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ORA-00438: … Option not installed

In an Oracle database where Real Application Testing (RAT) is not installed, the following statement throws ORA-00438: Real Application Testing Option not installed:

begin
   dbms_workload_capture.start_capture (
      name     => 'capture-test-1',
      dir      => 'CAPTURE_TEST',
      duration => NULL
   );
end;
/

The following query shows that RAT is not installed, indeed:

select value from v$option where parameter = 'Real Application Testing';

ORA-00438: … Option not installed

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