Use of SAVEPOINT statement causes error ORA-03001: unimplemented feature (Doc ID 2866611.1)

Last updated on JULY 20, 2024

Applies to:

Symptoms

Using the SAVEPOINT statement in SQL causes the following error:

  ORA-03001: unimplemented feature

TEST CASE:
CREATE TABLE Foo (Bar NUMBER);

DECLARE
  n_Bar NUMBER;
BEGIN
  FOR n_BAR IN 1..2 LOOP
  INSERT INTO Foo VALUES (n_Bar);
  SAVEPOINT;
  END LOOP;
  ROLLBACK;
END;
/

DROP TABLE Foo;

RESULTS:
Table FOO created.

Error starting at line: 16 in command -
DECLARE
  n_Bar NUMBER;
BEGIN
  FOR n_BAR IN 1..2 LOOP
  INSERT INTO Foo VALUES (n_Bar);
  SAVEPOINT;
  END LOOP;
  ROLLBACK;
END;
Error report -
ORA-03001: unimplemented feature
ORA-06512: at line 6
03001. 00000 - "unimplemented feature"
*Cause: This feature is not implemented.
*Action: None.

Cause

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