OJVM PSU fails with ORA-01858: A Non-numeric Character Was Found Where A Numeric Was Expected (Doc ID 2545532.1)

Last updated on JULY 20, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

 While running the post installation steps of a OJVM PSU patch, the following error occurs:

select to_char ((select nvl((SELECT MTIME FROM obj$ WHERE name like 'JAVA$CBRLS%' and type#=30 and owner#=0),'01-JAN-0001')
from dual),'DD-MON-YYYY HH24:MI:SS') INTO :cjstime from dual;

ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01858: a non-numeric character was found where a numeric was expected
ORA-06512: at line 8

Changes

 applied a OJVM PSU

Cause

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