ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small with Oracle aggregate f
- by Tunde
Good day gurus,
I have a script that populates tables on a regular basis that crashed and gave the above error. The strange thing is that it has been running for close to 3 months on the production system with no problems and suddenly crashed last week. There has not been any changes on the tables as far as I know.
Has anyone encountered something like this before? I believe it has something to do with the aggregate functions I'm implementing in it; but it worked initially.
please; kindly find attached the part of the script I've developed into a procedure that I reckon gives the error.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE V1
IS
--DECLARE
v_a VARCHAR2(4000);
v_b VARCHAR2(4000);
v_c VARCHAR2(4000);
v_d VARCHAR2(4000);
v_e VARCHAR2(4000);
v_f VARCHAR2(4000);
v_g VARCHAR2(4000);
v_h VARCHAR2(4000);
v_i VARCHAR2(4000);
v_j VARCHAR2(4000);
v_k VARCHAR2(4000);
v_l VARCHAR2(4000);
v_m VARCHAR2(4000);
v_n NUMBER(10);
v_o VARCHAR2(4000);
--
-- Procedure that populates DEMO table
BEGIN
-- Delete all from the DEMO table
DELETE FROM DEMO;
-- Populate fields in DEMO from DEMOV1
INSERT INTO DEMO(ID, D_ID, CTR_ID, C_ID, DT_NAM, TP, BYR, ENY,
ONG, SUMM, DTW, REV, LD, MD, STAT, CRD)
SELECT ID, D_ID, CTR_ID, C_ID, DT_NAM, TP, TO_NUMBER(TO_CHAR(BYR,'YYYY')),
TO_NUMBER(TO_CHAR(NVL(ENY,SYSDATE),'YYYY')), CASE WHEN ENY IS NULL THEN 'Y' ELSE 'N' END, SUMMARY, DTW,
REV, LD, MD, '1', SYSDATE
FROM DEMOV1;
-- LOOP THROUGH DEMO TABLE
FOR j IN (SELECT ID, CTR_ID, C_ID FROM DEMO)
LOOP
Select semic_concat(TXTDESC)
INTO v_a
From GEOT
WHERE ID = j.ID;
SELECT COUNT(*)
INTO v_n
FROM MERP M, PROJ P
WHERE M.MID = P.COD
AND ID = j.ID
AND PROAC IS NULL;
IF (v_n > 0)
THEN
Select semic_concat(PRO)
INTO v_b
FROM MERP M, PROJ P
WHERE M.MID = P.COD
AND ID = j.ID;
ELSE
Select semic_concat(PRO || '(' || PROAC || ')' )
INTO v_b
FROM MERP M, PROJ P
WHERE M.MID = P.COD
AND ID = j.ID;
END IF;
Select semic_concat(VOCNAME('P02',COD))
INTO v_c
From PAR
WHERE ID = j.ID;
Select semic_concat(VOCNAME('L05',COD))
INTO v_d
From INST
WHERE ID = j.ID;
Select semic_concat(NVL(AUTHOR,'Anon') ||' ('||to_char(PUB,'YYYY')||') '||TITLE||', '||EDT)
INTO v_e
From REFE
WHERE ID = j.ID;
Select semic_concat(NAM)
INTO v_f
FROM EDM E, EDO EO
WHERE E.EDMID = EO.EDOID
AND ID = j.ID;
Select semic_concat(VOCNAME('L08', COD))
INTO v_g
FROM AVA
WHERE ID = j.ID;
SELECT or_concat(NAM)
INTO v_o
FROM CON
WHERE ID = j.ID
AND NAM = 'Unknown';
IF (v_o = 'Unknown')
THEN
Select or_concat(JOBTITLE || ' (' || EMAIL || ')')
INTO v_h
FROM CON
WHERE ID = j.ID;
ELSE
Select or_concat(NAM || ' (' || EMAIL || ')')
INTO v_h
FROM CON
WHERE ID = j.ID;
END IF;
Select commaencap_concat(COD)
INTO v_i
FROM PAR
WHERE ID = j.ID;
IF (v_i = ',')
THEN
v_i := null;
ELSE
Select commaencap_concat(COD)
INTO v_i
FROM PAR
WHERE ID = j.ID;
END IF;
Select commaencap_concat(COD)
INTO v_j
FROM INST
WHERE ID = j.ID;
IF (v_j = ',')
THEN
v_j := null;
ELSE
Select commaencap_concat(COD)
INTO v_j
FROM INST
WHERE ID = j.ID;
END IF;
Select commaencap_concat(COD)
INTO v_k
FROM SAR
WHERE ID = j.ID;
IF (v_k = ',')
THEN
v_k := null;
ELSE
Select commaencap_concat(COD)
INTO v_k
FROM SAR
WHERE ID = j.ID;
END IF;
Select commaencap_concat(CONID)
INTO v_l
FROM CON
WHERE ID = j.ID;
IF (v_l = ',')
THEN
v_l := null;
ELSE
Select commaencap_concat(CONID)
INTO v_l
FROM CON
WHERE ID = j.ID;
END IF;
Select commaencap_concat(PROID)
INTO v_m
FROM PRO
WHERE ID = j.ID;
IF (v_m = ',')
THEN
v_m := null;
ELSE
Select commaencap_concat(PROID)
INTO v_m
FROM PRO
WHERE ID = j.ID;
END IF;
-- UPDATE DEMO TABLE
UPDATE DEMO
SET GEOC = v_a,
PRO = v_b,
PAR = v_c,
INS = v_d,
REFER = v_e,
ORGR = v_f,
AVAY = v_g,
CON = v_h,
DTH = v_i,
INST = v_j,
SA = v_k,
CC = v_l,
EDPR = v_m,
CTR = (SELECT NAM
FROM EDM
WHERE EDMID = j.CTR_ID),
COLL = (SELECT NAM
FROM EDM
WHERE EDMID = j.C_ID)
WHERE ID = j.ID;
END LOOP;
END V1;
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The aggregate functions, commaencap_concat (encapsulates with a comma), or_concat (concats with an or) and semic_concat(concats with a semi-colon).
the remaining tables used are all linked to the main table DEMO.
I have checked the column sizes and there seems to be no problem. I tried executing the SELECT statements alone and they give the same error without populating the tables.
Any clues?
Many thanks for your anticipated support.
