Assistance required for deploying a validation handler in OIM 11g

Hi All,
I wanted to deploy a validation handler in OIM 11g so that I can check that the telephone number that is entered by the user has length of ten and all of them are digits.
I created a new eclipse workspace called TelephoneValidationHandler on the OIM Host machine. I created a new Java project in the workspace with the name TelephoneValidationHandler. I created a class called TelephoneValidationHandler in this project. Put in the following code in this java file -
/* TelephoneValidationHandler.java */
package com.custom;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.HashMap;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.ValidationException;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.ValidationFailedException;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.spi.ValidationHandler;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.vo.BulkOrchestration;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.vo.Orchestration;
public class TelephoneValidationHandler implements ValidationHandler{
 @Override
 public void initialize(HashMap<String, String> arg0) {
 // TODO initialization
 System.out.println("***********************************************************************************");
 System.out.println("************************** Init validate event handler ****************************");
 System.out.println("***********************************************************************************");
 @Override
 public void validate(long processId, long eventId, Orchestration orchestration)
 throws ValidationException, ValidationFailedException {
 System.out.println("************************** Beginning of validation *************************");
 HashMap<String, Serializable> parameters = orchestration.getParameters();
 String telephone = (String) parameters.get("Telephone Number");
 //String regex="[0-9]{10}";
 if (telephone.length()==10)
 for(int i=0; i<10; i++)
 if (Character.isDigit(telephone.charAt(i))){
 continue;
 else
 throw new ValidationFailedException();
 System.out.println("****************** Validated *********************");
 else
 System.out.println("*************EXCEPTION OCCURRED*******************");
 throw new ValidationFailedException();
 System.out.println("************************** End of validation *************************");
 @Override
 public void validate(long processId, long eventId, BulkOrchestration arg2)
 throws ValidationException, ValidationFailedException {
 // TODO - N/A
 System.out.println("************************** INSIDE BULK VALIDATE ***************************");
I included the files in reference libraries as - right click on the project, click on Build Path -> Configure Build Path -> Add External JARs. In this I selected the jars that were needed to compile the code successfully and i selected them from the place where they exist in the OIM host for eg. C:\Oracle\Middleware\server\platform\iam-platform-kernel.jar path for iam-platform-kernel.jar.
Now i created a jar file out of this compiled project by right clicking on the project name and clicking Export -> Java -> JAR File. Selected the .classpath and .project files to export as well. Selected first option 1. Export generated class files and resources option. Other three existing options apart from this one which i selected were: 2. Export all output folders for checked projects. 3. Export Java source files and resources 4. Export refactorings for checked projects. So with the 1st option selected, I clicked next and then selected Generate New Manifest file in the final screen and clicked on Finish. Exported this by the name TelephoneValidationHandler.jar to desktop. If I open this jar by changing extension to zip, I see the following folder structure inside it :
com -> custom -> TelephoneValidationHandler.class
META-INF -> MANIFEST.INF
.classpath
.project
I created a folder called lib and placed this jar file inside this lib folder. Then outside this lib folder, i placed the plugin.xml file created for this as follows:
plugin.xml ->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<oimplugins xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<plugins pluginpoint="oracle.iam.platform.kernel.spi.ValidationHandler">
<plugin class="com.custom.TelephoneValidationHandler" version="1.0" name="TelephoneValidationHandler">
</plugin>
</plugins>
</oimplugins>
Now I selected the lib folder and plugin.xml and created a new zip file by the name TelephoneValidationHandler.zip which will be used for plugin registration. The zip folder directly inside it has the structure - plugin.xml file and lib folder having the jar file inside it.
lib -> TelephoneValidationHandler.jar
plugin.xml
Now I went to the directory C:\Oracle\Middleware\server\plugin_utility and opened the ant.properties file in that and put in the values as:
ant.properties ->
# The installation directory for WLS
wls.home=C:\\Oracle\\Middleware\\wlserver_10.3
# The home directory for OIM. In case of shiphome its same as install directory
oim.home=C:\\Oracle\\Middleware\\Oracle_IDM1\\server
#login file name with path.
login.config=C:\\Oracle\\Middleware\\Oracle_IDM1\\server\\config\\authwl.conf
Now I opened a cmd prompt, traversed to C:\Oracle\Middleware\server\plugin_utility directory and typed in "ant -f pluginregistration.xml register" and executed this command.
It asked for oim userid - xelsysadm, oim password: Password, server url: t3://oimhost:14000, name of plugin file with path: C:\\temp\\TelephoneValidationHandler.zip
I got these errors in the redirector.out file in C:\Oracle\Middleware\server\plugin_utility :
Error in registering the plugin. null
Error occured during the use of plugin registering utility.
And this is the detailed description in the redirector.err in C:\Oracle\Middleware\server\plugin_utility :
Jul 17, 2012 6:05:58 PM PluginUtility main
SEVERE: Exception occured {0}
java.lang.NullPointerException
 at java.util.regex.Matcher.getTextLength(Matcher.java:1140)
 at java.util.regex.Matcher.reset(Matcher.java:291)
 at java.util.regex.Matcher.<init>(Matcher.java:211)
 at java.util.regex.Pattern.matcher(Pattern.java:888)
 at weblogic.utils.classloaders.FilteringClassLoader.matchesClassFilterList(FilteringClassLoader.java:213)
 at weblogic.utils.classloaders.FilteringClassLoader.findClass(FilteringClassLoader.java:97)
 at weblogic.utils.classloaders.FilteringClassLoader.loadClass(FilteringClassLoader.java:86)
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:294)
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:294)
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:246)
 at oracle.iam.platform.pluginframework.PluginReader.validateInstance(PluginReader.java:303)
