Add non-Oracle participant to a beehiveonline group

I created a beehiveonline group recently with both Oracle and non-Oracle participants -- that worked fine. Now I want to add a new non-Oracle participant but it won't let me because it can't find the participant in the directory. It says "Invalid user or group". What is the process for adding a non-Oracle participant?

Hi,
To add anyone to the workspace they have to be added to the group via the Group creation app and they will automatically be added to the associated workspace under normal
circumstances. The group membership is the critical factor - you cannot see anyone who is not in your group(s)
Phil

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I guess like most issues, this one's been evolving for a while, it started out with us trying to add a new member
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layout as best as I can up front.
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decision; so I'm trying to find a way to accomplish this without that if possible.
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When the infrastructure was originally setup by a former analyst, the topology was much more simple & everything was left
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all sorts of systems & I'm honestly not sure what, if anything, the transfer of those roles will break.
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Hi,
A DC in siteB should helpful. I still not see any article mentioned that a DFS client have to connect to PDC every time trying to access a DFS domain based namespace.
Please see following article. I pasted a part of it below:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782417(v=ws.10).aspx
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that host domain-based namespaces periodically poll the domain controller acting as the primary domain controller (PDC) emulator master to obtain an updated version of the DFS metadata and store this metadata in memory.
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to determine which domain controllers can provide a referral for a domain-based namespace.
Domain-based Root Referral Cache
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Message was edited by:
VenkateshSampoornam

Hi Paul,
Thanks for your reply. I ddidn't specify XA at page
flow level.
But the problem is rectified for me.
I have two jcds in which one of them connects to two different oracle databases for e.g host A and host B.
JCD1 connects to host A and host B[ 2 oracle otds]
JCD2 connects to host B. [single oracle otd]
I had three external applications for each otd
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When i created one more new external system for host b and moved one external application to that.
After then the problem didn't occur again.
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Message was edited by:
Bart Kummel

Hi all,
I'm trying to subclass <tt>DatabasePlatform</tt> to add pagination support for the AS/400 DB2 database of my customer. To be fair, it is not going very well so far.
The first problem is, the query Chris found by googling (Re: Pagination support for non-Oracle databases?), does not work for AS/400s version of DB2. In fact, although it is called "DB2", the database on the AS/400 system is a whole other database than the "normal" DB2 database that runs on Windows and *nix. The AS/400 DB2 simply does not have a "ROW_NEXT" function.
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import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import org.eclipse.persistence.expressions.ExpressionBuilder;
import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.databaseaccess.DatabaseCall;
import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.expressions.ExpressionSQLPrinter;
import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.expressions.SQLSelectStatement;
import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession;
import org.eclipse.persistence.logging.SessionLog;
import org.eclipse.persistence.platform.database.DatabasePlatform;
import org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.SessionProfiler;
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Best regards,
Bart Kummel

Multi Database Support: TimeQuery setting for non-oracle

Hello,
I wanted to develop ADF Application which is database-neutral and thus SQL92 type application.
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Information to share, if applicable to you as well:
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2. I am sharing this what I noticed and which is not yet documented (at least I haven't found it anywhere)... please let me know if you are aware of any setting needs to be done which may not be documented ?

Did you ever find out more information about working with Dates in non-oracle databases?

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notes describe how to use Oracle 9i. I'm more interested in using more light-weight RDBMSes like HSQLDB for example. It is been said that Oracle BPEL supports Oracle, Oracle Lite, DB2, SQL Server and Pointbase. Now how to configure Oracle BPEL to use each of the non-Oracle datbases listed above?

I've managed to setup the PM to use Pointbase rather than the default Oracle Lite. Along the way, several questions came up:
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2. Editing the data-sources.xml file also wasn't a big deal although templates for Pointbase were missing. BTW, my XML editor reports the data-sources.xml file to be invalid: "Document cannot be stand-alone because default-value attribute 'connection-retry-interval' is not explicitly assigned.
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Integration Oracle Utilities CC&B w/ non-Oracle bespoke Meter Data Management system

