so it is a number inside a char(12) ...
try ... max(to_number()) and see if it works
Raj
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jesse, Rich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 10:29 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: ORA-6502 with cursor and MAX function
OK, severe brain fart here. On 8.1.7.4, the following fails:
declare
v_wo wip.workorderno%TYPE;
cursor c1 is
select max(workorderno) wok
from wip
where assypartno = '33626';
begin
for aa in c1 loop
v_wo := aa.wok;
dbms_output.put_line(v_wo);
end loop;
end;
...on the "v_wo := aa.wok" line with "ORA-6502 PL/SQL: numeric or value
error: character string buffer too small". Huh? I've got no idea how to
fix this. It doesn't appear to be the declaration of "v_wo" either, as I've
tried to make it CHAR(1000) and VARCHAR2(2000) to no avail.
"wip.workorderno" is CHAR(12).
This works fine without the MAX function and also works by converting the
procedure to use an anonymous block instead of a cursor. That would be
fine, except I'm using this to do 10046 trace comparisons of anonymous
blocks and implicit cursors. One other possible culprit is our
CURSOR_SHARING=FORCE, but I've changed the session to EXACT with the same
results. Also, I get the same error in TOAD v7.4 and SQL*Plus.
Anyone? I could use the excuse that I'm getting over a cold or flu here but
this is ridiculous!
TIA,
Rich
Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator
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