Apex Administration Service as Select Statement

Hi there,
I just wanted to check the "page views by user" and the "page views by application" for the last 2 years via the Apex Administration Tool, but I saw that it is restricted to maximum 1 year (Apex Version 1.6.0.00.87).
Can someone tell me the Select Statements that are fired by these requests so that I can modify them an run it e.g. via SQL-Workshop in my Workspace?
Would be of great help.
Thank you!
Johnny

Johnny,
The logs switch after 14 days (loosely speaking), so you get 28 days of logging on a system with continuous activity.
You can copy these records periodically for archival from the view apex_activity_log (wwv_flow_activity_log in 1.6) and you can write your own reports against that data, of course.
Scott

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Select Statement #1
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from     "REVREC_FORMS" "REVREC_FORMS",
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     "JE_TRANSACTIONS" "JE_TRANSACTIONS"
where "JOURNAL_ENTRIES"."RELATED_REVREC"="REVREC_FORMS"."REVREC_ID"
and     "JOURNAL_ENTRIES"."RECORD_ID_"="JE_TRANSACTIONS"."RELATED_JOURNAL_ENTRY"
and      "JOURNAL_ENTRIES"."RELEASE_TYPE" ='Deferral'
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and     "REVREC_FORMS"."REVREC_ID" =:P12_REVREC_ID

How about
select   sum(decode(release_type,'Deferral',je_transactions.debit_amount)) - sum(decode(release_type,'Release',je_transactions.debit_amount)) as result
from   "REVREC_FORMS" "REVREC_FORMS",
"JOURNAL_ENTRIES" "JOURNAL_ENTRIES",
"JE_TRANSACTIONS" "JE_TRANSACTIONS"
where "JOURNAL_ENTRIES"."RELATED_REVREC"="REVREC_FORMS"."REVREC_ID"
and "JOURNAL_ENTRIES"."RECORD_ID_"="JE_TRANSACTIONS"."RELATED_JOURNAL_ENTRY"
and "JOURNAL_ENTRIES"."REVENUE_TYPE" ='Software'
and "REVREC_FORMS"."REVREC_ID" =:P12_REVREC_IDScott

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[email protected]

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I think that the problem is that the function apex_util.prepare_url is executed building the "q" variable, not during query execution. (you have to try to quote it ...)
I often use the "Query from function".
There a couple of things that helps me:
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Before the "return q" put a htp.p(q) if this Item is not null. So you can see the actual SQL (often helps reformattig the output with SqlDeveloper)
- I'm became crasy tring to quote complex query ... Now I write the query code in a TABLE
Example AUXSQL(APP_ID number,APP_PAGE number, PRG number, sql VARCHAR2(4000))
More "PRG" if more than 4000 chars. (I start in this way, but someone use CBLOB ...)
I find this very usefully!!
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Is there any way to Mask the Name when a select statement is issued?

Dear all,
Is there any way to mask the name .. i mean if User issue a select statement in a customer table the real name should come like ' ABCXXXDEFXXCFXX'... Which is not the actual name?
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If user issue a statment select * from customers;
The Result Should come something Like this:
Name
CHXXV SXNG MXX
Thank You

