java.sql.SQLException: ORA-01453: SET TRANSACTION must be first statement of transact

Hi Ranchers,

I am getting the Oracle Exception
java.sql.SQLException: ORA-01453: SET TRANSACTION must be first statement of transact
after we upgraded the Oracle version from Oracle 9.2.0.6 to Oracle 9.2.0.7.

Initially we had a Oracle Version 9.2.0.6 and the Application was working fine with it. Now the DBA has upgraded the version Oracle to 9.2.0.7 by applying a patch ("p4163445_92070_SOLARIS64").
After this upgrade, about 15 minutes after starting the service, i am getting this exception regularly.

I was thinking this could be a oracle parameter issue or a issue in Oracle 9.2.0.7. I will not be able to change the code since, the number of points i have to change is huge.

Please let me know how to solve this issue

It sounds like a programatic error to me (possibly buried deep within your application). Do you have cases where you change the transaction level (for example: http://www.adp-gmbh.ch/ora/sql/set_transaction.html) in the middle of a transaction.

If you can figure out where this issue is you can either call commit before the transaction level is changed or remove the change in transaction level all together. My guess would to look for a case of shared code where someone is asking for a database connection without realizing that it has been used (without a commit). Usually, these are in nested calls.