Microsoft.Mashup.Evaluator.Interface.ErrorException: Attempted to read or write protected memory.

[igordossantos]

Team,

Having an issue while connecting to the data source (Oracle) using Get Data (Power Query). 

I have been able to connect to the same datasource and have built a data model with a decent size, but for some reason I'm no longer able to connect. 

I'm remote connected to the VPN working on this model. 

Below is the error stack:

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Data to send to Microsoft:

Feedback Type:
Frown (Error)

Timestamp:
2016-11-10T17:38:11.3970651Z

Local Time:
2016-11-10T12:38:11.3970651-05:00

Product Version:
2.40.4554.463 (PBIDesktop) (x64)

Release:
October, 2016

IE Version:
11.0.9600.18499

OS Version:
Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 (x64 en-US)

CLR Version:
4.6.1 or later [Release Number = 394271]

Workbook Package Info:
1* - en-US, fastCombine: Disabled.

Peak Working Set:
525 MB

Private Memory:
447 MB

Peak Virtual Memory:
4.07 GB

Error Message:
Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.

Stack Trace:
Microsoft.Mashup.Evaluator.Interface.ErrorException: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt. ---> System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt. ---> System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
at Oracle.DataAccess.Client.OpsMet.GetSchemaMetaData(IntPtr pOpsConCtx, IntPtr pOpsErrCtx, OpoMetValCtx* pOpoMetValCtx, Int32 AddRowid, Int32 AddToStmtCache)
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[Anonymous]

Hi,

I have an user having this issue in Power BI, may I know what is the issue of this? and any solution?

[Anonymous]

I've tried to reinstall the software and checked that the version has been upgraded to latest version, which is version 2.108.825.0

[v-yuezhe-msft]

Hi @igordossantos,

In Power BI Desktop, please firstly go to File-> Options and Settings-> Options-> Data Load, clear cache in the following screenshot, then check if you can connect to Oracle successfully.




Alternatively, you can go to C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Power BI Desktop\Cache to delete all files in Index and Temp folders.


Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

[igordossantos · Accepted solution]

Thank you for the reply. 

It turns out that the issue was the code. The code I was passing through DirectQuery to the Oracle backend was in ANSI-89 format, similar to the below:

select a.id, b.id, b.address_1
from person a, address b
where a.id = b.id

Once the code was converted to ANSI-92 format, the error message went away. 

select a.id, b.id, b.address_1
from person a
inner join address b
on a.id = b.id

Is this documented somewhere? If not, this should be. 

-Igor