user3029023 wrote:
but it seems there is no option in oracle it self which can be used as there they are saying to get a data masking software which we can't due to some internal issues....I would not say that. How one implements masking depends entirely on the requirements that need to be met.
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Another example - schema Dev is to have all the data objects of schema Prod, but masked where needed. One can use CTAS (Create Table As Select) to create the required tables in Dev with masked values where relevant. This Dev schema can be "refreshed" on weekends by dropping all tables and getting a new fresh copy of production data and masking it - ready for the next week's development cycle.
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Hi everyone,
I am having tough time to use value of bind variable for table name in select statement. I tried &p37_table_name. ,
:p37_table_name or v('p37_table_name) but none worked.
Following is the sql for interactive report:
select * from v('p37_table_name') where key_loc = :P37_KEY_LOC and
to_char(inspection_dte,'mm/dd/yyyy') = :P37_INSP_DT AND :p37_column_name is not null ;
I am setting value of p37_table_name in previous page which is atm_state_day_insp.
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1) Parse the input message
2) Invoke a ESQL compute node that accesses the database. This uses DataDirect ODBC drivers to access the database.
3) process the data
4) Invoke an external Java class that also accesses the database. This Java class uses Spring/Hibernate and uses the Oracle UCP library.
Steps 2 and 4 access an Oracle database on which failover features are NOT enabled. Following is our observation.
If the database fails when executing step 2, then the message flow pauses until a valid connection is available and then proceeds with the execution, the point to note is that the message flow does not experience a failure. It simply pauses until it gets a connection and continues once it gets a connection.
If the database fails when executing step 4, the message flow gets an error.
What we want is for step 2 and 4 to execute the same way, meaning that we want the message flows to wait until a valid connection is available and then continue without any errors.
I feel that there is some feature in DataDirect driver that cause step 2 to pause the message flow and prevent an error. We want the same behaviour in step 4 as well.
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One thing to note is that we are not in position to change the Java code since it has been developed by a third party.
To achieve this I have written a test and the following are details.
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Service name: LDL_TEST02
Service is enabled
Server pool: CSAHEDA_LDL_TEST02
Cardinality: 1
Disconnect: false
Service role: PRIMARY
Management policy: AUTOMATIC
DTP transaction: false
AQ HA notifications: true
Failover type: SELECT
Failover method: NONE
TAF failover retries: 180
TAF failover delay: 5
Connection Load Balancing Goal: LONG
Runtime Load Balancing Goal: NONE
TAF policy specification: BASIC
Edition:
Preferred instances: CSAHEDA1
Available instances: CSAHEDA2
Following is in my tnsnames.ora file and I am using the oracle oci driver.
TESTA =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ENABLE = BROKEN)
(LOAD_BALANCE = off)
(FAILOVER = on)
     (ADDRESS_LIST =
     (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = vip.host1)(PORT = 1521))
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = vip.host2)(PORT = 1521)))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVICE_NAME = LDL_TEST02)
(FAILOVER_MODE =
(BACKUP = TESTA2)
(TYPE = SELECT)
(METHOD = PRECONNECT)
(RETRIES = 120)
(DELAY = 5)
This is how I run my test.
1)I have a simple test that simply loops through a list of select statements.
2)each time it takes a connection from the connection pool, executes the statement and returns the connection to the connection pool.
3)I keep this running for around 10 minutes.
4) once the test has started I bring down the service wait for 3 minutes and the start the service on the second instance.
5) what I expect is for the test to pause for 3 minutes and then get the correct value from executing the select statement. and continue without pause.
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          <property name="password" value="user" />
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          <property name="minPoolSize" value="2" />
          <property name="maxPoolSize" value="4" />
          <property name="initialPoolSize" value="2" />
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          <property name="validateConnectionOnBorrow" value="true"/>
          
          
          
          
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As you can see I have tried many combinations.
Sometimes I see the thread pause for 3 minutes without error and then continue.
Sometime I start seeing 'oracle.ucp.UniversalConnectionPoolException: Cannot get Connection from Datasource' as soon as the servic is down.
Sometime the first error above is seen after 30 seconds (always the first one).
Can you guys shed any light on this? And how can I get the desired behaviour?
Edited by: user12181209 on 30-May-2012 02:22
reworded.
Edited by: user12181209 on May 30, 2012 6:28 AM
reworded the title for clarity.
Edited by: user12181209 on Jun 1, 2012 6:01 AM

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Regarding Logical database and select statement..

Hi
Experts.
i would like to know the diff b/w logical data base & select statement while using report.
wt is the use of logical databases in R/3. is there   any   advantage used in the reports.
Thanks & Regards..
Spandana.

