10.4.6 is FAST

Greetings,
After 1 day of using 10.4.6, my mac exhibits no problem so far. One thing I'm sure is that my Mac starts up much faster than before. It doesn't even show the startup bar at all. I'm happy.

I have seen no problems, but neither have I seen any improvements in startup speed. On this iMac G5 ALS, I get a 20 second or so period after the chime when nothing seems to happen except the power light goes to about 3/4 brightness (no fan or hard drive noise), then the light fades out slowly, & from there things seem to go faster than with 10.4.5, but I do see the startup bar. Overall, from chime to logged in takes about the same time as before.
I haven't really noticed any particular speedup in other areas. I have noticed a slightly longer delay in Help Viewer showing pages than before, at least compared to right after the previously all too often necessary chore of purging its cache & .plist, which this update supposedly makes unnecessary. That's a fair tradeoff, I think.

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Malicious or not? Message popped up: Mozilla security found (something like too much, forget exact word) activity on your computer so it will do a fast scan of system file. With OK button.

I was looking at youtube.com, which always tells me my browser is not supported and recommends I download Firefox, but that is what I was using, so I went to Firefox to check for updates. (I think I also had freecycle.org open.) Then this message popped up in a new page: Mozilla security found (something like "too much", forget exact word) activity on your computer so it will do a fast scan of system file. There was an OK button. The page address was: http://update17.stegner.ce.ms/index.php?Q7Lhl9ShbRxGJXpkM1VLSi4ZE8H4pTedoVPySgeppM3VpC+thEspcFG7qxHgn1pdsC2h5ygPGWI3t5hXqMzL9EQaZZ3J1e3CKXgCb0Qp. I did not click OK but copied the link and closed the window which closed the internet. I have never seen this before and would like to know if it is really Mozilla or possibly something malicious. Thank you.

Good catch. That almost certainly is an invitation to download malware.
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Fast Inverse Square Root

I expect no replies to this thread - because there are no
answers, but I want to raise awareness of a faculty of other
languages that is missing in Flash that would really help 3D and
games to be built in Flash.
Below is an optimisation of the Quake 3 inverse square root
hack. What does it do? Well in games and 3D we use a lot of vector
math and that involves calculating normals. To calculate a normal
you divide a vector's parameters by it's length, the length you
obtain by pythagoras theorem. But of course division is slow - if
only there was a way we could get 1.0/Math.sqrt so we could just
multiply the vector and speed it up.
Which is what the code below does in Java / Processing. It
runs at the same speed as Math.sqrt, but for not having to divide,
that's still a massive speed increase.
But we can't do this in Flash because there isn't a way to
convert a Number/float into its integer-bits representation. Please
could everyone whinge at Adobe about this and give us access to a
very powerful tool. Even the guys working on Papervision are having
trouble with this issue.

that's just an implementation of newton's method for finding
the zeros of a differentiable function. for a given x whose inverse
sq rt you want to find, the function is:
f(y) = 1/(y*y) - x;
1. you can find the positive zero of f using newton's method.
2. you only need to consider values of x between 1 and 10
because you can rewrite x = 10^^E * m, where 1<=m<10.
3. the inverseRt(x) = 10^^(-E/2) * inverseRt(m)
4. you don't have to divide E by 2. you can use bitwise shift
to the right by 1.
5. you don't have to multiply 10^^(-E/2) by inverseRt(m): you
can use a decimal shift of inverseRt(m);
6. your left to find the positive zero of f(y) = 1/(y*y) - m,
1<=m<10.
and at this point i realized what, i believe, is a much
faster way to find inverse roots: use a look-up table.
you only need a table of inverse roots for numbers m,
1<m<=10.
for a given x = 10^^E*m = 10^^(e/2) *10^^(E-e/2)*m, where e
is the largest even integer less than or equal to E (if E is
positive, e is the greatest even integer less than or equal to E,
if E is negative), you need to look-up, at most, two inverse roots,
perform one multiplication and one decimal shift:
inverseRt(x) = 10^^(-e) * inverseRt(10) *inverseRt(m), if
E-e/2 = 1 and
inverseRt(x) = 10^^(-e) * inverseRt(m), if E-e/2 = 0.

