Cascade Delete thru Cross-Reference Table?

I'm setting up cascade delete rules in my database and I wonder if there's a way to cascade delete through a cross-reference table?
I have a table: "projects" that can have many "tasks" (also a table). A "participation" table is the cross-reference between them and it holds other information about the relationship.
So I know I can do a cascade delete so that the participations will get deleted when either the project or the task get deleted, but can I rig something so that when I delete a project all the participations and tasks get deleted?
Quick answers are greatly appreciated,
Janice

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Error while running xref.sh script unable to create cross reference table.
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searched for similar issue in OTN it says issue fixed by upgrading Oracle AS, we are using 10.1.3.4 MLR#8
http://kr.forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=835446
steps followed.
Creating Cross-Reference Tables
Complete the following procedure to create cross-reference tables.
To create cross-reference tables
1 Navigate to the following directory:
%SOAHOME%/SiebelODOPPIP/scripts/
2 Open the following file for editing:
xref.sh
3 Set the userid and passwd for logging into BPEL console on the appropriate lines.
4 Set the correct SOA_HOME location on the appropriate line.
5 Save and close the file.
6 Make the file executeable:
chmod +x xref.sh
dos2unix xref.sh
7 Change directory (cd) to integration/esb/bin under %SOAHOME%.
8 Execute ../../../SiebelODOPPIP/scripts/xref.sh.
I am using SOA suite 10.1.3.3 and getting same error
Error: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/tip/xref/tool/AdminTool

Hi Abhijeet,
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Is it possible to delete all cross-reference links in a PDF at once?

I have a 577 page PDF with multiple cross-references on each page.
Unfortuntely, this causes the document to load pages VERY slowly on my iPad.
Is it possible to delete these cross-reference links in one shot, rather than one by one?
I am using Acrobat 9.5, if it matters.
I tried Advanced - Document Processing - Remove All Links
But it didn't touch them.
Thanks

A simple, but not typically recommended to do this is simply print the PDF to a new PDF. The printing process will eliminate all such markup, including bookmarks. There may be a preflight script to do this or might even be possible with the PDF Optimizer (think I remember such an option, but can't check on this machine).

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Can anyone tell me where the Xref tables are actually created so that I can directly query the table and have a look at the data ?
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Hi Arun,
The error '"ORA-00942: table or view does not exist' implies you have not loaded the xreftables.sql located at $ORACLE_HOME/integration/esb/sql/oracle folder in the oraesb schema
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Problem deleting cross-references: Deleted cross-references do not convert to correct text

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The cross-references are all internal to a single document, they do not link to other documents. Each cross-reference is linked to paragraph text and the cross-reference format is Page Number.
I find that whenever I delete a cross-reference, the cross-reference does convert to text; however, the text—which in this case is a page number—is wrong.
For example, this sentence is on page 16:
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Screenshot:
However, when I delete the cross reference, the sentence now reads:
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I can able to reterive unmatched records by using “Left outer join” but it will multiple the record counts for “matching condition”.
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Need to get a cross-reference to range some pages, say page 16-19
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Eugene Tyson wrote:
Ok - doing the cross-reference range works that way
The Paragraph Numbers are done with "<paraNum />"
And I use that for the cross-reference - but sometimes it pulls the entire paragraph in instead of the Para num?
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Page" cross reference style to the <$paratext> building block
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chapters, the cross references still contain the page numbers. In
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Yes, I applied all of the patches and same problem.
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the Framemaker forum and discovered that this was the hexadecimal
for a carriage return. As for why there would be a carriage return
at the end of some of my cross reference markers I have no idea and
I assure you it was not because I hit ENTER.
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course, this messes up all of the other cross reference pointers
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Hi John .. if you read my post, I want to say that you impress me! really, thank for your blog.
Today, my problem is :
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- I have cross reference table (Source ==> Target)
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Thanks john : very speed !
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Hi,
I have two tables in a master/details configuration (table 1 is "master", table 2 is "details").
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create table master (
id number primary key,
changed date not null
create table detail (
id number primary key,
master_id references master (id) on delete cascade
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insert into detail values (12, 1);
insert into master values (2, sysdate - 10);
insert into detail values (21, 2);
insert into detail values (22, 2);
insert into master values (3, sysdate - 10);
insert into detail values (31, 3);
insert into detail values (32, 3);
commit;
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         2 01.09.08
         3 01.09.08
select * from detail order by id;
        ID MASTER_ID
        11          1
        12          1
        21          2
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delete detail where id = 21;
select * from master order by id;
        ID CHANGED
         1 01.09.08
         2 11.09.08
         3 01.09.08
select * from detail order by id;
        ID MASTER_ID
        11          1
        12          1
        22          2
        31          3
        32          3
delete master where id in (1, 2);
select * from master order by id;
        ID CHANGED
         3 01.09.08
select * from detail order by id;
        ID MASTER_ID
        31          3
        32          3                                                           Regards,
Zlatko
Edited by: Zlatko Sirotic on Sep 11, 2008 11:15 PM
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