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    Help With ORA-01436: CONNECT BY loop in user data

    I'm not sure if anyone here will be able to help me or not - but recently 'something' seems to have happened to the database here (Oracle 11g I believe).

    Now this 'ORA-01436: CONNECT BY loop in user data' error is popping up all over the place. I've Googled on the error and I understand that people get it when they execute a circular query that results in a 'loop'.

    The problem is that I'm getting this error in places I wouldn't expect. For example, I use SQL Navigator 5.5 and when I log in it shows an error in the Output window that says, '9:56:29 AM Error initializing Team Coding: ORA-01436: CONNECT BY loop in user data'

    I'm also using a 3rd party tool (Active Query Builder) that generates .xml metadata file - no updates or patches were made to change how that application works but now it fails with an OracleException that says, '9:56:29 AM Error initializing Team Coding: ORA-01436: CONNECT BY loop in user data'

    I've been told that Visio also produces a similar error.

    Does anyone have any idea what I can do to troubleshoot this? Is there a system table that gets queried when a user logs in that might have a loop in it? We have other DB instances that are Oracle 11g as well and they are still fine.

    Any suggestions or advice is greatly appreciated.
    Thanks!

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    There are a whole bunch of known bugs related to ORA-01426.
    Better to confirm database version and check Metalink.
    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PAVB
    There are a whole bunch of known bugs related to ORA-01426.
    Better to confirm database version and check Metalink.
    Thanks for the post - I believe the database version is 11.1.0.6.0

    I'm not familiar with metalink though (sorry, I'm new to all of this). Could you clarify or point me a little further in the right direction.

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    Metalink is Oracle's support portal which includes the knowledge base.

    All licensed Oracle installations have access to Metalink; I would check with the Senior DBA and ask him/her to provide the required credentials then you just point your browser to http://metalink.oracle.com and research ORA-01426 in regards to your Oracle version.

    As I said there are a whole bunch of related known bugs; too many to discuss over the forum.
    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PAVB
    Metalink is Oracle's support portal which includes the knowledge base.

    All licensed Oracle installations have access to Metalink; I would check with the Senior DBA and ask him/her to provide the required credentials then you just point your browser to http://metalink.oracle.com and research ORA-01426 in regards to your Oracle version.

    As I said there are a whole bunch of related known bugs; too many to discuss over the forum.
    Thanks!

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