applies to:

PL/SQL - Version 12.1.0.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

1. You are calling UTL_HTTP.BEGIN_REQUEST repeatedly either in a loop or by application design in same session and its failing with ORA-04036 error.

2. Running same code in anonymous PLSQL block doesn't result in such error.

ORA-4036: PGA memory used by the instance exceeds PGA_AGGREGATE_LIMIT

The below program will reproduce the issue:

Moved DB to 12c.

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