As I understand it, most query optimizers are "cost-based". Others are "rule-based", or I believe they call it "Syntax Based". So, what's the best way to optimize the syntax of SQL statements to help an optimizer produce better results? Some cost-based optimizers can be influenced by "hints" like FIRST_ROWS(). Others are tailored for O...
Hi, I have a table with a lot of records (could be more than 500 000 or 1 000 000). I added a new column in this table and I need to fill a value for every row in the column, using the corresponding row value of another column in this table. I tried to use separate transactions for selecting every next chunk of 100 records and update t...
I need to convert a list of numbers that fall within certain ranges into a list of values, ordered by a priority column. The table has the following values: | YEAR | R_MIN | R_MAX | VAL | PRIO | ------------------------------------ 2010 18000 90100 52 6 2010 240000 240099 82 3 2010 250000 259999 50 5 2...
I have an URL to a location on the server where it can find teh report. The report works just fine if i manually refresh it. I tried using rc:ClearSession=TRUE and i also tried sending a random parameter, but the report is still not being refreshed. Any ideas? The main scenario: User eneters the page(with a grid view) User clicks on E...
Usually closing a connection is simply done by oci_close($connection); or in a worse case when the php script ends the connection pass away. In my case however, I face a different behavior. If I access my application which uses PHP 5.2.8, Apache 2.2.11 and oci8 1.2.5, the connection is kept during several minutes. Actually it seems ...
Hi We have a feed process which runs every day of the year. As part of that we delete every row from a table (approx 1 million rows) every day, repopulate it using 5 different stored procedures and then commit the transaction. This is the only commit statement that we call. All of a sudden the delete has started takign about 2 hours to ...
Is there a way for a non admin user to check the uptime of an Oracle instance? I.e. I don't have sysdba privileges. ...
Hi, I am using the below script to output data to a csv file: set heading off set linesize 10000 set pagesize 0 set echo off set verify off spool D:\OVERNIGHT\TEMP_FILES\PFRA_DETAIL_VIXEN_OUTPUT.txt SELECT TRIM(T4.S_ORG_ID)||','|| TRIM(T4.NAME)||','|| TRIM(T3.CREATION_TIME)||','|| TRIM(T5.X_HOUSE_NUMBER)||','|| TRIM(T5.X_FLAT_NUMBER...
Hello, I'm trying to do the same request i'm using in Toad (the store proc signature is two varchar2 parameter and one REF CURSOR parameter) Here is what I do with Toad variable myCursor refcursor; EXEC myproc('param1','param2',:myCursor ); print myCursor; I don't know how to write this with Squirrel and I have to use Squirrel. th...
I'm trying to create a subset of a table (as a materialized view), defined as those records which have a matching record in another materialized view. For example, let's say I have a Users table with user_id and name columns, and a Log table, with entry_id, user_id, activity, and timestamp columns. First I create a materialized view of...
We have ASP.NET framework 3.5 hosted in Windows 2003 Server 32-bits. Database: Oracle 10gR2 in Windows 2003 Server 64-bits We should use ODP.NET 10.2.0.3. Questions: - Is ODP.NET 10.2.0.3 made to connect to a 32bit or 64bit Oracle database? - Is the same for Oracle Client? ...
I was creating a new table today in 10g when I noticed an interesting behavior. Here is an example of what I did: CREATE TABLE test_table ( field_1 INTEGER PRIMARY KEY ); Oracle will by default, create a non-null unique index for the primary key. I double checked this. After a quick check, I find a unique index name SYS_C0065645. ...
I am having an issue with Oracle SQL Developer where it keeps telling me my index "Index PK_TBLCASENOTE is defined identically to constraint PK_TBLCASENOTES" whenever I go to the Indexes section of my table TBLCASENOTE. I found this Oracle form post but no one seems to have a solution. This is the DDL for making the table. CREATE TABL...
I have a script that gets the current time, and must pass it to another script. variable v_s_time varchar2(30); exec :v_s_time := to_char(sysdate,'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS AM'); --Lots of unrelated code here variable v_e_time varchar2(30); exec :v_e_time := to_char(sysdate,'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS AM'); @"test report script.sql" :v_s_time :v_e_...
Let's say I have the following tables: PartyRelationship EffectiveDatedAttributes PartyRelationship contains a varchar column called class. EffectiveDatedAttributes contains a foreign key to PartyRelationship called ProductAuthorization. If I run this: select unique eda.productauthorization from effectivedatedat...
I have a linked server on SQL Server that talks to Oracle. Executing the following sql statement using Openquery SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY(finance, 'select * from KFRI.VW_XREF_PROJECTS') will get error as the following: OLE DB provider "OraOLEDB.Oracle" for linked server "finance" returned message "ORA-12640: Authentication adapter in...
I'm using Application Express 4.0.0.00.25 ( Apex 4.0 EA2 ). I've created a simple form, with few fields. Each of the field are not direct entry, but rather a LOV picker is attached to these, and on selecting the LOV value, the id gets stored in the field. I have a dynamic action associated to the field, ( event - change in item, conditi...
There are two variables in our database called OB and B2B_OB. There are EP codes and each EP may have one of the following 4 combinations: EP OB B2B_OB --- -- ------ 3 X 7 X 11 14 X X What I want to do is to combine the X's in the fetched list so that I can have A or B value for a single EP. My conditions are: IF...
Hi! I call stored function with such signature: FUNCTION ADDDAYS (city VARCHAR2, startDate DATE, numDays INTEGER) from java code: JdbcTemplate jt = getJdbcTemplate(); Object o = jt.execute("{? = call ADDDAYS(?, ?, ?)}", new CallableStatementCallback() { public Object doInCallableStatement(CallableStat...
Hi All; select utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2(DCFILE) hexchar from T_FILE ORA-00997: illegal use of LONG datatype select to_char(DOC_FILE) hexchar from T_DOC_FILE ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected CHAR got LONG BINARY My column type long raw, how to make selected varchar2 ? ...