Dear Spandana,
Go through the below description of LDB. I hope you wil get a fair amount of idea.
SAP comes loaded with all the extras. Among the extras that are most helpful to IT managers are all the access routines needed to pull any business object that managers can think of out of SAP databases. However, SAP has not thought of everything where your particular applications are concerned. SAP organizes its standard database tables to service business units based on conventional business applications. Itu2019s likely your business requires something new, perhaps even something exotic. In that case, you will need to create a new database, using information from different places. Basically, you need a logical database. You need to create a virtual business data object repository consisting of a new kind of record or table that suits your purposes. In addition, the repository should be composed of information that is actually stored in a number of different locations, none of them necessarily logically associated with one another. Letu2019s take a closer look at creating logical databases.
A case for a logical database
Suppose my company manufactures widgets of the most obscure variety, and they are components of other widgets. I sell my widgets as raw material for the more sophisticated widgets built by others, but in some cases I actually partner with other manufacturers in creating yet another class of widget. Now, in my world, I consequently have customers who are also partners. I sell to them and I partner with them in manufacturing and distribution. Also, I need an application that uses both of these dual-use relationships.
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Logical database structures
There are three defining entities in an SAP logical database. You must be clear on all three in order to create and use one.
u2022     Table structure: Your logical database includes data from specified tables in SAP. There is a hierarchy among these tables defined by their foreign keys (all known to SAP), and you are going to define a customized relationship between select tables. This structure is unique and must be defined and saved.
u2022     Data selection: You may not want or need every item in the referenced tables that contributes to your customized database. There is a selection screen that permits you to pick and choose.
u2022     Database access programming: Once youu2019ve defined your logical database, SAP will generate the access subroutines needed to pull the data in the way you want it pulled.
Creating your own logical database
ABAP/4 (Advanced Business Application Programming language, version 4) is the language created by SAP for implementation and customization of its R/3 system. ABAP/4 comes loaded with many predefined logical databases that can construct and table just about any conventional business objects you might need in any canned SAP application. However, you can also create your own logical databases to construct any custom objects you care to define, as your application requires in ABAP/4. Hereu2019s a step-by-step guide:
1.     Call up transaction SLDB (or transaction SE36). The path you want is Tools | ABAP Workbench | Development | Programming Environment | Logical Databases. This screen is called Logical Database Builder.
2.     Enter an appropriate name in the logical database name field. You have three options on this screen: Create, Display, and Change. Choose Create.
3.     Youu2019ll be prompted for a short text description of your new logical database. Enter one. Youu2019ll then be prompted to specify a development class.
4.     Now comes the fun part! You must specify a root node, or a parent table, as the basis of your logical database structure. You can now place subsequent tables under the root table as needed to assemble the data object you want. You can access this tree from this point forward, to add additional tables, by selecting that root node and following the path Edit | Node | Create. Once youu2019ve saved the structure you define in this step, the system will generate the programming necessary to access your logical database. The best part is you donu2019t have to write a single line of code.
Watch out!
The use of very large tables will degrade the performance of a logical database, so be aware of that trade-off. Remember that some tables in SAP are very complex, so they will be problematic in any user-defined logical database.
Declaring a logical database
Hereu2019s another surprising feature of logical databases: You do not assign them in your ABAP/4 Code. Instead, the system requires that you specify logical databases as attributes. So when you are creating a report, have your logical database identifier (the name you gave it) on hand when you are defining its attributes on the Program Attributes screen. The Attributes section of the screen (the lower half) will include a Logical database field, where you can declare your logical database.
Logical databases for increasing efficiency
Why else would you want to create a logical database? Consider that the logical databases already available to you begin with a root node and proceed downward from there. If the data object you wish to construct consists of items that are all below the root node, you can use an existing logical database program to extract the data, then trim away what you donu2019t want using SELECT statementsu2014or you can increase the speed of the logical database program considerably by redefining the logical database for your object and starting with a table down in the chain. Either way, youu2019ll eliminate a great deal of overhead.
Regards
Arindam

Use of wildcard * in SELECT statement

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It is consider a good practice to specify columns name, however , SQL Server is smart enough to insert the data without too , but only if the table does not have an IDENTITY property
CREATE TABLE #t (c1 int, c2 char(1),c3 real, c4 bit)
CREATE TABLE #t1 (c1 int, c2 char(1),c3 real, c4 bit)
---Same thing with INSERT like SELECT * you asked
INSERT INTO #t1 VALUES (1,'A',2.5,0)
INSERT INTO #t1 VALUES (2,'B',3.5,1)
INSERT INTO #t1 VALUES (3,'C',4.5,0)
INSERT INTO #t SELECT * FROM #t1
SELECT * FROM #t
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Hi,
I want to use an especific index in a select statement but I can´t get it. I use de next statement:
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       FROM ltak AS ltak INNER JOIN ltap AS ltap
                        ON ltaktanum = ltaptanum
                        AND ltaklgnum = ltaplgnum
       INTO TABLE l_t_tanum_silo
       WHERE ltap~lgnum EQ ip_lgnum
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         AND ltak~lgnum EQ ip_lgnum
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         %_HINTS DB2 ''.
We have DB2 for Linux Unix and Windows 9.5 as DB system.
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Thanks a lot.
Regards