 at oracle.iam.platform.pluginframework.PluginReader.validatePluginsFromFile(PluginReader.java:363)
 at oracle.iam.platform.pluginframework.PluginReader.readPluginsFromZIP(PluginReader.java:147)
 at oracle.iam.platform.pluginframework.PluginReader.readPlugins(PluginReader.java:66)
 at oracle.iam.platform.pluginframework.PluginManagerImpl.registerPlugin(PluginManagerImpl.java:74)
 at oracle.iam.platformservice.impl.PlatformServiceImpl.registerPlugin(PlatformServiceImpl.java:129)
 at oracle.iam.platformservice.api.PlatformServiceEJB.registerPluginx(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:310)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:182)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:149)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.support.DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.doProceed(DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.java:131)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.support.DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.invoke(DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.java:119)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:171)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.jee.spi.MethodInvocationVisitorImpl.visit(MethodInvocationVisitorImpl.java:37)
 at weblogic.ejb.container.injection.EnvironmentInterceptorCallbackImpl.callback(EnvironmentInterceptorCallbackImpl.java:54)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.jee.spi.EnvironmentInterceptor.invoke(EnvironmentInterceptor.java:50)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:171)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.interceptor.ExposeInvocationInterceptor.invoke(ExposeInvocationInterceptor.java:89)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:171)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.support.DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.doProceed(DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.java:131)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.support.DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.invoke(DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.java:119)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:171)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:204)
 at $Proxy528.registerPluginx(Unknown Source)
 at oracle.iam.platformservice.api.PlatformService_ott20t_PlatformServiceRemoteImpl.__WL_invoke(Unknown Source)
 at weblogic.ejb.container.internal.SessionRemoteMethodInvoker.invoke(SessionRemoteMethodInvoker.java:40)
 at oracle.iam.platformservice.api.PlatformService_ott20t_PlatformServiceRemoteImpl.registerPluginx(Unknown Source)
 at oracle.iam.platformservice.api.PlatformService_ott20t_PlatformServiceRemoteImpl_WLSkel.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at weblogic.rmi.internal.BasicServerRef.invoke(BasicServerRef.java:667)
 at weblogic.rmi.cluster.ClusterableServerRef.invoke(ClusterableServerRef.java:230)
 at weblogic.rmi.internal.BasicServerRef$1.run(BasicServerRef.java:522)
 at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:363)
 at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:146)
 at weblogic.rmi.internal.BasicServerRef.handleRequest(BasicServerRef.java:518)
 at weblogic.rmi.internal.wls.WLSExecuteRequest.run(WLSExecuteRequest.java:118)
 at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:209)
 at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:178)
Jul 17, 2012 6:05:58 PM PluginUtility main
SEVERE: Exception occured {0}
java.lang.NullPointerException
 at java.util.regex.Matcher.getTextLength(Matcher.java:1140)
 at java.util.regex.Matcher.reset(Matcher.java:291)
 at java.util.regex.Matcher.<init>(Matcher.java:211)
 at java.util.regex.Pattern.matcher(Pattern.java:888)
 at weblogic.utils.classloaders.FilteringClassLoader.matchesClassFilterList(FilteringClassLoader.java:213)
 at weblogic.utils.classloaders.FilteringClassLoader.findClass(FilteringClassLoader.java:97)
 at weblogic.utils.classloaders.FilteringClassLoader.loadClass(FilteringClassLoader.java:86)
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:294)
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:294)
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:246)
 at oracle.iam.platform.pluginframework.PluginReader.validateInstance(PluginReader.java:303)
 at oracle.iam.platform.pluginframework.PluginReader.validatePluginsFromFile(PluginReader.java:363)
 at oracle.iam.platform.pluginframework.PluginReader.readPluginsFromZIP(PluginReader.java:147)
 at oracle.iam.platform.pluginframework.PluginReader.readPlugins(PluginReader.java:66)
 at oracle.iam.platform.pluginframework.PluginManagerImpl.registerPlugin(PluginManagerImpl.java:74)
 at oracle.iam.platformservice.impl.PlatformServiceImpl.registerPlugin(PlatformServiceImpl.java:129)
 at oracle.iam.platformservice.api.PlatformServiceEJB.registerPluginx(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:310)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:182)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:149)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.support.DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.doProceed(DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.java:131)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.support.DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.invoke(DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.java:119)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:171)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.jee.spi.MethodInvocationVisitorImpl.visit(MethodInvocationVisitorImpl.java:37)
 at weblogic.ejb.container.injection.EnvironmentInterceptorCallbackImpl.callback(EnvironmentInterceptorCallbackImpl.java:54)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.jee.spi.EnvironmentInterceptor.invoke(EnvironmentInterceptor.java:50)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:171)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.interceptor.ExposeInvocationInterceptor.invoke(ExposeInvocationInterceptor.java:89)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:171)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.support.DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.doProceed(DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.java:131)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.support.DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.invoke(DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.java:119)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:171)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:204)
 at $Proxy528.registerPluginx(Unknown Source)
