Date sorting issue

Check out the date sorting problems here:
http://ray.camdenfamily.com/spry/blog2.cfm
It seems almost random.

Yup the JS Date object is reporting that the date format is
invalid in both IE and Firefox. We may have to add code to manually
parse date formats. I've added that to the list of things we have
to do.
Ray, what are you using to generate your date format?
The good news is the way your dates are formatted, it will
sort properly using straight text sorting. If you leave off your
setColumnType call for the date it sorts properly.
--== Kin ==--

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/* Formatted on 2008/10/23 14:46 (Formatter Plus v4.8.7) */
--Script for generating the Update scripts for the Message which caused the 'NO DATA FOUND' error.
DECLARE
RES NUMBER; --No:of errors to be resolved
RET NUMBER; --A number variable to hold the return value from getObject
I NUMBER; --Index for the loop
J NUMBER; --Index for the loop
K NUMBER; --Index for the loop
PK_COUNT NUMBER; --To Hold the no:of PK columns for a Table
LCR ANYDATA; --To Hold the Logical Change Record
TYP VARCHAR2 (61); --To Hold the Type of a Column
ROWLCR SYS.LCR$_ROW_RECORD; --To Hold the LCR caused the error in a Txn.
OLDLIST SYS.LCR$_ROW_LIST; --To Hold the Old data of the Record which was tried to Update/Delete
NEWLIST SYS.LCR$_ROW_LIST;
UPD_QRY VARCHAR2 (5000);
EQUALS VARCHAR2 (5) := ' = ';
DATA1 VARCHAR2 (2000);
NUM1 NUMBER;
DATE1 TIMESTAMP ( 0 );
TIMESTAMP1 TIMESTAMP ( 3 );
ISCOMMA BOOLEAN;
TYPE TAB_LCR IS TABLE OF ANYDATA
INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
TYPE PK_COLS IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2 (50)
INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
LCR_TABLE TAB_LCR;
PK_TABLE PK_COLS;
BEGIN
I := 1;
SELECT COUNT ( 1)
INTO RES
FROM DBA_APPLY_ERROR;
FOR TXN_ID IN
(SELECT MESSAGE_NUMBER,
LOCAL_TRANSACTION_ID
FROM DBA_APPLY_ERROR
WHERE LOCAL_TRANSACTION_ID =
'2.85.42516'
ORDER BY ERROR_CREATION_TIME)
LOOP
SELECT DBMS_APPLY_ADM.GET_ERROR_MESSAGE
(TXN_ID.MESSAGE_NUMBER,
TXN_ID.LOCAL_TRANSACTION_ID
INTO LCR
FROM DUAL;
LCR_TABLE (I) := LCR;
I := I + 1;
END LOOP;
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K := 0;
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FOR K IN 1 .. RES
LOOP
ROWLCR := NULL;
RET :=
LCR_TABLE (K).GETOBJECT
(ROWLCR);
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PK_COUNT := 0;
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SELECT COUNT ( 1)
INTO PK_COUNT
FROM ALL_CONS_COLUMNS COL,
ALL_CONSTRAINTS CON
WHERE COL.TABLE_NAME =
CON.TABLE_NAME
AND COL.CONSTRAINT_NAME =
CON.CONSTRAINT_NAME
AND CON.CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'P'
AND CON.TABLE_NAME =
ROWLCR.GET_OBJECT_NAME;
dbms_output.put_line('Count of PK Columns >'||pk_count);
DEL_QRY := NULL;
DEL_QRY :=
'DELETE FROM '
|| ROWLCR.GET_OBJECT_NAME
|| ' WHERE ';
INS_QRY := NULL;
INS_QRY :=
'INSERT INTO '
|| ROWLCR.GET_OBJECT_NAME
|| ' ( ';
UPD_QRY := NULL;
UPD_QRY :=
'UPDATE '
|| ROWLCR.GET_OBJECT_NAME
|| ' SET ';
OLDLIST :=
ROWLCR.GET_VALUES ('old');
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NEWLIST :=
ROWLCR.GET_VALUES ('old');
ISCOMMA := FALSE;
FOR J IN 1 .. NEWLIST.COUNT
LOOP
IF NEWLIST (J) IS NOT NULL
THEN
IF J <
NEWLIST.COUNT
THEN
IF ISCOMMA =
TRUE
THEN
UPD_QRY :=
UPD_QRY
|| ',';
END IF;
END IF;
ISCOMMA := FALSE;
TYP :=
NEWLIST
(J).DATA.GETTYPENAME;
IF (TYP =
'SYS.VARCHAR2'
THEN
RET :=
NEWLIST
(J
).DATA.GETVARCHAR2
(DATA1
IF DATA1 IS NOT NULL
THEN
UPD_QRY :=
UPD_QRY
|| NEWLIST
(J
).COLUMN_NAME;
UPD_QRY :=
UPD_QRY
|| EQUALS;
UPD_QRY :=
UPD_QRY
|| ' '
|| ''''
|| SUBSTR
(DATA1,
0,
253
|| '''';
ISCOMMA :=
TRUE;
END IF;
ELSIF (TYP =
'SYS.NUMBER'
THEN
RET :=
NEWLIST
(J
).DATA.GETNUMBER
(NUM1
IF NUM1 IS NOT NULL
THEN
UPD_QRY :=
UPD_QRY
|| NEWLIST
(J
).COLUMN_NAME;
UPD_QRY :=
UPD_QRY
|| EQUALS;
UPD_QRY :=
UPD_QRY
|| ' '
|| NUM1;
ISCOMMA :=
TRUE;
END IF;
ELSIF (TYP =
'SYS.DATE'
THEN
RET :=
NEWLIST
(J
).DATA.GETDATE
(DATE1
IF DATE1 IS NOT NULL
THEN
UPD_QRY :=
UPD_QRY
|| NEWLIST
(J
).COLUMN_NAME;
UPD_QRY :=
UPD_QRY
|| EQUALS;
UPD_QRY :=
UPD_QRY
|| ' '
|| 'TO_Date( '
|| ''''