The DB2 for Linux Unix and Windows is coded DB6 for SAP and not DB2
Look at the following OSS notes
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- [Note 1270314 - DB6: DB2 9.5 Perf. degrad. for queries with INLIST clause|https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1270314]
- [Note 868888 - DB6: Optimization Guidelines|https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/868888]
You should use a
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FROM ltak AS ltak INNER JOIN ltap AS ltap
ON ltak~tanum = ltap~tanum
    AND ltak~lgnum = ltap~lgnum
INTO TABLE l_t_tanum_silo
WHERE ltap~lgnum EQ ip_lgnum
    AND ltap~pquit EQ ' '
    AND ltak~lgnum EQ ip_lgnum
    AND ltak~kquit EQ ' '
    AND ltak~queue EQ ip_queue
%_HINTS DB6 '<IXSCAN TABLE=''LTAP'' INDEX=''"LTAP~M"'' />'.
In note 868888 there is a sample for a join.
SELECT A~TABSPACE
FROM TADB6 AS A
JOIN IADB6 AS B ON A~TABART = B~TABART
%_HINTS DB6 '<NLJOIN><IXSCAN TABLE=''IADB6'' />'
        DB6 '<IXSCAN TABLE=''TADB6'' /></NLJOIN>'.
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Edit an object's select statement of OLAP universe SAP BW

Hi everybody
I am new at working with Olap Universes BW, and I have to edit one universe SAP BW, I don't know if I can to use substring function on a select statement, for example substring([0D_DIV].[LEVEL01],5,5), I try to use this function but I have a error,
Could you help me? I need to returns part of a string, is correct to do it on a universe or is better to do at BW.

Hi,
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I also recommend to download documents related to SAP universes deployment, administration and customization:
[OLAP Universes - how to samples and recommendations |https://wiki.wdf.sap.corp/wiki/display/globalregions/OLAPUniverses-howtosamplesand+recommendations]
[SAP Integration |https://wiki.wdf.sap.corp/wiki/display/globalregions/SAP+Integration]
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I am currently developing a java servlet<using tomcat 4.x> which allows me to use select statement to retrieve results from the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database. I am using a simple form to get the parameter for querying. The main problem i'm facing is that there are chinese information in the SQL database, but i can't retrieve it through the sql statement with the chinese characters input<thru the form with the help of NJ STAR>in the WHERE condition. When i execute the statement, it returns me no results even though the rows are present in the database.
Does anyone have the solution to using chinese words in the WHERE clause of the select statement to retrieve results with columns which contains chinese characters? Please help me. Thanks everyone. :)
PS: when i cut and paste those characters in the sql database and paste onto java.. it is ??? in questionmarks.. but when i paste them into excel 2000.. its shown as chinese chars again..
please heelppp~~

