In a container database environment i have faced two errors that i would like to share how i fixed them. As you know after applying the database patches on the binaries the next step is to startup the database and then run “datapatch” script.

ERROR NUMBER 1:

DBD::Oracle::st bind_param failed: ORA-01652: unable to extend temp segment by 128 in tablespace TEMP (DBD ERROR: OCILobWrite in dbd_rebind_ph_lob) [for Statement “BEGIN
INSERT INTO sys.dba_registry_sqlpatch_ru_info
(patch_id,
patch_uid,
patch_descriptor,
ru_version,
ru_build_description,
ru_build_timestamp,
patch_directory)
VALUES
(:patch_id,
:patch_uid,
:patch_descriptor,
:ru_version,
:ru_build_description,
TO_TIMESTAMP(:ru_build_timestamp, ‘YYMMDDHH24MISS’),
:patch_directory);
COMMIT;
END;” with ParamValues: :patch_descriptor=OCIXMLTypePtr=SCALAR(0x3b38118), :patch_directory=’PK………P.[{r
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tXDqz.|.g.I4..w3′.d.249.N..”..]7.%Y.qy_.._.}w$.woi<../vUB.P..(Y…3zqF.J9j.(N+81.N.S)}…..6E+..Z TUTwZ 봣wZ TS4m.’+.g%#.Rc.4F+9!6$l.sG0.zd.”}ErJ(.1Y..EdAq.r.s.F.S A..f.P(8f..3..Q.sw.S.0QZ..k{L..|.:.0D9.B7.3.)Q……).H C..N.!…’, :patch_id=’31281355′, :patch_uid=’23688465′, :ru_build_description=’Release_Update’, :ru_build_timestamp=’200703031501′, :ru_version=’19.8.0.0.0′] at /opt/oracle/product/19c/dbhome_1/sqlpatch/sqlpatch.pm line 5538.

SOLUTION:

you need to resize the TEMP data file by increasing it in PDB$SEED database

sqlplus / as sysdba

SQL> alter session set container=PDB$SEED;

Session altered.

SQL> select FILE_NAME,TABLESPACE_NAME from dba_temp_files;

/opt/oracle/oradata/ORCLCDB/pdbseed/temp012020-05-30_19-35-09-522-PM.dbf
TEMP

SQL> alter database tempfile ‘/opt/oracle/oradata/ORCLCDB/pdbseed/temp012020-05-30_19-35-09-522-PM.dbf’ resize 55M;

Database altered.

ERROR NUMBER 2:

Datapatch error:

Validating logfiles…
DBD::Oracle::st execute failed: ORA-01732: data manipulation operation not legal on this view (DBD ERROR: error possibly near <> indicator at char 7 in ‘UPDATE <>dba_registry_sqlpatch
SET status = :p1, action_time = SYSTIMESTAMP
WHERE patch_id = :p2
AND patch_uid = :p3
AND action = UPPER(:p4)
AND action_time = (SELECT MAX(action_time)
FROM dba_registry_sqlpatch
WHERE patch_id = :p5
AND patch_uid = :p6
AND action = UPPER(:p7))’) [for Statement “UPDATE dba_registry_sqlpatch
SET status = ?, action_time = SYSTIMESTAMP
WHERE patch_id = ?
AND patch_uid = ?
AND action = UPPER(?)
AND action_time = (SELECT MAX(action_time)
FROM dba_registry_sqlpatch
WHERE patch_id = ?

SOLUTION:

sqlplus / as sysdba

ALTER SYSTEM SET “_simple_view_merging”=TRUE;

important remark: underscore parameters should’t be manipulated unless advised by Oracle support engineer so the proposed solution is a workaround so set the parameter….re-execute datapatch and then unset the parameter.