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ORA-06502

Asked by: karencita78

Hello Experts. I have a question. I want to execute a program and when it is processing, shows me the code error ora-06502.
Please, I need your help. Give me a solution soon.
Karen

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2004-05-05 at 20:40:39ID20979689
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Answers

 

by: lwadwellPosted on 2004-05-05 at 21:01:21ID: 11002181

Hi karencita78,
this is a "PL/SQL: numeric or value error"...we might need a little more to go on, like the code and the full error message(s).

 

by: catchmeifuwantPosted on 2004-05-05 at 21:01:58ID: 11002185

ORA-06502 PL/SQL: numeric or value error string

Cause: An arithmetic, numeric, string, conversion, or constraint error occurred. For example, this error occurs if an attempt is made to assign the value NULL to a variable declared NOT NULL, or if an attempt is made to assign an integer larger than 99 to a variable declared NUMBER(2).

Action: Change the data, how it is manipulated, or how it is declared so that values do not violate constraints.
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Check your code..the error should also tell in which line it is happening(if you are executing from sqlplus)..check that line

 

by: sbalasuriyaPosted on 2004-05-05 at 21:14:29ID: 11002239

Can pls give your code snippet ?

 

by: annamalai77Posted on 2004-05-05 at 22:51:28ID: 11002753

hi there

well the problem is very simple. this error ora 6502 can occur for 2 reasons.

1. the data types are not matching ie the variable or a field when comparing or assigning is matching.
2. the field width of the declared variable or the field widht of a column in a table is not enough while assigning or inserting record into a table..

regards
annamalai

 

by: Amrik27Posted on 2004-08-06 at 01:28:19ID: 11733622

i suggest to use connection string without a dsn and u will not get this error. u can also visit
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q229/7/57.asp&NoWebContent=1
 and get some details regarding the work arounds.

 

by: karencita78Posted on 2004-09-20 at 09:45:19ID: 12103812

the Comment from catchmeifuwant  is acceptable for me

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