 at oracle.iam.platformservice.api.PlatformService_ott20t_PlatformServiceRemoteImpl.__WL_invoke(Unknown Source)
 at weblogic.ejb.container.internal.SessionRemoteMethodInvoker.invoke(SessionRemoteMethodInvoker.java:40)
 at oracle.iam.platformservice.api.PlatformService_ott20t_PlatformServiceRemoteImpl.registerPluginx(Unknown Source)
 at oracle.iam.platformservice.api.PlatformService_ott20t_PlatformServiceRemoteImpl_WLSkel.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at weblogic.rmi.internal.BasicServerRef.invoke(BasicServerRef.java:667)
 at weblogic.rmi.cluster.ClusterableServerRef.invoke(ClusterableServerRef.java:230)
 at weblogic.rmi.internal.BasicServerRef$1.run(BasicServerRef.java:522)
 at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:363)
 at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:146)
 at weblogic.rmi.internal.BasicServerRef.handleRequest(BasicServerRef.java:518)
 at weblogic.rmi.internal.wls.WLSExecuteRequest.run(WLSExecuteRequest.java:118)
 at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:209)
 at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:178)
Exception in thread "Main Thread" java.lang.NullPointerException
 at java.util.regex.Matcher.getTextLength(Matcher.java:1140)
 at java.util.regex.Matcher.reset(Matcher.java:291)
 at java.util.regex.Matcher.<init>(Matcher.java:211)
 at java.util.regex.Pattern.matcher(Pattern.java:888)
 at weblogic.utils.classloaders.FilteringClassLoader.matchesClassFilterList(FilteringClassLoader.java:213)
 at weblogic.utils.classloaders.FilteringClassLoader.findClass(FilteringClassLoader.java:97)
 at weblogic.utils.classloaders.FilteringClassLoader.loadClass(FilteringClassLoader.java:86)
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:294)
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:294)
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:246)
 at oracle.iam.platform.pluginframework.PluginReader.validateInstance(PluginReader.java:303)
 at oracle.iam.platform.pluginframework.PluginReader.validatePluginsFromFile(PluginReader.java:363)
 at oracle.iam.platform.pluginframework.PluginReader.readPluginsFromZIP(PluginReader.java:147)
 at oracle.iam.platform.pluginframework.PluginReader.readPlugins(PluginReader.java:66)
 at oracle.iam.platform.pluginframework.PluginManagerImpl.registerPlugin(PluginManagerImpl.java:74)
 at oracle.iam.platformservice.impl.PlatformServiceImpl.registerPlugin(PlatformServiceImpl.java:129)
 at oracle.iam.platformservice.api.PlatformServiceEJB.registerPluginx(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:310)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:182)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:149)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.support.DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.doProceed(DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.java:131)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.support.DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.invoke(DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.java:119)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:171)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.jee.spi.MethodInvocationVisitorImpl.visit(MethodInvocationVisitorImpl.java:37)
 at weblogic.ejb.container.injection.EnvironmentInterceptorCallbackImpl.callback(EnvironmentInterceptorCallbackImpl.java:54)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.jee.spi.EnvironmentInterceptor.invoke(EnvironmentInterceptor.java:50)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:171)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.interceptor.ExposeInvocationInterceptor.invoke(ExposeInvocationInterceptor.java:89)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:171)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.support.DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.doProceed(DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.java:131)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.support.DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.invoke(DelegatingIntroductionInterceptor.java:119)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:171)
 at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:204)
 at $Proxy528.registerPluginx(Unknown Source)
 at oracle.iam.platformservice.api.PlatformService_ott20t_PlatformServiceRemoteImpl.__WL_invoke(Unknown Source)
 at weblogic.ejb.container.internal.SessionRemoteMethodInvoker.invoke(SessionRemoteMethodInvoker.java:40)
 at oracle.iam.platformservice.api.PlatformService_ott20t_PlatformServiceRemoteImpl.registerPluginx(Unknown Source)
 at oracle.iam.platformservice.api.PlatformService_ott20t_PlatformServiceRemoteImpl_WLSkel.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at weblogic.rmi.internal.BasicServerRef.invoke(BasicServerRef.java:667)
 at weblogic.rmi.cluster.ClusterableServerRef.invoke(ClusterableServerRef.java:230)
 at weblogic.rmi.internal.BasicServerRef$1.run(BasicServerRef.java:522)
 at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:363)
 at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:146)
 at weblogic.rmi.internal.BasicServerRef.handleRequest(BasicServerRef.java:518)
 at weblogic.rmi.internal.wls.WLSExecuteRequest.run(WLSExecuteRequest.java:118)
 at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:209)
 at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:178)
But in the end of this run it still does show - BUILD SUCCESSFUL message but it obviously doesn't work properly because after this registration is done, I go to the MDS through command prompt and import the new EventHandlers.xml which I create as shown below:
EventHandlers.xml ->
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<eventhandlers xmlns="http://www.oracle.com/schema/oim/platform/kernel" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.oracle.com/schema/oim/platform/kernel orchestration-handlers.xsd">
<validation-handler class="com.custom.TelephoneValidationHandler" name="TelephoneValidationHandler" entity-type="User" operation="ANY" order="1002" />
</eventhandlers>
This import of EventHandlers.xml is done to the path - /metadata/user/custom
But after all this, whenever I try creating a new user, I don't even get to see the create user page. Instead I get a NullPointer exception thrown at me.
Can someone please go through these above steps and tell me if there is any particular step I might be doing wrong??? Maybe the ant.properties is not set properly or maybe the ValidationHandler java code is not implemented properly. However as far as I see I think these steps are correct. I have checked with other posts in this category and followed them. However this error still exists. Please help me.
Thanks,
$id
Edited by: $id on Jul 17, 2012 6:36 PM