FIX FOR: iPhone 4 battery draining fast, phone running hot

I had the same issue many have reported here and in comments on blogs, where their +_battery was draining at least twice as fast_+ as on an iPhone 3GS with iOS 4.
Some threads suggest +_this happens to iPhone 4 when restored from a 3G or 3GS_+, and indeed, that's what I'd done. A few people said that resetting to factory settings and installing everything fresh solved the issue, giving them better battery life than they'd seen on any prior iPhone.
Many of my apps have files or settings stored in them, so I didn't want to have to set everything up again. A fresh install is a real pain.
Deep in an iPhone 3G thread mentioning a similar battery problem after upgrading to iOS 4, someone said they'd deleted all their mail accounts, and set those up fresh, which solved the issue for them. I tried that today, and it worked.
*_BEFORE AND AFTER_*:
Thursday and Friday, the iPhone 4 went from 100% to 15% in under 6 hours. Today, after this fix, the iPhone 4 is at 87% after 12 hours. Thursday and Friday the phone was hot to the touch whenever I picked it up. Today it's always cool. Apps usage and movement among coverage areas on each day have been exactly the same. The only change was resetting up mail.
*_STEPS TO FIX_*:
Do this on WiFi so you can sync and check mail fast.
1. Delete all mail accounts.
2. If MobileMe user, delete MobileMe account, and remove all Calendars, Contacts, Notes, etc., from the phone (so you don't have dupes when you re-sync).
3. Turn off phone, and back on again.
4. If MobileMe user, add MobileMe account first. I enabled all options, even Find My iPhone (Thursday and Friday I had it off, in case it was using power). Wait long enough for contacts and calendars to sync, check to make sure. I use MobileMe mail on Push.
5. Add back each additional mail account. I have 5. I am in a marginal coverage area, so I set these accounts on Fetch Hourly. I also have "Preview 5 Lines" (I think the default is Preview 2 Lines. This doesn't matter.)
6. Go into Mail, go to the MobileMe Inbox, and scroll your way down letting the messages come in. You can see them come in when you see the Preview Lines update, and then scroll some more.
7. Go into each additional mail account's Inbox, scroll your way down, letting the messages come in.
8. Go to the combined Inbox if you use that, make sure all the messages are in.
9. The WiFi activity spinner may remain spinning even after Mail says it is done Checking Mail. This is because other parts of mail accounts are being synced for the first time. Let the iPhone sit in Mail combined inbox until the spinner stops. Quit Mail, go back in, and watch the spinner after it's done Checking Mail. If the spinner doesn't stop after < 5 seconds or so, let Mail sit again. Once it's caught up, going into mail will Check Mail, and the spinner will stop a few seconds after as it should.
10. You're done.
Hopefully your phone stays cool and your battery life reflects the boost from the 20% larger battery. If not, the next step to try is Reset Network Settings, and finally try a factory reset and installing everything fresh instead of doing a restore. Hopefully you won't need to do that. I didn't.

My iphone 4 just started to warm up and the battery is draining quick. Closed everything and reset to no avail. Turned off bluetooth, increased push time and checked location settings for new applications. Weather Doodle was a bit suspicious as it had a purple direction indicator next to the setting. The only other new app I installed was Lego instruct. I disabled one of the 4 mail accounts I had that is having network difficulties, went to airplane mode and still I see %1 drain every 10 or 15 minutes. I'll remove the new new apps and reset to see if it is related to the new apps. If that doesn't work, I'll try email account reset at home wifi and see if that fixes the issues.
Thank you for the information.
version 4.2.8
Verizon

Jabber call to voice mail fails with fast busy over VPN

I have an issue that I ran into with CIPC phones over a VPN. If a CIPC phone called over a VPN and started ringing a phone the call would fail with fast busy at the time the call would be forwarded to voicemail. I found the issue was when remote the CIPC phone would negotiate the g.729 codec, when forwarded to a voicemail pilot over a SIP trunk set to g.711 the call would fail due to codec missmatch when no transcoders are present.
So now I am running into what I believe to be the same issue with Jabber, when on premise the calls to voice mail work just fine, but when remote they fail. I can directly call the voicemail pilot without error, but if calling a phone the call gets fast busy at the point we are forwarded to voicemail. Even though all my regions are set to talk to all other regions on G.711 and the voicemail SIP trunk is set to G.711, I believe with the new features in CUCM9 that a lower speed codec has been negotiated since the we are going over the VPN, or Jabber has done this as it knows it's over VPN (not sure). WIth CIPC I could go into the settings and turn off the Optimize for Bandwidth check box and the call would negotiate G.711. With Jabber I can't find anything that would tell my Jabber client to stay on G.711 and I can only imagine this is a codec missmatch as the following are true.
1. CIPC and Jabber share the same line
2. VPN established and CIPC optimised for low bandwidth un-checked
3. Over the same VPN the CIPC phone can leave a voicemail
4. Over the same VPN the Jabber client gets fast busy once forwarded to voicemail
5. Voicemail environment is Exchange-UM over SIP trunk
6. SIP trunk is assigned a Device Pool, that is assigned to a region that all other regions communicate G.711 to
7. On CIPC if optimised for low bandwidth is checked I get the exact same issue as I get with the Jabber client (fast busy when forwarded to voicemail)
Would anyone know what I can do in CUCM 9 to fix this issue, as said no issue when all devices are on premise. Wondering if there is a service parameter or a way to change the codec selection so the Jabber client attempts to always negotiate G.711. The correct answer would be to get some PVDM DSP resources and kick up a transcoder in my resource group, and that may be what I talk them into doing if I have no other options.

We have been getting the exact same thing for almost a year now... since switching to FiOS Digital Voice in May of last year! Every time I call in to report it they 'escalate' the issue but it never gets resolved. The problem seems to be in the initial connection. Most of the time it works fine but, several times a month, after I call to get messages and it starts to play the new message it goes dead and I get the busy signal. I get the same message when I call back: “I’m sorry – that account is in use at this time. Please try again later!” I have even called in with my cell phone and get the same message! I HAVE EVEN used the Internet to see if I could get my messages and, when I hit Play, I get a pop-up saying: “Your Voice Mail box is currently in being accessed; please try again later. If the problem continues, please contact our Customer Support Center at 1-888-553-1555. We apologize for any inconvenience.” This is obviously a software bug that Verizon has no clue on how to troubleshoot OR fix!!! I wonder how many people have the problem and just don’t bother reporting it because of the hassle? When it first started happening they destroyed my entire mailbox and I had to re-enter the complete mailbox setup again – 3 times!!! NEVER let them talk you into that!!! It’s their problem and they need to fix it!!!!!!! I wish I could go back to the ‘normal’ voicemail we originally had… they want hundred$ to switch back because I’d be breaking my #$@%^&* contract! Good luck if you have Verizon………

