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12.2:dbupgrade Failed with SELECT TO_NUMBER('MUST_BE_12_2_0_1') FROM v$instance ORA-01722: invalid number (Doc ID 2246737.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 31, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.2.0.1 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit)

Symptoms

After completing preupgrade utility execution and other validations when database upgrade utility was run it failed with following error 

1:50:16 DOC>######################################################################
11:50:16 DOC>######################################################################
11:50:16 DOC> The following statement will cause an "ORA-01722: invalid number"
11:50:16 DOC> error if the database server version is not correct for this script.
11:50:16 DOC> Perform "ALTER SYSTEM CHECKPOINT" prior to "SHUTDOWN ABORT", and use
11:50:16 DOC> a different script or a different server.
11:50:16 DOC>######################################################################
11:50:16 DOC>######################################################################
11:50:16 DOC>#
11:50:16 SQL>
11:50:16 SQL> SELECT TO_NUMBER('MUST_BE_12_2_0_1') FROM v$instance
11:50:16 2 WHERE substr(version,1,8) != '12.2.0.1';
SELECT TO_NUMBER('MUST_BE_12_2_0_1') FROM v$instance <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01722: invalid number <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Disconnected from Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, Automatic Storage Management, OLAP, Advanced Analytics
and Real Application Testing options

 

Cause

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