DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT.set_audit_trail_location fails with 'ORA-01422: exact fetch returns more than requested number of rows' (Doc ID 2808977.1)

Last updated on APRIL 17, 2023

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Symptoms

When trying to move the table AUD$ using DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT.set_audit_trail_location procedure, it fails with error 

BEGIN
 DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT.set_audit_trail_location(
audit_trail_type           => DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT.AUDIT_TRAIL_AUD_STD,
audit_trail_location_value => 'AUDIT_TBS');
END;

/
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ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01422: exact fetch returns more than requested number of rows
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT", line 3118
..

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