Hey You were right. I changed the plugin.xml file so that the plugin xml tag changed to <plugin pluginclass="..." ..> and now when I ran the ant utility to register the plugin, it did not give any errors. Instead I got a message saying Plugin registered successfully. Also then I went to the dev_oim schema and in that the plugins table and checked it. This time the plugin entry was present in the database in this table.
Now I imported the EventHandlers.xml file using MDS utility as follows:
Placed the EventHandlers.xml file in C:/temp/metadata/user/custom/EventHandlers.xml
The EventHandlers.xml file is as mentioned earlier as follows:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<eventhandlers xmlns="http://www.oracle.com/schema/oim/platform/kernel" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.oracle.com/schema/oim/platform/kernel orchestration-handlers.xsd">
<validation-handler class="com.custom.TelephoneValidationHandler" name="TelephoneValidationHandler" entity-type="User" operation="ANY" order="1002"/>
</eventhandlers>
Now I changed the weblogic.properties file under C:/Oracle/Middleware/Oracle_IDM1/server/bin file to have the entry as follows:
metadata_from_loc=C:\ \tempThen went to the cmd prompt and navigated to this same folder. Then executed the command: weblogicImportMetadata.bat. It asked the user name : weblogic, password: password and then the url: t3://oimhost:7001
There were no errors after this executed. I only got End of Import Metadata Script as the message.
I then executed the "PurgeCache all" command while in the same directory.
And gave the oimusername: xelsysadm, oimpassword: password and the oim server url: t3://oimhost:14000.
I got the message :
PurgeCache Login Success...
Purging the cache categories:[all] is successful
After this I logged in to the OIM console and tried to create a user and provided proper telephone number in the field. But when i clicked on Save after giving in these details, I got the following error on the OIM console:
A system error occurred.
When i go the oim server logs i see the following lines in it whenever I click on save for a new user:
[2012-07-18T11:15:22.799+05:30] [oim_server1] [NOTIFICATION] [IAM-0080013] [oracle.iam.platform.kernel.impl] [tid: [ACTIVE].ExecuteThread: '5' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'] [userId: xelsysadm] [APP: oim#11.1.1.3.0] Kernel executing default validation with process id, event id, entity and operation 1,796.0.User.CREATE
[2012-07-18T11:15:23.111+05:30] [oim_server1] [NOTIFICATION] [IAM-3050013] [oracle.iam.identity.usermgmt.impl] [tid: [ACTIVE].ExecuteThread: '5' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'] [userId: xelsysadm][APP: oim#11.1.1.3.0] Searching for users with the specified criteria.
[2012-07-18T11:15:23.688+05:30] [oim_server1] [WARNING] [IAM-0080002] [oracle.iam.platform.kernel.impl] [tid: [ACTIVE].ExecuteThread: '5' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'] [userId: xelsysadm][APP: oim#11.1.1.3.0] Orchestration validation failed on the event handler - Event handler TelephoneValidationHandler implemented using class/plug-in com.custom.TelephoneValidationHandler could not be loaded.
[2012-07-18T11:15:23.938+05:30] [oim_server1] [ERROR] [IAM-3050029] [oracle.iam.identity.usermgmt.impl] [tid: [ACTIVE].ExecuteThread: '5' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'] [userId: xelsysadm][APP: oim#11.1.1.3.0] The user cannot be created due to validation errors.[[
oracle.iam.platform.kernel.ValidationFailedException: Event handler TelephoneValidationHandler implemented using class/plug-in com.custom.TelephoneValidationHandler could not be loaded.
After this error occurred I logged into the database and queried the database with following queries:
SELECT * FROM dev_oim.orchprocess ORDER BY ID DESC; -> Got the latest entry of process id for operation CREATE and stage as validation-handler but the status of this entry was FAILED.
Then executed another query as follows to get the event details for the latest process id i got from above query results:
select * from dev_oim.orchevents WHERE processid=1797 ORDER BY orchorder;The output of this query was:
"ID" "NAME" "STATUS" "PROCESSID" "STAGE" "ORCHORDER" "RETRY" "CONTEXTID" "RESULT"
"7544" "CreateUserValidationHandler" "COMPLETED" "1797" "validation-handler" "1" "0" "0" "(BLOB)"
"7543" "TelephoneValidationHandler" "FAILED" "1797" "validation-handler" "2" "0" "0" "(BLOB)"
I already have pasted my java code initially above. Please guide me if anything wrong in the code or with the EventHandlers.xml file. After importing, I checked again by exporting the EventHandlers.xml file from the location where I had imported it and it did exist in that path.
Thanks,
$id
Edited by: $id on Jul 18, 2012 11:25 AM
Edited by: $id on Jul 18, 2012 11:34 AM

