My Oracle Support Banner

LogMiner Dictionary Build Procedure Fails With ORA-01308 in 12.2 (Doc ID 2277747.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 25, 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 Express Cloud 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
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Getting the below error while trying to build the LogMiner dictionary file:

SQL> execute sys.dbms_logmnr_d.build(dictionary_filename => '<DICTIONARY_NAME>.ora',dictionary_location => '<PATH>/reqtest');
BEGIN sys.dbms_logmnr_d.build(dictionary_filename => '<DICTIONARY_NAME>.ora',dictionary_location => '<PATH>/reqtest'); END;

*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01308: dictionary directory is not set
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_LOGMNR_INTERNAL", line 7750
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_LOGMNR_INTERNAL", line 7406
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_LOGMNR_INTERNAL", line 7305
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_LOGMNR_INTERNAL", line 7698
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_LOGMNR_INTERNAL", line 7764
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_LOGMNR_INTERNAL", line 7912
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_LOGMNR_D", line 12
ORA-06512: at line 1

 
UTL_FILE_DIR parameter is set to a valid location in this 12.2 environment:

 

Changes

 

Cause

To view full details, sign in with your My Oracle Support account.

Don't have a My Oracle Support account? Click to get started!

In this Document
Symptoms
Changes
Cause
Solution
References


My Oracle Support provides customers with access to over a million knowledge articles and a vibrant support community of peers and Oracle experts.