|| DATE1
|| ''''
|| ', '''
|| 'DD/MON/YYYY HH:MI:SS AM'')';
ISCOMMA :=
TRUE;
END IF;
ELSIF (TYP =
'SYS.TIMESTAMP'
THEN
RET :=
NEWLIST
(J
).DATA.GETTIMESTAMP
(TIMESTAMP1
IF TIMESTAMP1 IS NOT NULL
THEN
UPD_QRY :=
UPD_QRY
|| ' '
|| ''''
|| TIMESTAMP1
|| '''';
ISCOMMA :=
TRUE;
END IF;
END IF;
END IF;
END LOOP;
--Setting the where Condition
UPD_QRY := UPD_QRY || ' WHERE ';
FOR I IN 1 .. PK_COUNT
LOOP
SELECT COLUMN_NAME
INTO PK_TABLE (I)
FROM ALL_CONS_COLUMNS COL,
ALL_CONSTRAINTS CON
WHERE COL.TABLE_NAME =
CON.TABLE_NAME
AND COL.CONSTRAINT_NAME =
CON.CONSTRAINT_NAME
AND CON.CONSTRAINT_TYPE =
'P'
AND POSITION = I
AND CON.TABLE_NAME =
ROWLCR.GET_OBJECT_NAME;
FOR J IN
1 .. NEWLIST.COUNT
LOOP
IF NEWLIST (J) IS NOT NULL
THEN
IF NEWLIST
(J
).COLUMN_NAME =
PK_TABLE
(I
THEN
UPD_QRY :=
UPD_QRY
|| ' '
|| NEWLIST
(J
).COLUMN_NAME;
UPD_QRY :=
UPD_QRY
|| ' '
|| EQUALS;
TYP :=
NEWLIST
(J
).DATA.GETTYPENAME;
IF (TYP =
'SYS.VARCHAR2'
THEN
RET :=
NEWLIST
(J
).DATA.GETVARCHAR2
(DATA1
UPD_QRY :=
UPD_QRY
|| ' '
|| ''''
|| SUBSTR
(DATA1,
0,
253
|| '''';
ELSIF (TYP =
'SYS.NUMBER'
THEN
RET :=
NEWLIST
(J
).DATA.GETNUMBER
(NUM1
UPD_QRY :=
UPD_QRY
|| ' '
|| NUM1;
END IF;
IF I <
PK_COUNT
THEN
UPD_QRY :=
UPD_QRY
|| ' AND ';
END IF;
END IF;
END IF;
END LOOP;
END LOOP;
UPD_QRY := UPD_QRY || ';';
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (UPD_QRY);
--Generate Update Query - End
END LOOP;
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Thanks for you replies HTH and Dipali.
I would like to make some points clear from my side based on the issue i have raised.
1.The No Data Found error is happening on a table for which supplemental logging is enabled.
2.As per my understanding, the "Apply" process is comparing the existing data in the destination database with the "Old" data in the LCR.
Once there is a mismatch between these 2, ORA-01403 is thrown. (Please tell me whether my understanding is correct or not)
3.This mismatch can be on date field or even on the timestamp millisecond as well.
Now, the point im really wondering about :
Some how a mismatch got generated in the destination database (Not sure about the reason) and ORA-01403 is thrown.
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If nothing is working out, im planning to put a conflict handler for all tables with "OVERWRITE" option. With the following script
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declare
count1 number;
query varchar2(500) := null;
begin
for tables in (
select table_name from user_tables where table_name IN ("NAMES OF TABLES FOR WHICH SUPPLEMENTAL LOGGING IS ENABLED")
loop
count1 := 0;
dbms_output.put_line('DECLARE');
dbms_output.put_line('cols DBMS_UTILITY.NAME_ARRAY;');
dbms_output.put_line('BEGIN');
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from all_cons_columns col, all_constraints con
where col.table_name = con.table_name
and col.constraint_name = con.constraint_name
and con.constraint_type = 'P'
and con.table_name = tables.table_name;
for i in 1..count1
loop
query := null;
select 'cols(' || position || ')' || ' := ' || '''' || column_name || ''';'
into query
from all_cons_columns col, all_constraints con
where col.table_name = con.table_name
and col.constraint_name = con.constraint_name
and con.constraint_type = 'P'
and con.table_name = tables.table_name
and position = i;
dbms_output.put_line(query);
end loop;
dbms_output.put_line('DBMS_APPLY_ADM.SET_UPDATE_CONFLICT_HANDLER(');
dbms_output.put_line('object_name => ''ICOOWR.' || tables.table_name|| ''',');
dbms_output.put_line('method_name => ''OVERWRITE'',');
dbms_output.put_line('resolution_column => ''COLM_NAME'',');
dbms_output.put_line('column_list => cols);');
dbms_output.put_line('END;');
dbms_output.put_line('/');
dbms_output.put_line('');
end loop;
end;
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Our Destination database is a replica of the source and no triggers are running on any of these tables.
This is not the first time im facing this issue. Earlier, we had to take big outage times and clear the Replica database and apply the dump from the source...
Now i cant think about that situation.

