Re: Cannot set up Metalink login information in 10g EM Database Control

Wally wrote:
> OS: Windows XP Pro
> DB Version: 10g R2
>
> In the EM Database Control I am trying to save my metalink account by
> navigating to Setup -> Patching Setup. When I enter my login
> information and submit I get the following error
>
>
> Error
> Invalid Data - Error: apply failed ORA-12899: value too large for
> column "SYSMAN"."MGMT_ARU_CREDENTIALS"."ARU_USERNAME" (actual: 80,
> maximum: 64) ORA-06512: at "SYSMAN.MGMT_CREDENTIAL", line 1482
> ORA-06512: at line 1
>
> My username is 34 characters long (with our company going with the
> firstname.lastname_at_company.com format) and the password is 7
> characters. I see that the table definition is
> SYSMAN.MGMT_ARU_CREDENTIALS
> ( ARU_USERNAME VARCHAR2(64 BYTE),
> ARU_PASSWORD VARCHAR2(256 BYTE)
> )
>
> The code in the package SYSMAN.MGMT_CREDENTIAL is encrypting the
> username and password and I guess the encrypted value of the username
> is not fitting in the 64 bytes provided.
>
> If I can't get this to work it is not a show stopper for me, but I'd
> like to know if someone can tell me me what the maximum size of the
> e-mail address can be so that the encrypted value fits in the 64 bytes
> in the table.
>
> Thanks
>

To be honest with you, I don't know the answer to your question. But you obviously have a Metalink account, so why not post this a Service Request to Oracle Support and have them give you the answer?

Cheers,
Brian

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