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oracle.jbo.NoDefException:JBO-25058: Definition UsrLastName of type Attribute is not found in UsrLastName
any inputs is appreciated...thanks in advance....

See if you can find something helpful in the following links:-
https://kr.forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2329750
oracle.jbo.NoDefException: Error in Quick Search when we use View Criteria

List of sql services required for deployment server?

What are the role of list of sql services in case of BizTalk, like notification service is required for BAM.
Along with can any one let me know the minimum services of SQL required on production.
1.Database Engine Services
SQL Server Replication
Full-Text Search
2.Analysis Services
3.Reporting Services
4.Shared Features
Business Intelligence Development Studio
Client Tools Connectivity
Integration Services
Management Tools – Basic
Is it mandatory to install analysis, integration services on production server.
Please suggest!
Fred

Sorry, that is not correct. SQL components beyond Database Services are required in most circumstances.
It's important you understand what to install based on your application requirements.
The definitive guides can be found here:
BizTalk Server 2009:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4066
BizTalk Server 2010:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa561167.aspx
BizTalk Server 2013:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj248688(v=bts.80).aspx
As a matter of practice, I always install all BizTalk realted SQL Server features, even if they are not used. This is for consistency across environments, reliable patching and to accomodate any future BizTalk app features.

Help needed in implementing validation event handler in OIM 11g

Hello experts,
I am trying to set username policy by implementing a validation event handler in OIM 11.1.1.5.
Following are the steps followed
1. Import metadata
Created a file called Eventhandler.xml as below and imported using weblogicImportmetadata.sh
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<eventhandlers xmlns="http://www.oracle.com/schema/oim/platform/kernel" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.oracle.com/schema/oim/platform/kernel orchestration-handlers.xsd">
<validation-handler class="test.iam.eventhandlers.CustomValidationEventHandler" entity-type="User" operation="CREATE" name="CustomValidationEventHandler" order="1000" sync="TRUE"/>
</eventhandlers>
2. Register plugin
plugin.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<oimplugins xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<plugins pluginpoint="oracle.iam.platform.kernel.spi.ValidationHandler">
<plugin pluginclass="test.iam.eventhandlers.CustomValidationEventHandler" version="1.0" name="CustomValidationEventHandler" />
</plugins>
</oimplugins>
Just givng sys out in the below code to check whther it is getting triggerred during user create.
package test.iam.eventhandlers;
import java.util.HashMap;
import oracle.iam.platform.Platform;
import oracle.iam.platform.context.ContextAware;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.ValidationException;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.ValidationFailedException;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.spi.ValidationHandler;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.vo.BulkEventResult;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.vo.BulkOrchestration;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.vo.Orchestration;
public class CustomValidationEventHandler implements ValidationHandler {
 @Override
 public void initialize(HashMap<String, String> arg0) {
 // TODO initialization
 System.out.println("init validate event handler");
 @Override
 public void validate(long processId, long eventId, Orchestration orchestration)
 throws ValidationException, ValidationFailedException {
 System.out.println("Beginning of validation");
 System.out.println("End of validation");
 @Override
 public void validate(long processId, long eventId, BulkOrchestration arg2)
 throws ValidationException, ValidationFailedException {
 // TODO - N/A
 System.out.println("Bulk Orchestration not yet implemented");
Now when i create a user it is not allowing and i am getting system error in the front end and in the logs i could see something below
<May 28, 2012 3:03:29 PM CEST> <Error> <oracle.iam.identity.usermgmt.impl> <IAM-3050029> <The user cannot be created due to validation errors.
oracle.iam.platform.kernel.ValidationFailedException: Event handler CustomValidationEventHandler implemented using class/plug-test.iam.eventhandlers.CustomValidationEventHandler could not be loaded.
at oracle.iam.platform.kernel.impl.OrchProcessData.runValidationEvents(OrchProcessData.java:177)
at oracle.iam.platform.kernel.impl.OrchestrationEngineImpl.validate(OrchestrationEngineImpl.java:644)
at oracle.iam.platform.kernel.impl.OrchestrationEngineImpl.process(OrchestrationEngineImpl.java:497)
at oracle.iam.platform.kernel.impl.OrchestrationEngineImpl.orchestrate(OrchestrationEngineImpl.java:444)
at oracle.iam.platform.kernel.impl.OrchestrationEngineImpl.orchestrate(OrchestrationEngineImpl.java:378)
at oracle.iam.identity.usermgmt.impl.UserManagerImpl.create(UserManagerImpl.java:656)
at oracle.iam.identity.usermgmt.api.UserManagerEJB.createx(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils.invokeJoinpointUsingReflection(AopUtils.java:310)
at com.bea.core.repackaged.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:182)
I have implemented preprocess and postprocess event handler before with similar kind of plugin registration, metadata import and everything worked fine. Not sure what is the problem here with validation event handler.
Thanks
DK

Instead of registering the plug-in can u try placing it in the plugins folder under Oracle_IDM1/server folder.
at times restart is required. esp when the server is running in production mode.
Regards
user12841694

Custom Pre Process Event Handler in OIM 11g for middle initials

Hi,
I am trying to congiure a Custom Pre Process Event Handler for generating middle name in OIM 11g and I am following the steps as given in metalink ID: *1262803.1*
Even after successfully performing all the steps I am not able to get the middle initials in Admin Console when I create a new user.
1) Directory structure for the application that I have created through JDeveloper.
CustomApplication/
|-- CustomApplication.jws
`-- CustomProject
|-- CustomProject.jpr
|-- classes
| `-- com
| `-- example
| `-- custompph
| `-- CustomPreProcessEventHandler.class
`-- src
`-- com
`-- example
`-- custompph
`-- CustomPreProcessEventHandler.java
2) Directory structure for Plugins directory
My Plugin.xml :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<oimplugins>
<plugins pluginpoint="oracle.iam.platform.kernel.spi.EventHandler">
<plugin pluginclass="com.example.custompph.CustomPreProcessEventHandler"
version="1.0" name="CustomPreProcessEventHandler" />
</plugins>
</oimplugins>
plugin/
|-- lib
| `-- com
| `-- example
| `-- custompph
| `-- CustomPreProcessEventHandler.class
|-- middlename.zip
`-- plugin.xml
Copied the middlename.zip in the plugin folder in OIM_HOME and registered it successfully.
3) Created a EventHandlers file and imported it successfully using importmetadata.
My EventHandlers.xml:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<eventhandlers>

<action-handler
class="com.example.custompph.CustomPreProcessEventHandler"
entity-type="User"
operation="CREATE"
name="CustomPreProcessEventHandler"
stage="preprocess"
order="10"
sync="TRUE"/>
</eventhandlers>
I checked the logs as well but could not find something which can help me to proceed.
Also please advise is their any mapping that I need to do in *"Design Console"*
Please advise !!!!!
Thanks

My lib file contains the package as mentioned in the metalink.
Heirarchy in Plugin folder :
1) plugin.xml
2) Lib ( lib contains 3 folders : com/example/custompph; And inside custompph is my CustomPreProcessEventHandler.class file)
You mean to say i should not copy the entire package in lib but only the jar file of the CustomPreProceessEventHandler.class* file.
If i put only a .jar file in lib i get the following error.
"Error occured during the use of plugin registering utility. The plugin zip does not contain the definition of plugin class com.example.custompph.CustomPreProcessEventHandler"
Thanks
Edited by: 870050 on Jul 4, 2011 4:30 AM

Which database driver is required for weblogic 10.3 and Oracle DB 11g both on MS2008 separate server