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Hi, I'm having a data reception issue in a certain area at work. The signal indicator at the upper right of the homescreen shows "4GLTE" but this is clearly inaccurate since I am not able to navigate to websites or send/receive multimedia messages. If I move ~30 feet east in the building, the reception is restored. Two people with iPhone 5 devices have the same issue. However, the Verizon iPhone 5 allows you to turn off LTE. Once this was done and the signal fell back to 3G, reception was restored, albeit with slower speeds, but at least reception wasn't completely blocked. I understand 4G is not available in all areas, but in this case, the phone is not automatically switching to 3G and there is no workaround because there is no option to turn off LTE on the Z10. In the "Settings" -> "Network Connections" -> "Mobile Network" -> "Network Technology" dropdown, the only values are:
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Hi,
Thanks. But no I cannot change it to date, as there are many applications using it for displaying the period. But I found an equivalent date column for that period and tried using that. It was not working.
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I never knew that the order of select statement and that in region attributes should match each other!!! And hence when posting I did not give importance to the order of my select list. Sorry for that.
The mystery is how was it working when i changed the sort order to say "period" 1st and then exp_type (2nd)
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Thanks,
Sumana

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Hi all,
We have been running a logical standby instance for about three weeks now. Both our primary and logical are 11g (11.1.0.7) databases running on Sun Solaris.
We have off-loaded our Discoverer reporting to the logical standby.
About three days ago, we started getting the following error message (initially for three tables, but from this morning on a whole lot more)
ORA-26787: The row with key (<coulmn>) = (<value>) does not exist in table <schema>.<table>
This error implies that we have data consistency issues between our primary and logical standby databases, but we find that hard to believe
because the "data guard" status is set to "standby", implying that schemas' being replicated by data guard are not available for user modification.
any assistance in this regard would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
Mel

It is a bug : Bug 10302680 . Apply the corresponding Patch 10302680 to your standby db.

How to get material's last posting date of issuing to production order?

Hi,
In my scenario, I need to get material's last posting date of issuing to production order (e.g. mov. typ. 261).
I tried to select the material documents whose movement type is 261, and restrict the posting date from month to month each time, until the first material document is selected.
But this method seems quite inefficient.
What kind of algorithm is more effient to do this?
Thanks
Wesley

Hi,
select max( budat )
from mkpf
into gv_budat
where mblnr in ( select mblnr
                     from aufm
                    where aufnr = gv_aufnr "(Prod. Order)
                        and matnr = gv_matnr "(Issued Material)
                        and bwart = '261' ).
Edited by: Azeem Ahmed Matte on Mar 12, 2010 12:33 PM

How to get the previous state of my data after issuing coomit method

How to get the previous state of some date after issuing commit method in entity bean (It should not use any offline storage )

>
Is there any way to get the state apart from using
offline storage ?As I said the caller keeps a copy in memory.
Naturally if it is no longer in memory then that is a problem.
>
and also what do you mean by auditlog?
You keep track of every change to the database by keeping the old data. There are three ways:
1. Each table has a version number/delete flag for each record. A record is never updated nor deleted. Instead a new record is created with a new version number and with the new data.
2. Each table has a duplicate table which has all of the same columns. When the first table is modified the old data is moved to the duplicate table.
3. A single table is used which has columns for 'table', 'field', 'data' and 'activity' (update, delete). When a change is made in any table then this table is updated. This is generally of limited useability due to the difficulty in recovering the data.
All of the above can have a user id, timestamp, and/or additional information which is relevant to the data being changed.
Note that ALL of this is persisted storage.
I am not sure what this really has to do with "offline storage" unless you are using that term to refer to backed up data which is not readily available.

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