DB links in Data Services

Question

Hi all,
Environment: Business Objects Data Services XI 3.0, Windows Server 2008 R2, Oracle 10g
Problem Description:
A DB link is defined from Oracle 10g database to another Oracle 10g Database. The tables from the second database can be accessed using the SQL developer. Now in Data Services, a data store is defined on the first database and we were trying to import the tables from the second database using the db link. But we get the below error:
u2018Error: Cannot import the metadata table <name=tablename@dblink>.
Table <tablename@dblink> cannot be imported for datastore <Source>. Possible causes: (1) Table does not exist in the database; (2) Information for import was specified incorrectly. Please check the import information and try again. If the name is case-sensitive in the database (and not all uppercase), enter the name as it appears in the database and use double-quotation marks around the name to preserve the case. (BODI-1112339)
We tried all the possible options. It is working in toad and other SQL tools but we are not able import it in Data Services.
Any help will be appreciated.
Regards,
Sanjay

Answer 1

Richard-1 wrote:
I've hijacked the users password / login as the user / create the db link / reset the users password.
That is ok for a one off.
To do more a better solution would be to try a procedure call.
Here is a link to a couple versions that do what you want:
http://oraganism.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/how-to-create-a-database-link-in-another-users-schema/
http://oradbatips.blogspot.com/2010/01/tip-84-create-private-db-link-for-user.html
Hi and thanks.
The thing is that I know all the passwords but I'd like to only run one script as system or sys and connect to all schemas with private database links and drop them and then create them with new information. Is this at all possible without writing PL/SQL?