FAST enabled MView takes ages to refresh

Hi All,
I have a materlialized view which is based on a single fact table ( OAS_BALANCE_UNIONED 11,445,156 rows) and a bunch of dimension tables each containing limited number of rows (a typical start schema).
The conditioins to make the mview fast refreshable have been met so the mview created successfully with the FAST option.
The mview then worked just fine after than and had been refreshing FAST (6 minutes) for the whole day till other mviews started to refresh in the same time. Some of those mviews read from some of the base tables of the mview in question. Since then, the mivew has started to take ages (3 hours) to refresh. There is surely something wrong because the COMPLETE refresh was faster than that.
Later, I stopped all the refresh jobs of the other mviews. Yet, the FAST mview still has the same problem of taking ages to refresh.
When I monitored the session that refreshes the mview, I noticed in the "Long Ops" that
most of the time is spent on a step named as "Hash Join" (it appears in the Message column). Hash join occurrs because of the outer join.
Why my FAST mview suddenly started to take so long time to refresh?
How can I make my FAST mivew really refresh fast?
Technical Details are below:
OS: Windows 2003 32-bit
DB version: Oracle 10g R1 ( 10.1.0.2.0 )
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW FACT_BAL_MV
BUILD DEFERRED
REFRESH FAST ON DEMAND
WITH PRIMARY KEY
AS
SELECT B.cmpcode BAL_KEY,
       B.CMPCODE,
       B.YR,
       B.PERIOD,
       B.BALCODE,
       B.CURCODE,
       B.REPBASIS,
       TO_NUMBER (B.YR || LPAD (B.PERIOD, 2, 0)) DIM_PERIOD_MV,
       D_CMP.DIM_KEY DIM_COMPANY,
       D_CUR.DIM_KEY DIM_CURRENCY,
       D_EL_1.DIM_KEY DIM_EL_1,
       D_EL_2.DIM_KEY DIM_EL_2,
       D_EL_3.DIM_KEY DIM_EL_3,
       D_EL_4.DIM_KEY DIM_EL_4,
       GRP_1_P_EL.DIM_KEY DIM_GRP_1_P_EL,
       D_GRP_1_B_EL.DIM_KEY DIM_GRP_1_B_EL,
       D_GRP_1_K_EL.DIM_KEY DIM_GRP_1_K_EL,
       D_GRP_2_D_EL.DIM_KEY DIM_GRP_2_D_EL,
       D_GRP_3_E_EL.DIM_KEY D_GRP_3_E_EL,
       B.ROWID X_OB_ROWID,
       D_CMP.ROWID X_CMP_ROWID,
       D_CUR.ROWID X_CUR_ROWID,
       D_EL_1.ROWID X_EL_1_ROWID,
       D_EL_2.ROWID X_EL_2_ROWID,
       D_EL_3.ROWID X_EL_3_ROWID,
       D_EL_4.ROWID X_EL_4_ROWID,
       GRP_1_P_EL.ROWID X_GRP_1_P_EL_ROWID,
       GRP_1_P.ROWID X_GRP_1_P_ROWID,
       D_GRP_1_B_EL.ROWID X_GRP_1_B_EL_ROWID,
       D_GRP_1_B.ROWID X_GRP_1_B_ROWID,
       D_GRP_1_K_EL.ROWID X_GRP_1_K_EL_ROWID,
       D_GRP_1_K.ROWID X_GRP_1_K_ROWID,
       D_GRP_2_D_EL.ROWID X_GRP_2_D_EL_ROWID,
       D_GRP_2_D.ROWID X_GRP_2_D_ROWID,
       D_GRP_3_E_EL.ROWID X_GRP_3_E_EL_ROWID,
       D_GRP_3_E.ROWID X_GRP_3_E_ROWID
FROM CLVE_STAGING.OAS_BALANCE_UNIONED B,
       FINANCE.DW_DIM_COMPANY D_CMP,
       FINANCE.DW_DIM_CURRENCY D_CUR,
       FINANCE.DW_DIM_EL_1 D_EL_1,
       FINANCE.DW_DIM_EL_2 D_EL_2,
       FINANCE.DW_DIM_EL_3 D_EL_3,
       FINANCE.DW_DIM_EL_4 D_EL_4,
       FINANCE.DW_DIM_GRP_1_P_EL GRP_1_P_EL,
       FINANCE.DW_DIM_GRP_1_P GRP_1_P,
       FINANCE.DW_DIM_GRP_1_B_EL D_GRP_1_B_EL,
       FINANCE.DW_DIM_GRP_1_B D_GRP_1_B,
       FINANCE.DW_DIM_GRP_1_K_EL D_GRP_1_K_EL,
       FINANCE.DW_DIM_GRP_1_K D_GRP_1_K,
       FINANCE.DW_DIM_GRP_2_D_EL D_GRP_2_D_EL,
       FINANCE.DW_DIM_GRP_2_D D_GRP_2_D,
       FINANCE.DW_DIM_GRP_3_E_EL D_GRP_3_E_EL,
       FINANCE.DW_DIM_GRP_3_E D_GRP_3_E
WHERE     B.CMPCODE = D_CMP.CODE
       AND (B.CMPCODE = D_CUR.CMPCODE(+) AND B.CURCODE = D_CUR.CODE(+))
       AND (B.CMPCODE = D_EL_1.CMPCODE(+) AND B.EL1 = D_EL_1.EL_CODE(+))
       AND (B.CMPCODE = D_EL_2.CMPCODE(+) AND B.EL2 = D_EL_2.EL_CODE(+))
       AND (B.CMPCODE = D_EL_3.CMPCODE(+) AND B.EL3 = D_EL_3.EL_CODE(+))
       AND (B.CMPCODE = D_EL_4.CMPCODE(+) AND B.EL3 = D_EL_4.EL_CODE(+))
       AND (GRP_1_P_EL.CMPCODE = GRP_1_P.CMPCODE(+)
            AND GRP_1_P_EL.GRP_CODE = GRP_1_P.GRP_CODE(+))
       AND (B.CMPCODE = GRP_1_P_EL.CMPCODE(+)
            AND B.EL1 = GRP_1_P_EL.EL_CODE(+))
       AND (D_GRP_1_B_EL.CMPCODE = D_GRP_1_B.CMPCODE(+)
            AND D_GRP_1_B_EL.GRP_CODE = D_GRP_1_B.GRP_CODE(+))
       AND (B.CMPCODE = D_GRP_1_B_EL.CMPCODE(+)
            AND B.EL1 = D_GRP_1_B_EL.EL_CODE(+))
       AND (D_GRP_1_K_EL.CMPCODE = D_GRP_1_K.CMPCODE(+)
            AND D_GRP_1_K_EL.GRP_CODE = D_GRP_1_K.GRP_CODE(+))
       AND (B.CMPCODE = D_GRP_1_K_EL.CMPCODE(+)
            AND B.EL1 = D_GRP_1_K_EL.EL_CODE(+))
       AND (D_GRP_2_D_EL.CMPCODE = D_GRP_2_D.CMPCODE(+)
            AND D_GRP_2_D_EL.GRP_CODE = D_GRP_2_D.GRP_CODE(+))
       AND (B.CMPCODE = D_GRP_2_D_EL.CMPCODE(+)
            AND B.EL2 = D_GRP_2_D_EL.EL_CODE(+))
       AND (D_GRP_3_E_EL.CMPCODE = D_GRP_3_E.CMPCODE(+)
            AND D_GRP_3_E_EL.GRP_CODE = D_GRP_3_E.GRP_CODE(+))
       AND (B.CMPCODE = D_GRP_3_E_EL.CMPCODE(+)
            AND B.EL3 = D_GRP_3_E_EL.EL_CODE(+));
CREATE INDEX FINANCE.DW_FACT_BAL_MV_INX
ON FACT_BAL_MV (X_OB_ROWID);
SQL> select count(X_OB_ROWID) from FACT_BAL_MV ;
COUNT(X_OB_ROWID)
         11444816
Elapsed: 00:00:27.85
SQL> select bytes/1024/1024/1024 GB from
user_segments where segment_name='FACT_BAL_MV';
        GB
4.4296875search id: redcorolla

