ORA-07445 [qerliRop] Creating Index With Constant Expression on a Populated Table

(Doc ID 460604.1)

Last updated on JUNE 13, 2013

Applies to:

Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition - Version: 10.2.0.3 to 10.2.0.4 - Release: 10.2 to 10.2
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

1. Creating a unique INDEX with a constant expression on a non-empty table fails with the error:

ORA-07445: exception encountered: core dump [qerliRop()+2132] [SIGSEGV] [unknown code] [0x30000000156] [] [] .

2. The below example shows in what circumstances the error occurs:

SQL> create table test (p1 varchar2(100)) ;

Table created.

SQL> insert into test values ( 'bug');

1 row created.

SQL> create unique index test_pk on test (case when 1=2 then 1 else 1 end ) ;

create unique index test_pk on test (case when 1=2 then 1 else 1 end )
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel

The alert.log shows:
ORA-07445: exception encountered: core dump [qerliRop()+2132] [SIGSEGV] [unknown code] [0x30000000156] [] []

3. The call stack trace will be similar to: 

sigreturn qerliRop kdstf0001001kmP 132 kdsttgr qertbFetch qerliFetch kdicrws kdicdrv opiexe opiosq0 kpooprx kpoal8

Cause

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