scn_to_timestamp ORA-00904

oracle中scn与时间之间可以进行相互转换，朋友的数据库是10.2.0.5，之前通过scn_to_timestamp将scn转换为相对应的时间时一切正常，但今天执行却报错了.

SQL>select to_char(scn_to_timestamp(3111823),'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') from dual;
select to_char(scn_to_timestamp(3111823),'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') from dual;
       *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00904: "SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP": invalid identifier

很奇怪,scn_to_timestamp函数的状态通过下面的查询语句来查询

SQL> select owner,object_name,object_type,last_ddl_time,status from dba_objects where object_name='SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP';

OWNER        OBJECT_NAME           OBJECT_TYPE         LAST_DDL_TIME STATUS
------------ --------------------- ------------------- ------------- -------
SYS          SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP      FUNCTION            2014/11/26 12 VALID
PUBLIC       SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP      SYNONYM             2014/11/26 12 VALID

后来我把scn_to_timestamp函数的创建语句重新执行一次。

create or replace function scn_to_timestamp(query_scn IN NUMBER)
return TIMESTAMP
IS EXTERNAL
NAME "ktfexscntot"
WITH CONTEXT
PARAMETERS(context,
           query_scn OCINUMBER,
           RETURN)
LIBRARY DBMS_TRAN_LIB;

在执行完后执行对scn_to_timestamp函数的查询

SQL> select to_char(scn_to_timestamp(3111823),'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss') from dual;

TO_CHAR(SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP(31118
------------------------------
2015-02-03 16:26:27

但是却新创建了一个scn_to_timestamp函数并没有替换掉原来的

SQL> select owner,object_name,object_type,last_ddl_time,status from dba_objects where object_name='SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP';

OWNER       OBJECT_NAME              OBJECT_TYPE         LAST_DDL_TIME STATUS
----------- ------------------------ ------------------- ------------- -------
SYS         SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP         FUNCTION            2014/11/26 12 VALID
PUBLIC      SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP         SYNONYM             2014/11/26 12 VALID
SYS         SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP         FUNCTION            2015/2/3 16:5 VALID

这个问题还没找到原因，也许是oracle的bug,因为我在oracle 10.2.0.4中重新创建scn_to_timestamp函数后，查询dba_objects并没有显示生成的scn_to_timestamp函数

Connected to Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0
Connected as SYS

SQL>
SQL> create or replace function scn_to_timestamp(query_scn IN NUMBER)
  2  return TIMESTAMP
  3  IS EXTERNAL
  4  NAME "ktfexscntot"
  5  WITH CONTEXT
  6  PARAMETERS(context,
  7             query_scn OCINUMBER,
  8             RETURN)
  9  LIBRARY DBMS_TRAN_LIB;
 10  /

Function created

SQL> select owner,object_name,object_type,last_ddl_time,status from dba_objects where object_name='SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP';

OWNER      OBJECT_NAME              OBJECT_TYPE         LAST_DDL_TIME STATUS
---------- ------------------------ ------------------- ------------- -------
SYS        SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP         FUNCTION            2015/2/3 21:2 VALID
PUBLIC     SCN_TO_TIMESTAMP         SYNONYM             2008/4/23 12: INVALID

并且在10.2.0.4中重建scn_to_timestamp函数后，对应的同义词失效了，这才是正确而在10.2.0.5中重建scn_to_timestamp函数后，却产生了一个新的同名对象，且对应的同义仍然为有效状态。