Hard to say why the refresh is now slow. Possibilties include
* system resources implemented by the fast refresh
* something changed on the query making the background query run slowly
Look at the query first. 18 tables, with almost every join an outer join. Some of the tables appear more than once in the query.
Get an executioion plan to see how the query is being executed.

Sharing one iTunes Library with Fast User Switching

Last year, I started using one MacBook Pro for Office use and Personal Home use, by creating two user accounts on it, and enabling Fast User Switching. I did this when I gave up using two separate desktops macs.
Now I have two rather similar music libraries, taking up too much hard drive space. Once I enabled Music Sharing in my Office iTunes Library, I realized that I could gain access to that Office Music Library when I am on my Personal Home User account. Since my Library on my Office account is the most complete, can I eliminate the iTunes Library on my Personal Home User account, to save hard drive space?
If so, how should I do this?
MBPro17, Pbk17 G4 1.67, Pbk G4 12 1.5, iMac G4, various G4&G5's Mac OS X (10.4.8) Airport Extreme & Express

Glen
Since my Library on my Office account is the most
complete, can I eliminate the iTunes Library on my
Personal Home User account, to save hard drive
space?
Yes.
If so, how should I do this?
Move the iTunes folder in Home/Music on the Personal
Home User Account to the desktop.
Launch iTunes. Unable to locate a library file, it
will create a new one, empty one in a new iTunes
folder at Home/Music.
Connect to your shared library as usual. If
everything is working as expected, trash the iTunes
folder on your desktop.
Regards
TD
My iTunes was created under an admin. user profile that I would like to delete. I created a second profile also with admin privlages but I want to delete the first because I messed up the shortname on the profile. So, if I delete this first profile, will I lose all of my music? Will I lose access to the music?

How can I fast refresh the materialized view !!

I created a MV base on some tables in order to improve the querey speed.
but the mv I have created falied to refresh fast.
because there are two same table in the from clause:
jcdm jc1,jcdm jc2
create materialized view temp_mv
nologging
pctfree 0
storage (initial 2048k next 2048k pctincrease 0)
parallel
build immediate
refresh force
on demand
as
select
TAB_GSHX.rowid hx_rid,
TAB_GSHD.rowid hd_rid ,
JC1.rowid jc1_rid ,
JC2.rowid jc2_rid ,
YSHD_ID     HXID,
JC1.JCDM     QFD,
JC2.JCDM     JLD
FROM
TAB_GSHX,
TAB_GSHD,
jCDM JC1,
JCDM JC2
WHERE
YSHD_ID=YSHX_ID
AND YSHD_QFD=JC1.JBJC_ID
AND YSHD_JLD=JC2.JBJC_ID
AND TO_CHAR(YSHX_time,'YYYYMMDD')='20030101'
the column msgtxt of the table MV_CAPABILITIES_TABLE is :
"the multiple instances of the same table or view" and " one or more joins present in mv".
How can I succeed in fast refresh the above temp_mv!!!
thanks.

lianjun,
When you are using Oracle9i there is a procedure which can help you setup the materialized view. If some option isn't working it gives you hint why it doesn't work.
The procedure is dbms_mview.explain_mview.
Take a look at the documentation how to use it. (In the Oracle9i DWH guide the package is explained.)
Hope this helps
With kind regards,
Bas Roelands

How can I load my data faster? Is there a SQL solution instead of PL/SQL?

