This is a limitation that appears in most industrial strength databases. It over rides the bad coding that allows a trigger to recursively call itself forever.
--- "Farnsworth, Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the link Gints. > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 9:13 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > exceeded > > > > I wrote something about it in my limitations page > http://www.itsystems.lv/gints/oracle_limits.htm > > see No of cascading triggers = 32 > Note1: > Someone said this number is 255. I could not find it > in a short time in > Oracle docs so I decided to test this limitation > myself. I created similar > tables table0..table300 with one number column and > similar triggers that > insert a value in the next table. And the result > was... > Error message ORA-00036: maximum number of recursive > SQL levels (50) > exceeded. So, as you can see the real number is 50. > I tested it on 8.0.3, 8.1.6 and 8.1.7 with the same > results. > However in the real life I usually didn't need more > than 2 or 3, so don't > worry. And at last I found that it is O/S DEPENDENT, > usually 32. > > I'm rather sure it is connected with (not good) > coding. > > > Gints Plivna > IT Sistēmas, Merķeļa 13, LV1050 Rīga > http://www.itsystems.lv/gints/ > > > > > > > "Farnsworth, Dave" > > > <DFarnsworth@Ashleyfur > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > niture.com> > cc: > > Sent by: > Subject: ORA-00036: maximum number of recursive SQL > levels (50) exceeded > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > 2002.06.13 16:28 > > > Please respond to > > > ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > > > > > > I got this error in my <SID>Alert log yesterday. I > found that this usually > has to do with triggers that keep calling itself. > Is this "recursive SQL > level" an internal parameter that cannot be changed? > I do not see this in > my init.ora. Is this error due more to coding > error? > > Thanks, > > Dave > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Farnsworth, Dave > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: > (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet > access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). > > > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: > (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet > access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Farnsworth, Dave > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: > (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet > access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). ===== Pete Barnett Lead Database Administrator The Regence Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Peter Barnett INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
