On Dec 15, 12:59 pm, "ron.re...@gmail.com" <ron.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Dec 15, 2:44 am, huw_at1 <huwdjo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Dec 11, 5:34 pm, "ron.re...@gmail.com" <ron.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Dec 10, 9:48 am, huw_at1 <huwdjo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hey all. When usingcx_Oracleto run a procedure like: > > > > > cursor.execute("select (obj.function(value)) from table where > > > > id=blah") > > > > > I am getting the following error: > > > > > ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too > > > > small ORA-06512: at line 1 > > > > > Looking at cursor.description I get: > > > > > [('(obj.function(value))', <type 'cx_Oracle.STRING'>, 4000, 4000, 0, > > > > 0, 1)] > > > > > Any tips - i have never seen this error before but am guessing that > > > > the value being returned is too big for the buffer size set for the > > > > cursor. the procedure fetches data from a LOB. > > > > > Any suggestions/confirmations? > > > > > Many thanks > > > > This error is a problem with the PL/SQL, notcx_Oracle. You need to > > > debug obj.function to see what kind of data is being accessed and then > > > a data analysis of that data to understand why this error occurs. I > > > can tell you the function is most likely expecting characters from a > > > column that are numeric [0 .. 9] and is getting alpha characters. > > > > -- > > > Ron Reidy > > > Sr. Oracle DBA > > > Hi thanks for the responses. Unfortunately the procedure in question > > is from a third party vendor so I can't really debug it so I'd say I > > was fairly stumped. Just out of interest how do you increase the > > output buffer size withcx_Oracle? > > > Many thanks- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - > > Hi, > > Sure you can. You can see the PL/SQL source from the ditionary view > ALL_SOURCE: > select text from all_source where name = 'NAME_OF_FUNCTION'; > > From there, reverse engineeer which table(s) and column(s) are being > accesses and do the data analysis. > > -- > Ron Reidy
Hi all, So I tried Rons query but unfortunately I got 0 records returned. However I can confirm that running the select query from a client does indeed generate the same error. Is there anything else I could try? Otherwise I'll just get in touch with the vendor I guess. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list