Hello all,
In your opinion, what's the best way to integrate a bespoke (non-Oracle) Meter Data Management system with Oracle CC&B 2.3.1 or 2.4?
I came up with a few possible scenarios and would love to hear your opinion:
1. Use CC&B Meter Read upload (MUP) batch process to upload reads from our bespoke Meter Data system.
2. The bespoke Meter Data Management system adds Meter Reads to CC&B using a CC&B Inbound Service.
3. At Billing time, CC&B invokes a Get Consumption Algorithm (invoked before the Bill Segment Creation Algorithm) which is responsible for requesting the reads from our bespoke Meter Data Management system.
This is the approach used by the Oracle CC&B-Oracle MDM integration when it comes to Usage requests/transactions.
4. Any other idea? Feel free to share.
Thanks

Hello all,
In your opinion, what's the best way to integrate a bespoke (non-Oracle) Meter Data Management system with Oracle CC&B 2.3.1 or 2.4?
I came up with a few possible scenarios and would love to hear your opinion:
1. Use CC&B Meter Read upload (MUP) batch process to upload reads from our bespoke Meter Data system.
2. The bespoke Meter Data Management system adds Meter Reads to CC&B using a CC&B Inbound Service.
3. At Billing time, CC&B invokes a Get Consumption Algorithm (invoked before the Bill Segment Creation Algorithm) which is responsible for requesting the reads from our bespoke Meter Data Management system.
This is the approach used by the Oracle CC&B-Oracle MDM integration when it comes to Usage requests/transactions.
4. Any other idea? Feel free to share.
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Problem in connecting Non Oracle Database from Oracle

Hi:
I want to access "MS ACCESS" from Oracle 10g (10.2.0.1) using Windows XP.
I tried my best, applied all proper instructions I found from books and from Internet, but getting an error.
Here is what I did:
My Oracle database is called "ORCL" and "MS ACCESS" is called "access_1".
There is only one table "Employees" in "access_1".
1. Accessed ODBC from Start | Control Panel | Administrative Tools.
2. Clicked on Users DSN | "access_1" | Add.
3. Clicked on "Drive do Microsoft Access (*.MDB)" .
4. Hit Finish.
5. Entered at DATA SOURCE NAME "ODBC1" and at DESCRIPTION "Connect Oracle to MS Access". Also I clicked on SELECT and chose the "Access_1.mdb" which is located at "C:\Documents and Settings\Muhammad\My Documents" folder. Clicked OK. and clicked on OK again.
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# listener.ora Network Configuration File: C:\oracle\product\orcl\network\admin\listener.ora
# Generated by Oracle configuration tools.
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = PLSExtProc)
(ORACLE_HOME = C:\oracle\product\orcl)
(PROGRAM = extproc)
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME = hsodbc)
(ORACLE_HOME = C:\oracle\product\orcl)
(PROGRAM = hsodbc)
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
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(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = RIYAZDESKTOP)(PORT = 1521))
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# HS_FDS_TRACE_LEVEL = <trace_level>
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# Generated by Oracle configuration tools
access_db.world =
(DESCRIPTION =
(Address = (PROTOCOL = TCP) (HOST = RIYAZDESKTOP) (PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA = (SID = hsodbc))
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Database link created.
SQL>
10. Now the test and selection:
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select * from employees@access_db
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-28545: error diagnosed by Net8 when connecting to an agent
Unable to retrieve text of NETWORK/NCR message 65535
ORA-02063: preceding 2 lines from ACCESS_DB
OH! I HAVE TO RELOAD THE LISTENER AND I DID IT HERE.
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\oracle\product\orcl\BIN>lsnrctl reload
LSNRCTL for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on 17-NOV-2006 17:51:26
Copyright (c) 1991, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC1)))
The command completed successfully
C:\oracle\product\orcl\BIN>
SQL> select table_name from all_tables@access_db;
select table_name from all_tables@access_db
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-28500: connection from ORACLE to a non-Oracle system returned this message:
[Generic Connectivity Using ODBC][Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified (SQL State: IM002; SQL Code: 0)
ORA-02063: preceding 2 lines from ACCESS_DB
I HAVE DONE IT EXACTLY WHAT YOU PROVIDED ME BUT GOT THE SAME RESULT.
ANY SOLUTION!
THANKS.

see Connect 9i to Microsoft Access Database

Need info regarding Oracle UCM Accounts and Security Groups behaviour

Need information regarding Oracle UCM Accounts and Security Groups behaviour.
Oracle UCM version: 11.1.1.5.0
Steps:
1. Log in with "weblogic" user and created a content with id "content1"
2. Applied "@acc1(R)" and "TestGroup1" to the cotent created in step 1
3. Log out
4. Log in as "acc1user1", the user is not able to see the "content1"
5. Log out
6. Log in as "role1user1", the user is not able to see the "content1"
Account and Group information:
1. User "acc1user1" is part of "@acc1(R)"
2. User "role1user1" is part of "role1(R)" and is mapped to "TestGroup1" in UCM
Expected:
Both "acc1user1" and "role1user1" should be able to see "content1" as they have at least Read permission.
Please help me understand why the users are not able to see the content.

