Datapatch fails with "Can't use string ("Could not open logfile ..."...) as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use at $ORACLE_HOME/sqlpatch/sqlpatch.pm line 7231." (Doc ID 2700005.1)

Last updated on APRIL 17, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

Datapatch is failing with below error:

cd $ORACLE_HOME/OPatch
./datapatch -verbose

SQL Patching tool version 18.0.0.0.0 Production on Sun Jul 19 17:17:55 2020
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Log file for this invocation: /app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/sqlpatch/sqlpatch_9279_2020_07_19_17_17_55/sqlpatch_invocation.log

Connecting to database...OK
Gathering database info...done
Bootstrapping registry and package to current versions...done

Can't use string ("Could not open logfile /app/orac"...) as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use at /app/oracle/product/18.3/sqlpatch/sqlpatch.pm line 7231.


Please refer to MOS Note 1609718.1 and/or the invocation log
/app/oracle/cfgtoollogs/sqlpatch/sqlpatch_9279_2020_07_19_17_17_55/sqlpatch_invocation.log
for information on how to resolve the above errors.

SQL Patching tool complete on Sun Jul 19 17:18:57 2020

Changes

Applied new patch to the Oracle Home and executing 'datapatch -verbose' to perform post-install patching actions

Cause

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