Hi,
i am trying to configure JDBC with weblogic. Can any one tell me which deriver needs to be selected for weblogic 10.3 and Oracle DB 11g both on MS2008 separate server.
if i use BEA oracle Driver (Type 4) version 9.0.1, 9.2.0,10,11, i find error (see snap:2)
Connection test failed.
[BEA][Oracle JDBC Driver]Error establishing socket. Unknown host: hdyhtc137540d weblogic.jdbc.base.BaseExceptions.createException(Unknown Source) weblogic.jdbc.base.BaseExceptions.getException(Unknown Source) weblogic.jdbc.oracle.OracleImplConnection.makeConnectionHelper(Unknown Source) weblogic.jdbc.oracle.OracleImplConnection.makeConnection(Unknown Source) weblogic.jdbc.oracle.OracleImplConnection.connectAndAuthenticate(Unknown Source) weblogic.jdbc.oracle.OracleImplConnection.open(Unknown Source) weblogic.jdbc.base.BaseConnection.connect(Unknown Source) weblogic.jdbc.base.BaseConnection.setupImplConnection(Unknown Source) weblogic.jdbc.base.BaseConnection.open(Unknown Source) weblogic.jdbc.base.BaseDriver.connect(Unknown Source) com.bea.console.utils.jdbc.JDBCUtils.testConnection(JDBCUtils.java:505) c om.bea.console.actions.jdbc.datasources.createjdbcdatasource.CreateJDBCDataSource.testConn ectionConfiguration(CreateJDBCDataSource.java:369) sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor 826.invoke(Unknown Source) sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl. java:25) java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) org.apache.beehive.netui .pageflow.FlowController.invokeActionMethod(FlowController.java:870) org.apache.beehiv e.netui.pageflow.FlowController.getActionMethodForward(FlowController.java:809) org.ap ache.beehive.netui.pageflow.FlowController.internalExecute(FlowController.java:478) or g.apache.beehive.netui.pageflow.PageFlowController.internalExecute(PageFlowController.java :306) org.apache.beehive.netui.pageflow.FlowController.execute(FlowController.java:336 ) ...
and
when i use oracle's driver (thin) version 9.0.1, 9.2.0,10,11, i find error
Connection test failed.
Io exception: The Network Adapter could not establish the connection oracle.jdbc.driver.SQLStateMapping.newSQLException(SQLStateMapping.java:10 1) oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.newSQLException(DatabaseError.java:112) oracle .jdbc.driver.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:173) oracle.jdbc.drive r.DatabaseError.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:229) oracle.jdbc.driver.DatabaseE rror.throwSqlException(DatabaseError.java:458) oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.logon( T4CConnection.java:411) oracle.jdbc.driver.PhysicalConnection.<init>(PhysicalConnectio n.java:490) oracle.jdbc.driver.T4CConnection.<init>(T4CConnection.java:202) oracle .jdbc.driver.T4CDriverExtension.getConnection(T4CDriverExtension.java:33) oracle.jdbc. driver.OracleDriver.connect(OracleDriver.java:474) com.bea.console.utils.jdbc.JDBCUtil s.testConnection(JDBCUtils.java:505) com.bea.console.actions.jdbc.datasources.createjd bcdatasource.CreateJDBCDataSource.testConnectionConfiguration(CreateJDBCDataSource.java:36 9) sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor826.invoke(Unknown Source) sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl. java:25) java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) org.apache.beehive.netui .pageflow.FlowController.invokeActionMethod(FlowController.java:870) org.apache.beehiv e.netui.pageflow.FlowController.getActionMethodForward(FlowController.java:809) org.ap ache.beehive.netui.pageflow.FlowController.internalExecute(FlowController.java:478) or g.apache.beehive.netui.pageflow.PageFlowController.internalExecute(PageFlowController.java :306) org.apache.beehive.netui.pageflow.FlowController.execute(FlowController.java:336 ) ...

i am finding this error when i click on Test Configuration button to test the connection wth oracle DB

Validation eventhanlder in OIM 11G R1 11.1.1.5.4

Hi Experts,
I have a requirement to validate the data entered in the CREATE USER form of OIM Admin console.
example: I have a UDF called mobile number, when a HELPDESK team enters data in the UDF, OIM should immediately verify it's a number or not and throw error message saying the value entered is not unique.
Can I achieve this VALIDATION event handler? or is there any other way to achieve this?
OIM version: OIM R1 11.1.1.5.4
Thanks in Advance!!!

Thanks for quick reply,
There are only two buttons ( Save, Cancel) on create user form. Does the submit button mean SAVE button ??
Can you provide any sample code for that??
I tried using below code
package project4_eventhandlers_localr1;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.HashMap;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.ValidationFailedException;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.spi.ValidationHandler;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.vo.BulkOrchestration;
import oracle.iam.platform.kernel.vo.Orchestration;
public class validationEventhandler implements ValidationHandler {
 public void initialize(HashMap<String, String> hashMap) {
 public void validate(long l, long l1, Orchestration orchestration) {
 HashMap<String, Serializable> ParametersArray =
 orchestration.getParameters();
 String TestAttribute = (String)ParametersArray.get("USR_UDF_TESTATTRIBUTE");
 System.out.println("TestAttribute value" + TestAttribute);
 if (TestAttribute.contains("TEST")) {
 throw new ValidationFailedException();
 public void validate(long l, long l1,
 BulkOrchestration bulkOrchestration) {
EventHandlers.xml is as shown below
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<eventhandlers xmlns="http://www.oracle.com/schema/oim/platform/kernel" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.oracle.com/schema/oim/platform/kernel orchestration-handlers.xsd">