11.2.0.2
Solaris 10 sparc
I need to backfill invoices from a customer. The raw data has 3.1 million records. I have used pl/sql to load these invoices into our system (dev), however, our issue is the amount of time it's taking to run the load - effectively running at approx 4 hours. (Raw data has been loaded into a staging table)
My research keeps coming back to one concept: sql is faster than pl/sql. Where I'm stuck is the need to programmatically load the data. The invoice table has a sequence on it (primary key = invoice_id)...the invoice_header and invoice_address tables use the invoice_id as a foreign key. So my script takes advantage of knowing the primary key and uses that on the subsequent inserts to the subordinate invoice_header and invoice_address tables, respectively.
My script is below. What I'm asking is if there are other ideas on the quickest way to load this data...what am I not considering? I have to load the data in dev, qa, then production so the sequences and such change between the environments. I've dummied down the code to protect the customer; syntax and correctness of the code posted here (on the forum) is moot...it's only posted to give the framework for what I currently have.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated; how can I load the data faster knowing that I need to know sequence values for inserts into other tables?
DECLARE
   v_inv_id        invoice.invoice_id%TYPE;
   v_inv_addr_id    invoice_address.invoice_address_id%TYPE;
   errString        invoice_errors.sqlerrmsg%TYPE;
   v_guid          VARCHAR2 (128);
   v_str           VARCHAR2 (256);
   v_err_loc       NUMBER;
   v_count         NUMBER := 0;
   l_start_time    NUMBER;
   TYPE rec IS RECORD
      BILLING_TYPE             VARCHAR2 (256),
      CURRENCY                 VARCHAR2 (256),
      BILLING_DOCUMENT         VARCHAR2 (256),
      DROP_SHIP_IND            VARCHAR2 (256),
      TO_PO_NUMBER        VARCHAR2 (256),
      TO_PURCHASE_ORDER   VARCHAR2 (256),
      DUE_DATE                 DATE,
      BILL_DATE                DATE,
      TAX_AMT                  VARCHAR2 (256),
      PAYER_CUSTOMER           VARCHAR2 (256),
      TO_ACCT_NO          VARCHAR2 (256),
      BILL_TO_ACCT_NO          VARCHAR2 (256),
      NET_AMOUNT               VARCHAR2 (256),
      NET_AMOUNT_CURRENCY      VARCHAR2 (256),
      ORDER_DT             DATE,
      TO_CUSTOMER         VARCHAR2 (256),
      TO_NAME             VARCHAR2 (256),
      FRANCHISES       VARCHAR2 (4000),
      UPDT_DT                  DATE
   TYPE tab IS TABLE OF rec
                  INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
   pltab           tab;
   CURSOR c
   IS
      SELECT   billing_type,
               currency,
               billing_document,
               drop_ship_ind,
               to_po_number,
               to_purchase_order,
               due_date,
               bill_date,
               tax_amt,
               payer_customer,
               to_acct_no,
               bill_to_acct_no,
               net_amount,
               net_amount_currency,
               order_dt,
               to_customer,
               to_name,
               franchises,
               updt_dt
        FROM   BACKFILL_INVOICES;
BEGIN
   l_start_time := DBMS_UTILITY.get_time;
   OPEN c;
   LOOP
      FETCH c
      BULK COLLECT INTO pltab
      LIMIT 1000;
      v_err_loc := 1;
      FOR i IN 1 .. pltab.COUNT
      LOOP
         BEGIN
            v_inv_id := SEQ_INVOICE_ID.NEXTVAL;
            v_guid := 'import' || TO_CHAR (CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 'hhmissff');
            v_str := str_parser (pltab (i).FRANCHISES); --function to string parse - this could be done in advance, yes.
            v_err_loc := 2;
            v_count := v_count + 1;
            INSERT INTO    invoice nologging
                 VALUES   (v_inv_id,
                           pltab (i).BILL_DATE,
                           v_guid,
                           '111111',
                           'NONE',
                           TO_TIMESTAMP (pltab (i).BILL_DATE),
                           TO_TIMESTAMP (pltab (i).UPDT_DT),
                           'READ',
                           'PAPER',
                           pltab (i).payer_customer,
                           v_str,
                           '111111');
            v_err_loc := 3;
            INSERT INTO    invoice_header nologging
                 VALUES   (v_inv_id,
                           TRIM (LEADING 0 FROM pltab (i).billing_document), --invoice_num
                           NULL,
                           pltab (i).BILL_DATE,                 --invoice_date
                           pltab (i).TO_PO_NUMBER,
                           NULL,
                           pltab (i).net_amount,
                           NULL,
                           pltab (i).tax_amt,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           pltab (i).due_date,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           TO_TIMESTAMP (SYSDATE),
                           TO_TIMESTAMP (SYSDATE),
                           PLTAB (I).NET_AMOUNT_CURRENCY,
                           (SELECT   i.bc_value
                              FROM   invsvc_owner.billing_codes i
                             WHERE   i.bc_name = PLTAB (I).BILLING_TYPE),
                           PLTAB (I).BILL_DATE);
            v_err_loc := 4;
            INSERT INTO    invoice_address nologging
                 VALUES   (invsvc_owner.SEQ_INVOICE_ADDRESS_ID.NEXTVAL,
                           v_inv_id,
                           'BLAH INITIAL',
                           pltab (i).BILL_DATE,
                           NULL,
                           pltab (i).to_acct_no,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           SYSTIMESTAMP,
                           NULL);
            v_err_loc := 5;
            INSERT INTO    invoice_address nologging
                 VALUES   ( SEQ_INVOICE_ADDRESS_ID.NEXTVAL,
                           v_inv_id,
                           'BLAH',
                           pltab (i).BILL_DATE,
                           NULL,
                           pltab (i).TO_ACCT_NO,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           SYSTIMESTAMP,
                           NULL);
            v_err_loc := 6;
            INSERT INTO    invoice_address nologging
                 VALUES   ( SEQ_INVOICE_ADDRESS_ID.NEXTVAL,
                           v_inv_id,
                           'BLAH2',
                           pltab (i).BILL_DATE,
                           NULL,
                           pltab (i).TO_CUSTOMER,
                           pltab (i).to_name,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           SYSTIMESTAMP,
                           NULL);
            v_err_loc := 7;
            INSERT INTO    invoice_address nologging
                 VALUES   ( SEQ_INVOICE_ADDRESS_ID.NEXTVAL,
                           v_inv_id,
                           'BLAH3',
                           pltab (i).BILL_DATE,
                           NULL,
                           'SOME PROPRIETARY DATA',
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           NULL,
                           SYSTIMESTAMP,
                           NULL);
            v_err_loc := 8;
            INSERT
              INTO    invoice_event nologging (id,
                                                         eid,
                                                         root_eid,
                                                         invoice_number,
                                                         event_type,
                                                         event_email_address,
                                                         event_ts)
            VALUES   ( SEQ_INVOICE_EVENT_ID.NEXTVAL,
                      '111111',
                      '222222',
                      TRIM (LEADING 0 FROM pltab (i).billing_document),
                      'READ',
                      'some_user@some_company.com',
                      SYSTIMESTAMP);
            v_err_loc := 9;
            INSERT INTO   backfill_invoice_mapping
                 VALUES   (v_inv_id,
                           v_guid,
                           pltab (i).billing_document,
                           pltab (i).payer_customer,
                           pltab (i).net_amount);
            IF v_count = 10000
            THEN
               COMMIT;
            END IF;
         EXCEPTION
            WHEN OTHERS
            THEN
               errString := SQLERRM;
               INSERT INTO   backfill_invoice_errors
                    VALUES   (
                                pltab (i).billing_document,
                                pltab (i).payer_customer,
                                errString || ' ' || v_err_loc
               COMMIT;
         END;
      END LOOP;
      v_err_loc := 10;
      INSERT INTO   backfill_invoice_timing
           VALUES   (
                       ROUND ( (DBMS_UTILITY.get_time - l_start_time) / 100,
                              2)
                       || ' seconds.',
                       (SELECT   COUNT (1)
                          FROM   backfill_invoice_mapping),
                       (SELECT   COUNT (1)
                          FROM   backfill_invoice_errors),
                       SYSDATE
      COMMIT;
      EXIT WHEN c%NOTFOUND;
   END LOOP;
   COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
   WHEN OTHERS
   THEN
      errString := SQLERRM;
      INSERT INTO   backfill_invoice_errors
           VALUES   (NULL, NULL, errString || ' ' || v_err_loc);
      COMMIT;
END;

