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DBMS_STREAMS_ADM.REMOVE_STREAMS_CONFIGURATION Fails With ORA-6502 (Doc ID 343297.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 19, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.1.0.2 to 10.2.0.1 [Release 10.1 to 10.2]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
This problem can occur on any platform.

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Symptoms

This problem is characterized by the error 'ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small' error when running DBMS_STREAMS_ADM.REMOVE_STREAMS_CONFIGURATION on a 10.1 or a 10.2 instance:

 

SQL> exec dbms_streams_adm.remove_streams_configuration;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06502 : PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small
ORA-06512 : at "SYS.DBMS_STREAMS_ADM", line 1735
ORA-06512 : at line 1.



Cause

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