ORA-06508: PL/SQL: Could Not Find Program Unit Being Called In Package OKX_XXXX_PUB

Last updated on MARCH 12, 2018

Applies to:

Symptoms

After patching users are seeing "ORA-06508: PL/SQL" errors.  This error can be encountered using a variety of navigations, but the "ORA-06508: PL/SQL" error is consistent.  The error will have the generic form below.

Error:
ORA-06508: PL/SQL: could not find program unit being called in package OKX_XXXXX_PUB procedure yyyy_yyyyyy.


Here are some actual specific examples of the error:

ORA-06508: PL/SQL: could not find program unit being called in package OKS_DEFAULTS_PUB procedure insert_defaults.

ORA-06508: PL/SQL: could not find program unit being called in Package OKS_SALES_CREDIT_PUB Procedure Insert_Sales_Credit.

ORA-06508: PL/SQL: could not find program unit being called in Package OKC_CONTRACT_PUB Procedure CREATE_CONTRACT_HEADER.

ORA-06508: PL/SQL: could not find program unit being called in package OKL_ACCRUAL_RULES_PUB Procedure insert_accrual_rules.

Changes

There has been patching on the instance. 
The database version is 11.X.
Patching was done without setting the database parameter _disable_fast_validate to true.

Cause