Hello
You could use insert all in your case and make use of sequence.NEXTVAL and sequence.CURRVAL like so (excuse any typos - I can't test without table definitions). I've done the first 2 tables, so it's just a matter of adding the rest in...
INSERT ALL
     INTO      invoice nologging
                VALUES   (     SEQ_INVOICE_ID.NEXTVAL,
                               BILL_DATE,
                                my_guid,
                                '111111',
                                'NONE',
                                CAST(BILL_DATE AS TIMESTAMP),
                                CAST(UPDT_DT AS TIMESTAMP),
                                'READ',
                                'PAPER',
                                payer_customer,
                                parsed_francises,
                                '111111'
     INTO      invoice_header
          VALUES   (      SEQ_INVOICE_ID.CURRVAL,
                    TRIM (LEADING 0 FROM billing_document), --invoice_num
                    NULL,
                    BILL_DATE,                 --invoice_date
                    TO_PO_NUMBER,
                    NULL,
                    net_amount,
                    NULL,
                    tax_amt,
                    NULL,
                    NULL,
                    due_date,
                    NULL,
                    NULL,
                    NULL,
                    NULL,
                    NULL,
                    SYSTIMESTAMP,
                    SYSTIMESTAMP,
                    NET_AMOUNT_CURRENCY,
                    bc_value,
                    BILL_DATE)
     SELECT
     src.billing_type,
          src.currency,
          src.billing_document,
          src.drop_ship_ind,
          src.to_po_number,
          src.to_purchase_order,
          src.due_date,
          src.bill_date,
          src.tax_amt,
          src.payer_customer,
          src.to_acct_no,
          src.bill_to_acct_no,
          src.net_amount,
          src.net_amount_currency,
          src.order_dt,
          src.to_customer,
          src.to_name,
          src.franchises,
          src.updt_dt,
          str_parser (src.FRANCHISES) parsed_franchises,
          'import' || TO_CHAR (CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 'hhmissff') my_guid,
          i.bc_value
        FROM        BACKFILL_INVOICES src,
             invsvc_owner.billing_codes i
     WHERE   i.bc_name = src.BILLING_TYPE;Some things to note
1. Don't commit in a loop - you only add to the run time and load on the box ultimately reducing scalability and removing transactional integrity. Commit once at the end of the job.
2. Make sure you specify the list of columns you are inserting into as well as the values or columns you are selecting. This is good practice as it protects your code from compilation issues in the event of new columns being added to tables. Also it makes it very clear what you are inserting where.
3. If you use WHEN OTHERS THEN... to log something, make sure you either rollback or raise the exception. What you have done in your code is say - I don't care what the problem is, just commit whatever has been done. This is not good practice.
HTH
David
Edited by: Bravid on Oct 13, 2011 4:35 PM