ACLs, like Accounts, are optional security setting which may add on some extra functionality to mandatory security groups. Likewise, the resulting permission is taken as an intersection of SG and ACLs.
But in the second part the number of set of users is huge (approx say 600)I don't get this completely. Does this mean that those "sets of users" (users who see the same data) are distinct and that there is 600 of such groups?
If you read thoroughly the manual I sent earlier, there is a recommendation that there should be maximum 50 security groups, and you should use accounts, should this number be exceeded. This means you could have all the documents in one security group (and have one common role with Read permission), but combine it with accounts. ACLs are not a good choice here - their performance and manageability is much worse than of accounts. ACLs are primarily used if you expect security settings to change during the lifetime (e.g. a project manager adds temporarily rights to access an item to another user, and revokes it when the user finishes his or her work).
Note that accounts as well as permissions of users within accounts can also be mapped externally (from LDAP/AD) and it usually follows some kind of org chart.
I'd feel more comfortable not to speak about users, security groups, roles, etc., but about some real-life objects and scenarios.

Run Apache as non Oracle user

Hi,
I configured Apache on 10gAS to run as a non-oracle user.
I have hit this road block.
# tail -f HTTP_Server~1
07/10/06 14:41:36 Start process
apachectl is not owned by this userAfter much investigation. The following hidden file is causing the problem.
$ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/bin/.apachectlThis is the file permission
# ls -ltr .apachectl
-rwsr-s-wx 1 oracle dba 32768 Aug 3 2005 .apachectlLooks like file ".apachectl" is not allowing Apache to run as non- oracle user.
I changed the onwership of ".apachectl" to the user I wish to execute Apache server as. Then I got this error:
07/10/06 15:35:06 Start process
/opt/oracle/app/oracle/product/10gAS/Apache/Apache/bin/.apachectl: Permission deniedAny help here?
Thanks

You could also make the user that starts the Apache a member of the current group. You will be capable of starting the apchaectl. Furthermore you should indeed not use apchectl or .apachectl directly.
You could better use the standalone Apache by Oracle or install in a different ORACLE_HOME the OHS with its own opmn - owner by this specific user.
cu
Andreas

Linux non-oracle user cannot connect to database using TNS

LS,
I've installed Oracle 11gR2 on a linux box (name="ilmserver") running CentOS 5.4 (based on RHEL).
Created user "oracle" and groups "oinstall" and "dba".
Installation under user "oracle" went fine, and logged in as "oracle" user I can - naturally - access the database easily (via SQL+, or using SQL Developer it works via Basic, TNS, and Advanced (=jdbc)).
I have a second user on the linux box called "informatica", on which I have installed Informatica ILM 5.3.2, which uses the Oracle database as its repository.
The "informatica" user has been granted the same groups as the "oracle" user, i.e. "oinstall" and "dba".
I have severe problems accessing the Oracle database as the "informatica" user.
Using SQL Developer I can access the database using the "Basic" method, but not TNS.
But guess what: for ILM to work to its fullest extent I need to implement an environment variable called TNS_ADMIN.
I have implemented it, it sits in bash_profile and as such works fine:
+[informatica@ilmserver ~]$ echo $TNS_ADMIN+
+/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/network/admin+
But as for being able to access it:
+[informatica@ilmserver ~]$ cat $TNS_ADMIN/tnsnames.ora+
cat: /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/tnsnames.ora: Permission denied
Somehow I thought that granting "oinstall" group to "informatica" user would take care of this. Obviously it doesn't. I also granted "dba" group to "informatica", to no avail apparently.
This is then - I assume - also the reason that when I want to connect using TNS from within SQL Developer, the dropdown list is empty (because it's not able to read TNSNAMES.ORA).
Does anyone know how to resolve this issue?
Thanks heaps!
Cheers, Patrick

