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Purchase Order Workflow Fails with ERROR_MESSAGE=3835: ORA-20002: 2018: Unable To Generate The Notification XML and ORA-6502 (Doc ID 754600.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 02, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Purchasing - Version 11.5.10 to 12.1.3 [Release 11.5 to 12.1]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

In Oracle Purchasing, PO approval workflow completes with the following error when the approver's email style is set as Plain Text with HTML:

Error Message:

[WF_ERROR] ERROR_MESSAGE=3835: Error '-20002 -
ORA-20002: 2018: Unable to generate the notification XML.
Caused by: 2020: Error when getting notification content.
Caused by: ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error WF_NOTIFICATION.WriteToClob() Wf_Notification.GetAttrClob(620966, PO_LINES_DETAILS, text/plain) Wf_Notification.oldGetAttrClob(620966, PO_LINES_DETAILS, text/plain) WF_NOTIFICATION.GetFullBody(nid => 620966, disptype => text/plain) WF_MAIL.GetLOBMessage3(nid => 620966, r_ntf_pref => MAILATTH)' encountered during execution of Generate function 'WF_XML.Generate' for event 'oracle.apps.wf.notification.send'.

ERROR_STACK=

WF_MAIL.GetLOBMessage3(620966, WFMAIL, 2020: Error when getting notification content. Caused by: ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error WF_NOTIFICATION.WriteToClob() Wf_Notification.GetAttrClob(620966, PO_LINES_DETAILS, text/plain) Wf_Notification.oldGetAttrClob(620966, PO_LINES_DETAILS, text/plain) WF_NOTIFICATION.GetFullBody(nid => 620966, disptype => text/plain) WF_MAIL.GetLOBMessage3(nid => 620966, r_ntf_pref => MAILATTH), Step -> Getting text/plain body) WF_XML.GenerateDoc(oracle.apps.wf.notification.send, 620966) WF_XML.Generate(oracle.apps.wf.notification.send, 620966) WF_XML.Generate(oracle.apps.wf.notification.send, 620966) Wf_Event.setMessage(oracle.apps.wf.notification.send, 620966, WF_XML.Generate) Wf_Event.dispatch_internal()

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