ORA-06502 while Gathering Statistics for Table with Multibyte Column Name
(Doc ID 2536152.1)
Last updated on APRIL 17, 2023
Applies to:
Oracle Database - Standard Edition - Version 12.1.0.1 and laterOracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Symptoms
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- When a table is created with multibyte column name, gathering statistics for this table may fail with ORA-06502:
Example:
SQL> EXECUTE DBMS_STATS.GATHER_TABLE_STATS(OWNER => 'SCOTT', TABNAME => 'TEST', ESTIMATE_PERCENT => 10);
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error:
character string buffer too small
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_STATS", line 36873
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_STATS", line 36507
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_STATS", line 35428
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_STATS", line 33883
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_STATS", line 33773
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_STATS", line 35304
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_STATS", line 36230
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_STATS", line 36716
ORA-06512: at line 1
Changes
None
Cause
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