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ORA-24338 When attempting to return a Refcursor across a Database link (Doc ID 750126.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 06, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.2.0.1 to 11.2.0.2 [Release 9.2 to 11.2]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

When calling a remote stored procedure which returns a refcursor across a
database link, ORA-24338 Error is got when attempting to access the returned cursor.

This can be demonstrated by using below Example :
Below Package is created in Local Database :

Cause

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