Can't use Oracle 8.1.7 as WLP repository

Question

OK, I've been racking my brain on this for three days now.. maybe someone has an
idea...
The basic problem is this: I have yet been able to make a WLP content repository
work with
Oracle 8.1.7 and WLP 8.1.
I have tried several methods, including the ones mentioned here:
http://e-docs.bea.com/wlp/docs81/db/3Oracle.html (to move cgPool to an Oracle
database), and by creating a completely new portal domain from scratch, using
"Custom" (instead of Express) from the configuration wizard, setting up the JDBC
pools to point to Oracle (connection passed, database load passed correctly).
I then deploy a simple Portal Application / Portal Project created in workshop
as an EAR
(let's call it testPortal). Deployment seems to go fine. The outcome of all
methods is the same: the administration portal works fine. When I click on "Content",
I see the BEA repository. I can add nodes to the repository, AS LONG AS THEY
ARE DIRECTLY UNDER the BEA repository (for example: BEA Repository/TestNode).
However, if I try to add a node under that node (for example: BEA Repository/TestNode/TestNodeChild),
I get the following error from the admin portal as a popup box:
- Error creating Node: TestChildNode. Please verify the Node name size is within
Repository limits.
I can add any number of content items (including the standard content types that
were loaded:
article, book, image, etc) or nodes directly under BEA Repository, but I cannot
add anything under other nodes or the above error appears.
Some data is definitely getting to Oracle. After adding a node under BEA Repository,
a record for that node shows up in the database. The JDBC log shows an ORA-2291
(constraint violated) error (from jdbc.log):
java.sql.SQLException: ORA-02291: integrity constraint (DIAGEOCMS.FK1_CM_NODE)
v
iolated - parent key not found
This foreign key constraint is a pointer for the parent id of the node, back into
the cm_node table.
If I roll back the cgPool to pointbase, it works fine. Just not with an Oracle
8.1.7 cgPool
(or any other name, for that matter). I have tested this under both Win 2K and
Linux AS.
Other details: I did use a non-XA driver as suggested in the edocs link above.
For the cgPool, I used the Oracle Type 4 non-XA driver. I changed all the relevant
data sources to point at the new pool. And I did change the cgJMS store to use
the new pool as well.
Is anyone else successfully using Oracle 8.1.7 and Portal 8.1 with the repository?
Sorry for the length of the message.. difficult one to explain.
Thanks,
Bob

Answer 1

D'oh.
OK, it turns out that our staging database was NOT the Oracle 8.1.7.4 I thought
it was. Migrated from the 8.1.7.0 database to 8.1.7.4 resolved this problem.
Bob
"Bob Robinson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
OK, I've been racking my brain on this for three days now.. maybe someone
has an
idea...
The basic problem is this: I have yet been able to make a WLP content
repository
work with
Oracle 8.1.7 and WLP 8.1.
I have tried several methods, including the ones mentioned here:
http://e-docs.bea.com/wlp/docs81/db/3Oracle.html (to move cgPool to an
Oracle
database), and by creating a completely new portal domain from scratch,
using
"Custom" (instead of Express) from the configuration wizard, setting
up the JDBC
pools to point to Oracle (connection passed, database load passed correctly).
I then deploy a simple Portal Application / Portal Project created in
workshop
as an EAR
(let's call it testPortal). Deployment seems to go fine. The outcome
of all
methods is the same: the administration portal works fine. When I click
on "Content",
I see the BEA repository. I can add nodes to the repository, AS LONG
AS THEY
ARE DIRECTLY UNDER the BEA repository (for example: BEA Repository/TestNode).
However, if I try to add a node under that node (for example: BEA Repository/TestNode/TestNodeChild),
I get the following error from the admin portal as a popup box:
- Error creating Node: TestChildNode. Please verify the Node name size
is within
Repository limits.
I can add any number of content items (including the standard content
types that
were loaded:
article, book, image, etc) or nodes directly under BEA Repository, but
I cannot
add anything under other nodes or the above error appears.
Some data is definitely getting to Oracle. After adding a node under
BEA Repository,
a record for that node shows up in the database. The JDBC log shows
an ORA-2291
(constraint violated) error (from jdbc.log):
java.sql.SQLException: ORA-02291: integrity constraint (DIAGEOCMS.FK1_CM_NODE)
v
iolated - parent key not found
This foreign key constraint is a pointer for the parent id of the node,
back into
the cm_node table.
If I roll back the cgPool to pointbase, it works fine. Just not with
an Oracle
8.1.7 cgPool
(or any other name, for that matter). I have tested this under both
Win 2K and
Linux AS.
Other details: I did use a non-XA driver as suggested in the edocs link
above.
For the cgPool, I used the Oracle Type 4 non-XA driver. I changed all
the relevant
data sources to point at the new pool. And I did change the cgJMS store
to use
the new pool as well.
Is anyone else successfully using Oracle 8.1.7 and Portal 8.1 with the
repository?
Sorry for the length of the message.. difficult one to explain.
Thanks,
Bob