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    ora-12801 and ora-01722 when using PARALLEL hint

    Hi all,

    I am getting foll. error when using PARALLEL hint and works fine without the hint.

    ora-12801: error signaled in parallel query server P005
    ora-01722: invalid number

    This error comes on the foll. line in SQL statement.

    AND papfa.person_id = DECODE(haaif.attribute3,NULL,papfss.person_id,TO_NUMBER(haaif.attribute3))

    What could be the reason?

    Thanks in Adv.
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    haaif.attribute3 contains strings that cannot be converted to numbers
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    Originally posted by slimdave
    haaif.attribute3 contains strings that cannot be converted to numbers
    Most obvous answer. However: how come the same SQL executes fine without PARALLEL hint, as the original poster indicates (if this is actualy true)? It smells more as a bug to me, if what original poster states is true....
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    Folks,

    I figured it out. In one of the table, attribute3 column has 'NA' value in it, which it is not able to convert into number. So, I used DECODE and now it is not giving the error.

    This is true that it is giving error only if I use PARALLEL hint. This certainly looks like a bug. We are using 8.1.7.4.13 on Windows platform.

    Thanks,
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    Originally posted by jmodic
    Most obvous answer. However: how come the same SQL executes fine without PARALLEL hint, as the original poster indicates (if this is actualy true)? It smells more as a bug to me, if what original poster states is true....
    Or it could be something like.. the order in which the tabs are accessed & joins and so.

    What i mean is something like..

    Case I ( Without parallel hint ) :

    lets assume the table haaif is the driving table (& in exec plan too)and is driven by some other condition & not 'attribute3' (or even 'attribute3' also as we dont know what the other conditions are).. and all the values returned for 'attribute3' is only Numerals..

    Case II ( With parallel hint )

    lets assume here plan is slightly diff from above one.. & haaif is not the driving table.. we will assume papfa is the driving table & for some person id there is a value in haaif where attribute3 is non numeral.. so for that Val, it suerly errors.

    So not necessarly a bug ..

    PS jurij, you can blast if i have some where mistaken in concepts

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    Hi,

    I think, you are right. Because, in following case, I am running the 1st select statement without parallel in it and it still failing with invalid number error. but in second, it is not failing when using decode statement.

    select attribute3,to_number(attribute3) from hxc_time_attributes

    select attribute3,to_number(decode(attribute3,'NA',NULL,attribute3)) from hxc_time_attributes

    Thanks,
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