Just ran all+ commands for oracle user:
*[oracle@ilmserver ~]$ id*
uid=502(oracle) gid=504(oinstall) groups=503(dba),504(oinstall),505(asmdba),506(asmadmin) context=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t
*[oracle@ilmserver ~]$ env | sort*
COLORTERM=gnome-terminal
CVS_RSH=ssh
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-m8BEsoxTeM,guid=7c9a73a7390af7742e606e004e571934
DESKTOP_SESSION=default
DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID=
DISPLAY=:0.0
G_BROKEN_FILENAMES=1
GDMSESSION=default
GDM_XSERVER_LOCATION=local
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=Default
GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/tmp/keyring-TQlAPU/socket
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/oracle/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
HISTSIZE=1000
HOME=/home/oracle
HOSTNAME=ilmserver
INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.7.0
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LESSOPEN=|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s
LOGNAME=oracle
LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=00;34:ln=00;36:pi=40;33:so=00;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:ex=00;32:*.cmd=00;32:*.exe=00;32:*.com=00;32:*.btm=00;32:*.bat=00;32:*.sh=00;32:*.csh=00;32:*.tar=00;31:*.tgz=00;31:*.arj=00;31:*.taz=00;31:*.lzh=00;31:*.zip=00;31:*.z=00;31:*.Z=00;31:*.gz=00;31:*.bz2=00;31:*.bz=00;31:*.tz=00;31:*.rpm=00;31:*.cpio=00;31:*.jpg=00;35:*.gif=00;35:*.bmp=00;35:*.xbm=00;35:*.xpm=00;35:*.png=00;35:*.tif=00;35:
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/oracle
ORACLE_BASE=/home/oracle/app/oracle
ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1
ORACLE_HOSTNAME=ilmserver
ORACLE_SID=orcl
PATH=/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/oracle/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.7.0/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/bin
PWD=/home/oracle
SESSION_MANAGER=local/ilmserver:/tmp/.ICE-unix/14477
SHELL=/bin/bash
SHLVL=2
SSH_AGENT_PID=14513
SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/libexec/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-INwup14477/agent.14477
TERM=xterm
TNS_ADMIN=/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/network/admin
USERNAME=oracle
USER=oracle
_=/usr/bin/env
WINDOWID=24117329
XAUTHORITY=/tmp/.gdm9ITN0V
XMODIFIERS=@im=none
*[oracle@ilmserver ~]$ ls -l /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/tnsnames.ora*
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 879 Aug 24 21:39 /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/tnsnames.ora
*[oracle@ilmserver ~]$ ls -ld /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/*
drwxr-xr-x 3 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 24 21:39 /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/
*[oracle@ilmserver ~]$ ls -ld /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/*
drwxr-xr-x 74 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 23 19:00 /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/
*[oracle@ilmserver ~]$ ls -ld /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/*
drwxr-xr-x 3 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 23 18:21 /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/
[*oracle@ilmserver ~]$ ls -ld /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/*
drwxr-xr-x 3 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 23 18:21 /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/
*[oracle@ilmserver ~]$ ls -ld /home/oracle/app/oracle/*
drwxr-xr-x 10 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 24 17:29 /home/oracle/app/oracle/
*[oracle@ilmserver ~]$ ls -ld /home/oracle/app/*
drwxr-xr-x 4 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 23 18:21 /home/oracle/app/
*[oracle@ilmserver ~]$ ls -ld /home/oracle/*
drwx------ 22 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 25 20:55 /home/oracle/
Naturally the "oracle" user has full access to its own directories.
A thought just occurred to me. I assume that theoretically it's possible to grant read privilige to informatica user on all these directories... would that do the trick?
But even if so, makes me wonder whether that is "best practice".
Also, I cannot imagine I'm the first person to encounter this scenario, and therefore there must be some standard approach to enable this.
Any suggestions/thoughts?
As for the TNSNAMES.ORA suggestion, I guess that is possible. Makes administration of TNSNAMES a bit more cumbersome though, as in, 2 files to maintain... risk of getting out of sync when making 'quick and dirty' changes without thinking things through too much (which shouldn't happen... but sometimes does anyway).
I'd prefer a solution where "informatica" has genuine access to TNSNAMES.ORA.
Thanks, Patrick
ps the bold bits with env.var LS_COLORS are unintentional, but don't know how to turn that off

Add Multiple records to G/L account group.