Flash stops working and freezes firefox. I have Fast dial and dont want to lose it so what can I do to fix this?

It doesnt matter what site or what I am doing it will come up randomly and freeze firefox then finally a box pops up and says Flash is busy or not responding continue or stop plugin. Naturally I stop plugin. I always install the latest flash versions I have even uninstall and reinstalled flash and downgraded and still no change or it bugs me to update. I am using firefox 26.0 I usually stay away from the betas if all possible. My biggest worry with using the reset firefox or making a new profile is my fast dial I have tons of sites right there waiting for me to click on and im afraid if I do all this I will lose it. But I have used same profile for years and years so maybe its time. I will just have to redo my fast dial I guess Unless someone can come up with another way to do it. I have disabled hardware acceleration on firefox I have to it makes my browser do some weird things. I also have disabled Hardware acceleration in flash as well. I have cleant temp files and registry. I am good with computers but have never seen issues like this with flash. If anyone could help that would be great. Thanks.

Sounds like you have done a lot. Have you tried to make a new profile for TESTING purposes only? You could have a bad profile. it is possible.
Also, have you tried protect mode for flash? I wrote up a bat file to set it up so you don't have to go digging through system files.
Also i have some unorthodox methods you will not see in these forums to try out if you are interested as they have resolved several peoples that i can confirm issue. I have been going crash free for over 6 months now since i implemented. Believe me some issues nothing in these forums will resolve. Click on my name on the left there is a blog i created just for this issue with all the info and some of the fixes. Everything is fully automated. Very little user interaction.
This will NOT work for everyone, but you cant hurt by trying
Best regards

Regd FAST refresh option in a Materialized view

Hi All,
I am using a pipeline function in which I am creating a table of records and a few cursors to fetch data from various tables.
Now this PL/SQL table is being used to construct a Materialized view.
Creation of Materialized view is happening fine but not with FAST refresh option. It gives an error " Cannot create a FAST refresh Materialized view from a complex query."
The query which I have used for the view creation is
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW CUSTOM.ABC
PCTFREE 0
BUILD IMMEDIATE
REFRESH FAST ON DEMAND
AS
SELECT A.Number,
A.Guarantors_Number,
A.Guarantors_Name,
A.Personal_Garantee_PCNT,
A.Company, LG.Source_System,
A.Type_of_Info,
A.File_Gen_Date,
A.Periodicity
FROM
TABLE(CUSTOM.CDM_LG_PACK_PF.CDM_LG_FUNC) A;
where CDM_LG_PACK_PF is the package and CDM_LG_FUNC is the pipeline function I have written to fetch all the records.
Please help me on how can I do a FAST refresh on this materialized view.
Thanks in advance,
Gaurav

Welcome to the forum!
FAST refresh doesn't mean that the operation is fast (time wise), it means it's an incremental refresh.
If you have a complex query, you can't use a FAST refresh - that's what the exception tells you.

Materialized view - REFRESH FAST ON COMMIT - UNION ALL

In a materialized view which uses REFRESH FAST ON COMMIT to update the data, how many UNION ALL can be used.
I am asking this question because my materialized view works fine when there are only 2 SELECT statement (1 UNION ALL).
Thank you.

In a materialized view which uses REFRESH FAST ON COMMIT to update the data, how many UNION ALL can be used.As far as I remember you can have 64K UNIONized selects.
I am asking this question because my materialized view works fine when there are only 2 SELECT statement (1 UNION ALL).Post SQL that does not work.

Kt3 ultra and 9600xt fast write

Amd Barton 2500
dr. thermal ti-77n
Kt3 Ultra standard mobo w/5.7bios
Antec performance II sx835II case w/350 psu
Corsair 512 2100 x3
Ati 9600xt
Audigy ZS gamer
as some of u may be aware the 9600 family of cards are very picky about fast writes. In order to run games without lock ups/crashes i must enable fast writes. The problem is that when i do, i get corrupt text, lines around my cursors, video lag etc etc. I recently switch to a barton 2500 that is running a 1.87ghz at 133fsb, before i ran an 1800 that did not have any of these problems with fast write enabled. bios and xp recognixed it as a 2500+ and i have the ratio set to auto and memory set to HCLK. I tried varios drivers for the gfx card and all produced the same results. Also tried all combinations of bios fast write on gfx control panel off, on etc. any ideas?
TIA
-leo
pic of lines/box around cursor

fast write disabled = game willl lock, the 9600 family of cards are notorious for this, i was able to fix my corrupt text and cursor problem by moving the slider under troubleshooting in the ati panel down a notch. in game im still seeing some problems though, hopefully the game specific forums can give me some help. thiis is really annoying because the dam game ran fine with my 1800 i went to the 5.09 drivers on the reccomendation from another forumite.
screeny to show in game problem for those that care
www.theoldschoolers.com/Forums/uploads/post-11-1134154170.jpg
anyways this is more specific game related matter now, but i figured id post up a follow up for u guys anyways

