Oracle Error ORA-38815: ALTER SESSION SET EDITION must be a top-level SQL statement

Oracle Error Message

ORA-38815: ALTER SESSION SET EDITION must be a top-level SQL statement

Reason for the Error

An edition switch failed because it was executed from a PL/SQL block or using recursive SQL.

Solution

Execute the statement from a top-level OCI call, or use dbms_session.set_edition if its deferred effect is appropriate.