Dear ABAP Experts,
i have requirement that is using BDC recording file the Functional People wants to add records to the G/L Account group. The FI consultant gave the recording file, based on the recording file i developed a BDC program. This BDC program will work for single record. After creating single record system will ask for transport request .
REPORT ZDP_ACC_GRP.
TYPES: BEGIN OF TY_TAB,
        KTOPL TYPE KTOPL,
        KTOKS TYPE KTOKS,
        TXT30 TYPE TXT30,
        VONNR TYPE VONNR,
        BISNR TYPE BISNR,
       TRKORR TYPE TRKORR,
   END OF TY_TAB.
data: lt_tab type table of ty_tab,
       wa_tab type ty_tab.
data: begin of record,
* data element: KTOPL
         KTOPL_01_001(004),
* data element: KTOKS
         KTOKS_01_002(004),
* data element: TXT30_077T
         TXT30_01_003(030),
* data element: VONNR_077S
         VONNR_01_004(010),
* data element: BISNR_077S
         BISNR_01_005(010),
* data element: TRKORR
         TRKORR_006(020),
       end of record.
*       Batchinputdata of single transaction
DATA:   BDCDATA type table of BDCDATA WITH HEADER LINE.
*       messages of call transaction
DATA:   MESSTAB type table of BDCMSGCOLL WITH HEADER LINE.
*       error session opened (' ' or 'X')
DATA:   E_GROUP_OPENED.
*       message texts
TABLES: T100.
data:lv_file type string.
parameters: p_fname type IBIPPARMS-PATH.
at selection-screen on value-request for p_fname.
CALL FUNCTION 'F4_FILENAME'
EXPORTING
    PROGRAM_NAME        = SYST-CPROG
    DYNPRO_NUMBER       = SYST-DYNNR
    FIELD_NAME          = 'P_FNAME'
IMPORTING
    FILE_NAME           = p_fname .
start-of-selection.
lv_file = p_fname.
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_UPLOAD'
   EXPORTING
     FILENAME                      = LV_FILE
*   FILETYPE                      = 'ASC'
    HAS_FIELD_SEPARATOR           = 'X'
   TABLES
     DATA_TAB                      = LT_TAB
EXCEPTIONS
    FILE_OPEN_ERROR               = 1
    FILE_READ_ERROR               = 2
    NO_BATCH                      = 3
    GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER       = 4
    INVALID_TYPE                  = 5
    NO_AUTHORITY                  = 6
    UNKNOWN_ERROR                 = 7
    BAD_DATA_FORMAT               = 8
    HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED            = 9
    SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED         = 10
    HEADER_TOO_LONG               = 11
    UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR              = 12
    ACCESS_DENIED                 = 13
    DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY              = 14
    DISK_FULL                     = 15
    DP_TIMEOUT                    = 16
    OTHERS                        = 17 .
LOop at lt_tab into wa_tab.
perform bdc_dynpro      using 'SAPL0F09' '0020'.
perform bdc_field       using 'BDC_CURSOR'
                               'V_T077S-TXT30(01)'.
perform bdc_field       using 'BDC_OKCODE'
                               '=NEWL'.
perform bdc_dynpro      using 'SAPL0F09' '0020'.
perform bdc_field       using 'BDC_CURSOR'
                               'V_T077S-BISNR(01)'.
perform bdc_field       using 'BDC_OKCODE'
                               '=SAVE'.
perform bdc_field       using 'V_T077S-KTOPL(01)'
