Hello All,
I have a client that use to Export and Import Dictionary Statistics using a stats table. However, after upgrading database to 12c, is started to raise error below to export data to a stats table (created in 11g) or even to update stats in this table.
SQL> exec dbms_stats.upgrade_stat_table('GREPORA','MYSTATSTABLE');
DECLARE
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ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected BINARY got NUMBER
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_STATS", line 40183
ORA-06512: at line 28
SQL> EXEC DBMS_STATS.EXPORT_FIXED_OBJECTS_STATS (stattab => 'MYSTATSTABLE',statid => 'TEST_MATHEUS',statown => 'GREPORA' );
BEGIN DBMS_STATS.EXPORT_FIXED_OBJECTS_STATS (stattab => 'MYSTATSTABLE',statid => 'TEST_MATHEUS',statown => 'GREPORA' ); END;
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ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected BINARY got NUMBER
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_STATS", line 37085
ORA-06512: at line 1
I reviewed several references (all very interesting, by the way, recommend you to take a look):
– ORA-20002 on Importing Statistics using DBMS_STATS Procedures (Doc ID 740345.1)
– Datapump Export Fails With Ora-00932 (Doc ID 1300803.1)
– Error “ORA-00932 – Inconsistent Datatypes: Expected BINARY Got NUMBER” When Executing the Primavera Gather-Statistics Scripts on an Oracle 12c Database (Doc ID 2111114.1)
– https://oracle-base.com/articles/12c/concurrent-statistics-collection-12cr1
– http://www.morganslibrary.org/reference/pkgs/dbms_stats.html
– How To Export and Import Dictionary Statistics (Doc ID 1450820.1)
– Fixed Objects Statistics (GATHER_FIXED_OBJECTS_STATS) Considerations (Doc ID 798257.1)
But no reference found to this specific issue, not even in MOS.
After some tests, I realized that maybe columns order in stats table can be changed in implementation between 11g and 12c. Bingo! The same columns and datatypes are in place, but in different order.
This is not documented in MOS neither on internet/independent blogs, but seems EXPORT% on DBMS_STATS presume stats table in it’s internal code without specified column orders.
As we know, a good development practice is to specify column names when performing any operation. Bad on you, Oracle!
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