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SYMPTOMS
- Query hangs with following error:
ORA-12850: Could Not Allocate Slaves On All Specified Instance
- Query works with optimizer_features_enable string 11.2.0.4
CAUSE
Internal bug was filed but closed as duplicate to another bug:
Bug 26680874 SQL MONITORING QUERY RAISES ORA-12850 >>>>>>> Unpublished bug closed as duplicate to following
Bug 19768896 : ALWAYS ALLOW INDEX WHEN COMPARING TIMESTAMP TO DATE COLUMN
SOLUTION
- 1.Bug is fixed in 12.2.0.1
- 2.Apply Patch 19768896
- 3.Workaround is to use optimizer_features_enable(‘11.2.0.4’):
/*+ optimizer_features_enable('11.2.0.4') */