                               WA_TAB-KTOPL."record-KTOPL_01_001.
perform bdc_field       using 'V_T077S-KTOKS(01)'
                               WA_TAB-KTOKS."record-KTOKS_01_002.
perform bdc_field       using 'V_T077S-TXT30(01)'
                               WA_TAB-TXT30."record-TXT30_01_003.
perform bdc_field       using 'V_T077S-VONNR(01)'
                               WA_TAB-VONNR."record-VONNR_01_004.
perform bdc_field       using 'V_T077S-BISNR(01)'
                               WA_TAB-BISNR."record-BISNR_01_005.
perform bdc_dynpro      using 'SAPLSTRD' '0300'.
perform bdc_field       using 'BDC_CURSOR'
                               'KO008-TRKORR'.
perform bdc_field       using 'BDC_OKCODE'
                               '=LOCK'.
perform bdc_field       using 'KO008-TRKORR'
                               WA_TAB-TRKORR."record-TRKORR_006.
perform bdc_dynpro      using 'SAPL0F09' '0020'.
perform bdc_field       using 'BDC_CURSOR'
                               'V_T077S-KTOPL(02)'.
perform bdc_field       using 'BDC_OKCODE'
                               '=BACK'.
perform bdc_dynpro      using 'SAPL0F09' '0020'.
perform bdc_field       using 'BDC_CURSOR'
                               'V_T077S-KTOPL(02)'.
perform bdc_field       using 'BDC_OKCODE'
                               '=BACK'.
perform bdc_transaction using 'OBD4'.
ENDLOOP.
FORM BDC_TRANSACTION USING TCODE.
   DATA: L_MSTRING(480).
   DATA: L_SUBRC LIKE SY-SUBRC.
* batch input session
* call transaction using
     REFRESH MESSTAB.
     CALL TRANSACTION 'OBD4' USING BDCDATA
                      MODE 'A'" CTUMODE
                      UPDATE 'S'"CUPDATE
                      MESSAGES INTO MESSTAB.
     L_SUBRC = SY-SUBRC.
       LOOP AT MESSTAB.
         SELECT SINGLE * FROM T100 WHERE SPRSL = MESSTAB-MSGSPRA
                                   AND   ARBGB = MESSTAB-MSGID
                                   AND   MSGNR = MESSTAB-MSGNR.
         IF SY-SUBRC = 0.
           L_MSTRING = T100-TEXT.
           IF L_MSTRING CS '&1'.
             REPLACE '&1' WITH MESSTAB-MSGV1 INTO L_MSTRING.
             REPLACE '&2' WITH MESSTAB-MSGV2 INTO L_MSTRING.
             REPLACE '&3' WITH MESSTAB-MSGV3 INTO L_MSTRING.
             REPLACE '&4' WITH MESSTAB-MSGV4 INTO L_MSTRING.
           ELSE.
             REPLACE '&' WITH MESSTAB-MSGV1 INTO L_MSTRING.
             REPLACE '&' WITH MESSTAB-MSGV2 INTO L_MSTRING.
             REPLACE '&' WITH MESSTAB-MSGV3 INTO L_MSTRING.
             REPLACE '&' WITH MESSTAB-MSGV4 INTO L_MSTRING.
           ENDIF.
           CONDENSE L_MSTRING.
           WRITE: / MESSTAB-MSGTYP, L_MSTRING(250).
         ELSE.
           WRITE: / MESSTAB.
         ENDIF.
       ENDLOOP.
   REFRESH BDCDATA.
ENDFORM.
FORM BDC_DYNPRO USING PROGRAM DYNPRO.
   CLEAR BDCDATA.
   BDCDATA-PROGRAM = PROGRAM.
   BDCDATA-DYNPRO   = DYNPRO.
   BDCDATA-DYNBEGIN = 'X'.
   APPEND BDCDATA.
ENDFORM.
FORM BDC_FIELD USING FNAM FVAL.
     CLEAR BDCDATA.
     BDCDATA-FNAM = FNAM.
     BDCDATA-FVAL = FVAL.
     APPEND BDCDATA.
ENDFORM.
But the FI consultant wants to add multiple records to 'G/L account group'.After adding records before saving the system need to ask transport request at the last.
How can I write code ...??
Please help me.

