ORA-32690: Hash Table Infrastructure Ran out of Memory

Resolving Oracle ORA-32690: Hash Table Infrastructure ran out of memory

If you are getting ORA-32690 error when doing large join statements, you can resolve the issue with the following tips.

This is a known bug on database version 10.2.0.3. The bug is fixed in 11.2 release.

Recommended solution always to be on the latest patchset or even 11.1.0.6 where there is one off backport for several platforms .

The bug also has a one off on top of 10.2.0.4, if you are not able to be on top of 10.2.0.4 for the time being, so our option now is to resolve the issue on top of 10.2.0.3

No one off on top of 10.2.0.3 for Solaris platform however the good news that there is a merge Patch 6907160 MERGE LABEL REQUEST ON TOP OF 10.2.0.3 FOR BUGS 6471770 6471515, available to Solaris platform.

There are also the available workarounds
1. Disable Hash group-by by setting “_gby_hash_aggregation_enabled” to FALSE in init.ora
2. Use a NO_USE_HASH_AGGREGATION hint in your statements