 <validation-handler
 class="project4_eventhandlers_localr1.validationEventhandler"
 entity-type="User"
 operation="CREATE"
 name="validationEventhandler"
 order="3012345"/>
 <validation-handler
 class="project4_eventhandlers_localr1.validationEventhandler"
 entity-type="User"
 operation="MODIFY"
 name="validationEventhandler"
 order="3012346"/>
</eventhandlers>
Plug.xml is
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<oimplugins xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<plugins pluginpoint="oracle.iam.platform.kernel.spi.EventHandler">
 <plugin pluginclass= "project4_eventhandlers_localr1.validationEventhandler"
 version="1.0" name="validationEventhandler">
 </plugin>
</plugins>
</oimplugins>
But when I create a user SAVE button I am receiving following error in DIAGNOSTIC LOG irrespective of data I give....
and on the Create user form it shows a pop up message " A system error occurred "
[2014-01-08T15:55:58.492-05:00] [oim_server1] [WARNING] [IAM-0080002] [oracle.iam.platform.kernel.impl] [tid: [ACTIVE].ExecuteThread: '3' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'] [userId: xelsysadm] [ecid: ca8fcc1ffe30f019:47e52517:1437032f4ca:-8000-0000000000000779,0] [APP: oim#11.1.1.3.0] Orchestration validation failed on the event handler - null
[2014-01-08T15:55:58.548-05:00] [oim_server1] [ERROR] [IAM-3050029] [oracle.iam.identity.usermgmt.impl] [tid: [ACTIVE].ExecuteThread: '3' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'] [userId: xelsysadm] [ecid: ca8fcc1ffe30f019:47e52517:1437032f4ca:-8000-0000000000000779,0] [APP: oim#11.1.1.3.0] The user cannot be created due to validation errors.[[
oracle.iam.platform.kernel.ValidationFailedException: Orchestration validation failed on the event handler - validationEventhandler
 at oracle.iam.platform.kernel.impl.OrchProcessData.runValidationEvents(OrchProcessData.java:207)
 at oracle.iam.platform.kernel.impl.OrchestrationEngineImpl.validate(OrchestrationEngineImpl.java:569)
 at oracle.iam.platform.kernel.impl.OrchestrationEngineImpl.process(OrchestrationEngineImpl.java:433)
 at oracle.iam.platform.kernel.impl.OrchestrationEngineImpl.orchestrate(OrchestrationEngineImpl.java:381)
 at oracle.iam.platform.kernel.impl.OrchestrationEngineImpl.orchestrate(OrchestrationEngineImpl.java:334)
 at oracle.iam.identity.usermgmt.impl.UserManagerImpl.create(UserManagerImpl.java:653)
 at oracle.iam.identity.usermgmt.api.UserManagerEJB.createx(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
 at project4_eventhandlers_localr1.validationEventhandler.validate(validationEventhandler.java:21)
 at oracle.iam.platform.kernel.impl.OrchProcessData.validate(OrchProcessData.java:217)
 at oracle.iam.platform.kernel.impl.OrchProcessData.runValidationEvents(OrchProcessData.java:180)
 ... 108 more
Any Suggestions??????????????
Thanks in advance...

Allowed set of characters for user name and password in OIM 11g

Hi,
Can anyone provide us quickly what is the characters (no.s,alpahbets,special symbols) that are supported for username and password field in OIM 11.1.1.5 ?
Thanks,
Karthik

Read it , it is general for OIM 11g
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E14571_01/relnotes.1111/e10132/oim.htm#CHDFFDGH

Drivers assistance required for graphics card and fingerprint reader with W8 & Pavilion DV7-6B01ED

Hi - I own a HP Pavilion DV7-6B01ED and recently upgraded from W7 Home Premium to W8 Pro. Everything appeared to work fine except for the graphics card I have which now seems to always be on with the fan running, getting hot and running down the battery much more than before. I can not confirm what was reported as the graphics card in W7, but it is reported as the AMD 7000M after the upgrade. My invoice reports that it is a HD6490. Further to this, W8 reported an issue with this device in Device Manager.
Due to another issue (not hardware related) I decided to do a clean install of W8 which would also let me clean things up and to re-partition my disk.
In doing so I deleted the HP_TOOLS and the Recovery partitions. I'm not against recreating these but needed to delete them as I had 4 primary partitions and could not work within the restriction that comes with this. I understood from reading online that these can be recreated and the necessary tools re-installed (or another solution with DVD / USB employed). If the solution to my problems requires these to be installed, I'm happy to do so.
After the clean install, I continue to have the graphics card issue (same details as above) and the other issue I have is with the fingerprint reader. It shows up as an unknown device after W8 install (it did not have any issues after the initial upgrade I performed though).
So I've done plenty of things to try to rectify the issue and this includes installing the HP Support Assistant in the hope that this would help with the drivers. Instead of going through all the steps I've undertaken (I've read plenty in this HP forum and outside of the forum) and used certain W7 drivers, installed this that or the other program but unfortunately to no avail. I cannot get the fingerprint reader working and I still have a very hot and noisy laptop.
I'm good enough with OS and device driver installations and happy to get stuck into some unorthodox solutions if needs be. What can I do to resolve these issues?
Regarding the graphics card - is it a case that AMD have yet to release an updated driver? If so, I can live with that but in the meantime I would like to turn off the AMD card and work only with the integrated Intel graphics. Disabling the device in Device Manager does not seem to work. How do I do that?
The fingerprint reader is no big deal, but ideally I would like it working. What to do here?
If I need to do a re-install of W8 again and then get stuck into the driver installations I'm good with that, but would like to do it in a manner that will let me resolve these issues in the future without too much hassle.
The spec of my machine is: HP DV7-6B01ED 17.3FHD / i5-2430 / 8GB / 750GB HDD / HD6490
Thanks!

Hello AttackofZaq....
Thanks firstly for your reply. I re-installed W8 to start from scratch.
OK, so I thought the AMD driver worked. I had installed it before I posted to the forum but then the problem seemed to have returned. I'll have to play with the settings because just as I type this the fan has started for no reason, same problem as before. Is there any chance Windows Updates in interfering?
Regarding the fingerprint reader - it hasn't helped. In Device Manager I now see Biometric Devices > Validity Sensors (WBF) (PID=0018). Is there some further software I require in order to use the device. I'm going to install SimplePass to see if that's needed.
I'll be back with an update.
chemus79

Assistance required for J2EE/XML/Web Services development project in Bangal

Hello,
I work for a US based entrepreneur. who holds a Doctorate in Computer Science and MBA from MIT and we are setting up our office in Bangalore. We are on the look out for Qualified and Experienced J2EE professionals to assist in the implementation of our projects. Some of the projects that we are working for will be very interesting and will require highly skilled and experienced Software professionals who have working experience on J2EE/XML/Web Services
We are looking for Experienced Candidates experienced in J2EE and have many positions open for experienced candidates and the Positions includes Technical team leaders, Senior Software developers, etc. The ideal candidates will be those who have passion for creating new applications using cutting edge technologies.
We are also open to Experienced to candidates working for us on a part time basis for a fixed number of Hours per day (say about 3 to 4 Hours per day) and over the weekends. Please pass this on to any of your friends who may be interested in this opportunity.
Anyone interested can respond to this message and please send me your mobile number or e mail address and I will get in touch with you.
Regards
Raj