Hi Srikanth,
Thanks for reply,
You are right we need to load hierarchy for G/L then we can see all the G/L's for all G/L groups.
I have one more question when I check in RSA3 for the G/L account numbers, I could not find them.
I am using the datasource fi_gl_4 and in rsa3 I can see 1000 records data and when I put filter on G/L account and search for the G/L number I needed I cant see it, but it is there in the functional transaction(f.01)?
How to check for the required G/L's in rsa3 ?
Thx

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I am struggling to understand something. I downloaded Oracle instance client, SQL*Plus and ODBC components with the hopes of being able to connect via SQL*Plus to a non-Oracle/ODBC compliant database.
Is this possible? Or is SQL*Plus ability to connect via ODBC only to an Oracle data source??
Thanks...

sqlplus only connects to oracle. you can use the odbc driver from instant client to allow other applications to access oracle via odbc (e.g. excel). if you need to connect to non-oracle odbc database (ms-access, foxpro, etc.) you need odbc driver for those sources.
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How do you add non-Garage band instruments (orchestral instruments) into a Logic Pro (8) project so that you can hear those insrtruments' sounds on playback? I've tried to understand and follow the Logic Pro 8 User Manual, but the process comes off as so complex and the writing so technical that it does not help but only confuses.
To be precise - I want to add instruments (orchestral) that are not offered in the current Garage band menu which is offered in the Mixer's channel strip menus for Logic Pro 8. To be clear, the instruments that are offered are Bass / Drum Kits / Guitars / Mallets / Organs / Pianos and Keyboards / Synth Basics / Synth Leads / Synth Pads. Most of these that I've tried seem to work and give their characteristic sound when placed in a particular channel and playback is clicked.
However - there is one orchestra instrument offered in the standard Logic Pro 8 Mixer channel menu and it's the item labelled "Performance - 000 flute 1 or 001 flute 1." And it is this instrument that presents a problem. When I click on it and choose it from the menu and enter it as the instrument of choice for a specfic channel / track in my Logic Pro project arrangement, when playing back the music for the overall piece this particular track, the flute, does not playback and produce the notes (Midi events) in the track in the sound of the flute. Instead, nothing comes out at all. I can't imagine why this does not work. Any ideas, anyone? Again, when choosing this instrument for a track and clicking the playback no flute sound is forthcoming. Why not? I have not tried them all, but when most of the other various types of keyboards, such as an electric piano or an organ, are chosen for a track the playback successfully renders the sound of these instruments. Why then does playback not produce the sound of the flute when it has clearly been chosen to play and sound the Midi events given it?
Anyway, the overall, larger issue for me is the inability I have to choose and get non-Garageband instruments (largely orchestral) to play the Midi events given on various tracks. If my guess is correct then technically, orchestral instruments not offered in the standard Logic Pro 8 Garageband Mixer channel menu are referred to as external Midi sampled instruments - still, IMHO the process is not clearly spelled out in the User Manual. The simple step by step process whereby a non-Garage band instrument, say an orchestral instrument, is placed in a channel replete with Midi event (notes) waiting to be played should be easy, logical and given in a simple to follow format, but is not.
What with all the talk of routes, busses, auxillary channels, GM devices, GM mixers, audio bins, libraries and audio files this Logic Pro User is confused to the max. Can someone please help me and, in simple English, describe the step by step process whereby presumably external sampled orchestral instruments can be successfully employed, in any given Logic Pro arrangement project, to render their characteristic sounds upon playback?
On my two Macs, one a laptop and one a much larger Mac, I have any number of the GSO (Garritan Symphony Orceshtra) and Vienna Symphony Orchestra instrument library samples - and yet - I've yet to figure out how to actually get them INTO a Logic Pro project of any kind! To put this as a question, even as a humble request, how can I make good use of these orchestral sample libraries in a Logic Pro project? Can someone steer my to a clear resolution of this issue. I'd sincerely appreciate it! Thanks all!
DavidBacon

DavidBacon wrote:
Anyway, the overall, larger issue for me is the inability I have to choose and get non-Garageband instruments (largely orchestral) to play the Midi events given on various tracks. If my guess is correct then technically, orchestral instruments not offered in the standard Logic Pro 8 Garageband Mixer channel menu are referred to as external Midi sampled instruments - still, IMHO the process is not clearly spelled out in the User Manual. The simple step by step process whereby a non-Garage band instrument, say an orchestral instrument, is placed in a channel replete with Midi event (notes) waiting to be played should be easy, logical and given in a simple to follow format, but is not.
What with all the talk of routes, busses, auxillary channels, GM devices, GM mixers, audio bins, libraries and audio files this Logic Pro User is confused to the max.
David, you understand that this is professional software and is not necessarily meant to be easy but is in fact designed to give the professional user as many choices as possible, that's why it's in the Pro Apps section. You WILL need to learn about buses, GM Devices, Audio Bins, Libraries...etc..etc if you intend to use Logic.
That said, you are looking in the wrong place in the channel strip.
May I offer you advice?
Go here:
http://documentation.apple.com/en/logicpro/
Open "Exploring Logic Pro" (a short PDF Document). Pay special attention to chapter 3. Also pay special attention to the included graphics of the channel strips.
I encourage you to read the whole document as it will clear up many things... even though it's a Logic 9 document.
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