PROBLEM

Unable to create or install the Esri spatial type for Oracle (-521)

Last Published: April 25, 2020

Description

When attempting to create or install the Esri ST_Geometry spatial type, ERROR setting up ST_Geometry, Error = -521 occurs with the following error messages.

%TEMP%\GDBCreateGeodatabase<#>.log

Code:
[5/12/2011 5:12:44 PM] Error: Could not create geodatabase tables and stored procedures. [Failed to setup ST_Geometry type. (Unable to load Type ST_Geometry, underlying DBMS error encountered.)]
[5/12/2011 5:12:44 PM] Error: See the setup log in the following location for additional error information.
[5/12/2011 5:12:44 PM] Error: C:\Users\clint\AppData\Local\Temp\1\sde_setup.log


ArcSDE setup log (sde_setup.log)

Code:
[Thu May 12 17:12:38 2011] ERROR setting up ST_Geometry type.
[Thu May 12 17:12:38 2011] ERROR setting up St_Geometry, Error = -521

Cause

In Oracle, if a table exists that has a column type of PUBLIC.ST_GEOMETRY, the creation of the Esri SDE.ST_GEOMETRY type fails.

Solution or Workaround

Find the tables that reference a PUBLIC.ST_GEOMETRY column and drop them.

  1. Find the tables that reference a PUBLIC.ST_GEOMETRY column.

    Code:
    sqlplus sys/manager as sysdba

    set pages 9999

    SELECT OWNER, NAME, TYPE FROM DBA_DEPENDENCIES WHERE REFERENCED_OWNER='MDSYS' AND REFERENCED_NA
    ME = 'ST_GEOMETRY' AND REFERENCED_TYPE = 'TYPE' AND TYPE='TABLE';

    OWNER NAME TYPE
    --------------------------- ------------------------------ ------------------
    MAP TEST TABLE

  2. Drop the table found in Step 1.

    Note:
    If the table is needed for any reason, backup the table before dropping it. This table can be restored after Esri ST_Geometry is installed.


    Code:
    drop table map.test;

  3. Purge the recycle bin.

    Code:
    purge dba_recyclebin;

  4. Re-run the install of the Esri ST_Geometry type.

Article ID:000011268

Software:
  • Legacy Products

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