Hi Raj, Wrong Initiative.
*=================> Please don't spoil the forum. <=================*
I am sorry if you find this a bit rude or like that, but this a technical discussion forum not a job portal where you should find candidates for your organization.
rajhyd wrote:
Anyone interested can respond to this message and please send me your mobile number or e mail address and I will get in touch with you.I think instead of this you should make your email address visible in your current profile, so that people can reply you on that instead of expressing their interest here.
*All the best for your new venture,
typurohit* (Tejas Purohit)

Minimum requirements for deploying a package on Sql Server 2008

I am trying to setup a restricted login to deploy packages. At the very least I need to avoid using the sysadmin server role however all of my testing seems to point to my restricted login requiring it which sort of defeats the purpose of a restricted
login. Without the sysadmin account I get the following error: Create failed for JobStep

Role
Read action
Write action
own package roles.
db_ssisoperator
Enumerate all packages.
View all packages.
Execute all packages.
Export all packages.
Execute all packages in SQL Server Agent.
None
Windows administrators
View execution details of all running packages.
Stop all currently running packages.
Sysssispackages Table
The sysssispackages table in msdb contains the packages that are saved to SQL Server. For more information, see sysssispackages
(Transact-SQL).
The sysssispackages table includes columns that contain information about the roles that are assigned to packages.
The readerrole column specifies the role that has read access to the package.
The writerrole column specifies the role that has write access to the package.
The ownersid column contains the unique security identifier of the user who created the package. This column defines the owner of the package.
Permissions
By default, the permissions of the db_ssisadmin and db_ssisoperator fixed database-level roles and the unique security identifier of the user who created the package apply to the reader role for packages,
and the permissions of the db_ssisadmin role and the unique security identifier of the user who created the package apply to the writer role. A user must be a member of the db_ssisadmin, db_ssisltduser,
or db_ssisoperator role to have read access to the package. A user must be a member of the db_ssisadmin role to have write access.
Please click "Mark as Answer" if the post solves your problem - Thanks

SQL Query Assistance Required for Full Outer Join

Hi,
Lets say I have two tables, i.e:
TAB_A (colA1, colA2, colA3, colA4)
TAB_B (colB1, colB2, colB3, colB4) where colB2 is a FK to colA1
I am after an SQL query that will cater for both the following two scenarios.
Scenario 1:
TAB_A has two rows of data, i.e
(1, ABC100, 1, WG_A)
(2, ABC100, 2, WG_B)
TAB_B has one row of data, i.e
(1, 1, EMP_222, 4)
I use the following SQL:
select a.*, b.*
from tab_a a FULL OUTER JOIN tab_b b ON (a.colA1 = b.colB2)
where a.colA2 = 'ABC100'
This returns two rows:
1, ABC100, 1, WG_A, 1, 1, EMP_222, 4
2, ABC100, 2, WG_B
Now, what I actually would like my query to do is actually only return the row where a tab_b record exists, i.e, should only return one record:
1, ABC100, 1, WG_A, 1, 1, EMP_222, 4
This I can achieve by using a RIGHT OUTER JOIN instead above, but this causes issue with my scenario 2, which is the following set-up
Scenario 2:
TAB_A has only one row of data this time, i.e
(2, ABC100, 2, WG_B)
TAB_B has no data at all this time
This returns no rows but I actually now want this single record from tab_a returned.
I basically require an SQL query that will cater for both the top 2 scenarios, i.e, if a tab_b record exists from the outer join then only return this record along with tab_a data. If a tab_b record doesn't exist, then only return the tab_a record.
Hope the above makes sense.
Thanks.

Is it what you need (not very elegant) ?
SQL> select * from t_outer;
        ID CODE
         1 100
         2 100
SQL> select * from t_inner;
no rows selected
SQL> with tab1 as (
2 select a.id a_id, a.code, b.id b_id from t_outer a join t_inner b on
3 (a.id = b.id and a.code = '100'))
4 select * from tab1
5 union all
6 select a.*, null from t_outer a where not exists (
7 select 1 from tab1)
8 and a.code = '100'
9 /
      A_ID CODE             B_ID
         1 100
         2 100
SQL> insert into t_inner values(2);
1 row created.
SQL> with tab1 as (
2 select a.id a_id, a.code, b.id b_id from t_outer a join t_inner b on
3 (a.id = b.id and a.code = '100'))
4 select * from tab1
5 union all
6 select a.*, null from t_outer a where not exists (
7 select 1 from tab1)
8 and a.code = '100'
9 /
      A_ID CODE             B_ID
         2 100                 2
Rgds.

Network requirements for deploying RAC in VM manager V3 with a RAC template

Now I have two VM servers and installe VM manager on another server.
Each server has only one NIC with one port.
I have deployed single virtual machines successfully on the two VM servers.
Can I deploy RAC with a RAC template with the two VM servers.
How do I need to do with the network?

Yes. Create a new virtual MAC/NIC.
Should you do this?????
NO.
RAC requires a dedicated NIC. Testing... you will be okay but don't expect good performance. You can not do this in production.

Licensing requirement for deploying Certificate Authority Server

Is there any separate license that we need to purchase from Microsoft in order to use and implement Microsoft Certificate Authority Server
in an organization. Or is it a free feature which comes as a part of Windows Server licensing.
Also, do we require any separate license for clients connecting or using the certificates.
If there is any licensing involved kindly share information of the same.
Server - 2008 R2
Clients - 7, 8, 8.1

Hi Rahul,
In addition, if there are any specific queries about licensing in the future, you may contact Microsoft via phone numbers listed here:
Microsoft Volume Licensing Activation Centers Worldwide Telephone Numbers
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/existing-customers/activation-centers.aspx
Best Regards,
Amy
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