Greetings,
PS: when i cut and paste those characters in thesql
database and paste onto java.. it is ??? in
questionmarks.. but when i paste them into excelThis is why the SELECT is not returning any results.
You need to set the character encoding set on your
statement and parameters for the characters to be
properly translated. Refer to the charsetName
parameter in the String class constructor in your API
docs and also to
$JDK_DOCS/guide/intl/encoding.doc.html in your JDK
documentation.
2000.. its shown as chinese chars again..Because Office programs are performing the same kind
of character translation with the appropriate MS APIs.
please heelppp~~Regards,
Tony "Vee Schade" Cookis it possible for you to show me some coding examples? i don't really understand what is to be done in order to set the char set and what does it really do.. tried reading up but still dun understand.. :(
pardon my shallow knowledge of java..
ok..
The thing is when i used an insert statement with chinese characters of GBK format hardcoded into the java servlet and then i use the insert statement to insert the chars into the database, it cannot be seen as a chinese word when i off the NJStar. and then it can be searched out with my current form of servlet.. below is my coding of the servlet..
note: i've set my html file to charset = GBK
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//workable for GBK input and output...
import java.io.*;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import java.util.*;
import java.sql.*;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
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          //query = "��";
          System.out.println("after:"+query);
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          System.out.println("locale = :"+req.getLocale());
          res.setContentType ("text/html;charset=GBK");
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          out.println("<html>");
          out.println("<head>");
          out.println("<body bgcolor = \"black\">");
          out.println("<font face = \"comic sans ms\" color=\"Cornsilk\">");
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               out.println ("Please key in your search query.");
          else if (musicDetails.size()==0)
               out.println ("Sorry, no results matching your search can be found.");
          else {
               out.println("<center>");
               out.println("<table cellspacing = \"50\">");
               int i = 0;
               //Display the details of the music
               while (i<musicDetails.size()) {
                    Results details = (Results)musicDetails.get(i);
                    String dbArtist = "";
                    String dbAlbum = "";
                    String dbTitle = "";
                    String dbCompany = "";
                    dbAlbum = details.getAlbum();
                    dbTitle = details.getTitle();
                    dbCompany = details.getCompany();
                    dbArtist = details.getArtist();
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                         dbAlbum = new String(dbAlbum.getBytes("ISO-8859-1"),"GBK");
                         dbTitle = new String(dbTitle.getBytes("ISO-8859-1"),"GBK");
                         dbCompany = new String(dbCompany.getBytes("ISO-8859-1"),"GBK");
                         dbArtist = new String(dbArtist.getBytes("ISO-8859-1"),"GBK");//correct translation.
                    catch(UnsupportedEncodingException e){
                         System.out.print(e);
                         e.printStackTrace();
                    String dbImage_loc = details.getImage();
                    out.println("<tr>");
                         out.println("<td><table>");
                              out.println("<img src=C:\\Program Files\\Apache Group\\Tomcat 4.1\\webapps\\examples\\ThumbNails\\"+dbImage_loc+">");
                         out.println("<tr>");
                              out.println("<th><font color=\"violet\"> Artist: </font></th>");
                              out.println("<td><font color=\"Cornsilk\">"+dbArtist+"</font></td>");
                         out.println("</tr>");
                         out.println("<tr>");
                              out.println("<th><font color=\"violet\"> Title: </font></th>");
                              out.println("<td><font color=\"Cornsilk\">"+dbTitle+"</font></td>");
                         out.println("</tr>");
                         out.println("<tr>");
                              out.println("<th><font color=\"violet\"> Company: </font></th>");
                              out.println("<td><font color=\"Cornsilk\">"+dbCompany+"</font></td>");
                         out.println("</tr>");
                         System.out.println("album: "+ dbAlbum);
                         out.println("<tr>");
                              out.println("<th><font color=\"violet\"> Album: </font></th>");
                              out.println("<td><font color=\"Cornsilk\">"+dbAlbum+"</font></td>");
                         out.println("</tr>");
                         System.out.println("company: "+ dbCompany);
                         out.println("</table></td>");
                    out.println("</tr>");
                    i++;
               out.println("</table>");
               out.println("</center>");
          out.println("</font>");
          out.println("</body>");
          out.println("</head>");
          out.println("</html>");
          out.close();
          //to remove all the elements from the Vector
          musicDetails.removeAllElements();
     //get Searched Music Details and store in Results object which is stored in musicDetails vector
     public void getResults (String type, String searchQuery) {
          try {
               Class.forName ("com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver");
               Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://localhost:1433;DatabaseName=music","sa","kokkeng");
               Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
               String query = "SELECT * FROM MusicDetails WHERE "+type+" = '"+searchQuery+"'";
               ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(query);
               while (rs.next()) {
                    String artist = rs.getString("Artist");
                    String title = rs.getString("Song");
                    String company = rs.getString("Company");
                    String album = rs.getString("Album");
                    String image_loc = rs.getString("Image");
                    Results details = new Results (artist,title,company,album,image_loc);
                    musicDetails.add(details);
               stmt.close();
               con.close();
          catch (Exception e) {
               System.out.println(e.getMessage());
               e.printStackTrace();
with the above servlet i created, i can search out the data in the database which i've inserted through the insert statement. I still can't search for things i've keyed into the database directly using NJStar..
thank you so much for helping.. really hope any one else who knows the answer to this will reply too... thank you all so much...
-KK

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