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ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small

Asked by mrgordonz in Oracle Database

Tags: numeric, value, string, character, buffer

I have two separate Oracle databases - one is 10.1.0.2.0 (Dev database) and the other is 10.1.0.4.0 (Test database) - on two separate servers. In each of these databases I have identical schemas (the schema in Dev was imported from an export taken from Test).

In the Dev schema I can execute the following PL/SQL statement (using TOAD SQL Editor):

DECLARE regid CHAR(20);
BEGIN
SELECT MIN(ID)
INTO regid
FROM tpt_registration
WHERE ID = 'regdw000000000001001';
END;

and it executes just fine.

However, when I execute the exact same statement in the Test schema, I get the following error:

ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small
ORA-06512: at line 3

The only differences I can see between the databases are the following:

Dev:
NLS_RDBMS_VERSION = 10.1.0.2.0
NLS_CHARACTERSET = WE8ISO8859P1

Test:
NLS_RDBMS_VERSION = 10.1.0.4.0
NLS_CHARACTERSET = AL32UTF8

Interestingly, in the Test schema (where I get the error), if I get rid of the MIN function like so:

DECLARE regid CHAR(20);
BEGIN
SELECT ID
INTO regid
FROM tpt_registration
WHERE ID = 'regdw000000000001001';
END;

it works just fine.

Note: The ID column in tpt_registration is a CHAR(20).

Is the MIN function causing this because of the different NLS parameter values or database versions? Or is it something else entirely?

This has me stumped! HELP!

Cheers,

Paul

PS: I suspect the problem is not that difficult to solve and an Oracle guru will know the answer right away, so the 500 points are because I need an answer urgently.

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ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small

Asked by mrgordonz in Oracle Database

Tags: numeric, value, string, character, buffer

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