Which is faster: 2 selects or 1 union

Hello,
I have 2 tables... each with 500,000 records each. Each table
has about 15 columns. Each has a non unique index, because
there can be multiple records with the same index.
I AM USING PL/SQL.
The union goes something like this:
SELECT tblA.*, tblB.*
FROM tblA, tblB,
WHERE A.ID (+)= B.ID
UNION
SELECT tblA.*, tblB.*
FROM tblA, tblB,
WHERE B.ID (+)= A.ID
I want all records and fields from table A that are not in table
B and vice versa.
NOW THE QUESTION...
Is it faster to do this union or just perform 2 select
statements and use logic to get the results I am looking for.
thanks for your help or other ideas!
larry
null

Hi Larry
<<I want all records and fields from table A that are not
in table B and vice versa.>>
Try this,
Select *
from tbl a
where not exists (select 'x'
from tbl b
where b.id = a.id)
union
select *
from tbl b
where not exists (select 'x'
from tbl a
where a.id = b.id)
This would be faster.
-Raj
larry (guest) wrote:
: Hello,
: I have 2 tables... each with 500,000 records each. Each table
: has about 15 columns. Each has a non unique index, because
: there can be multiple records with the same index.
: I AM USING PL/SQL.
: The union goes something like this:
: SELECT tblA.*, tblB.*
: FROM tblA, tblB,
: WHERE A.ID (+)= B.ID
: UNION
: SELECT tblA.*, tblB.*
: FROM tblA, tblB,
: WHERE B.ID (+)= A.ID
: I want all records and fields from table A that are not in
table
: B and vice versa.
: NOW THE QUESTION...
: Is it faster to do this union or just perform 2 select
: statements and use logic to get the results I am looking for.
: thanks for your help or other ideas!
: larry
null

Which is faster - Member formula or Calculation script?

Hi,
I have a very basic question, though I am not sure if there is a definite right or wrong answer.
To keep the calculation scripts to a minimum, I have put all the calculations in member formula.
Which is faster - Member formula or calculation scripts? Because, if i am not mistaken, FIX cannot be used in member formulas, so I need to resort to the use of IF, which is not index driven!
Though in the calculation script,while aggregating members which have member formula, I have tried to FIX as many members as I can.
What is the best way to optimize member formulas?
I am using Hyperion Planning and Essbase 11.1.2.1.
Thanks.

Re the mostly "free" comment -- if the block is in memory (qualification #1), and the formula is within the block (qualification #2), the the expensive bit was reading the block off of the disk and expanding it into memory. Once that is done, I typically think of the dynamic calcs as free as the amount of data being moved about is very, very, very small. That goes out the window if the formula pulls lots of blocks to value and they get cycled in and out of the cache. Then they are not free and are potentially slower. And yes, I have personally shot myself in the foot with this -- I wrote a calc that did @PRIORS against a bunch of years. It was a dream when I pulled 10 cells. And then I found out that the client had reports that pulled 5,000. Performance when right down the drain at that point. That one was 100% my fault for not forcing the client to show me what they were reporting.
I think your reference to stored formulas being 10-15% faster than calc script formulas deals with if the Formulas are executed from within the default calc. When the default Calc is used, it precompiles the formulas and handles many two pass calculations in a single pass. Perhaps that is what you are thinking of.^^^I guess that must be it. I think I remember you talking about this technique at one of your Kscope sessions and realizing that I had never tried that approach. Isn't there something funky about not being able to turn off the default calc if a user has calc access? I sort of thing so. I typically assing a ; to the default calc so it can't do anything.
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour

Which is faster - Member formula or Calculation scripts?

Hi,
I have a very basic question, though I am not sure if there is a definite right or wrong answer.
To keep the calculation scripts to a minimum, I have put all the calculations in member formula.
Which is faster - Member formula or calculation scripts? Because, if i am not mistaken, FIX cannot be used in member formulas, so I need to resort to the use of IF, which is not index driven!
Though in the calculation script,while aggregating members which have member formula, I have tried to FIX as many members as I can.
What is the best way to optimize member formulas?
I am using Hyperion Planning and Essbase 11.1.2.1.
Thanks.

The idea that you can't reference a member formula in a FIX is false. Here's an example:
- Assume you have an account that has a data storage of Stored or Never Share.
- This account is called Account_A and it has a member formula of Account_B * Account_C;.
- You would calculate this account within a FIX (inside of a business rule) something like this:
FIX(whatever . . . )
"Account_A";
ENDFIX
If you simply place the member named followed by a semi-colon within a business rule, the business rule will execute the code in the in that member's member formula.
Why would you want to do this instead of just putting ALL of the logic inside the business rule? Perhaps that logic gets referenced in a LOT of different business rules, and you want to centralize the code in the outline? This way, if the logic changes, you only need to update it in one location. The downside to this is that it can make debugging a bit harder. When something doesn't work, you can find yourself searching for the code a bit.
Most of my applications end up with a mix of member formulas and business rules. I find that performance isn't the main driving force behind where I put my code. (The performance difference is usually not that significant when you're talking about stored members.) What typically drives my decision is the organization of code and future maintenance. It's more art than science.
Hope this helps,
- Jake

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