Dbms_metadata.get_ddl including comments.

Hey all,
Is there a way to use the dbms_metadata package to fetch the DDL of a package/function/procedure without removing the comments? For instance if you are using SQL Developer and right click a function and then click edit. The DDL for the function will appear along with the comments. This is what I would like to see.
Any ideas?
Cheers,
Tyson Jouglet
Edited by: Tyson Jouglet on Aug 27, 2009 2:29 PM

Is there a way to use the dbms_metadata package to fetch the DDL of a package/function/procedure without removing the comments? Why do you think that the comments are removed?
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE p
/* first comment*/
AS
-- some comments
BEGIN
     /* some other comments*/
     NULL;
END p;
Procedure created.
SQL> SELECT dbms_metadata.get_ddl (
                'PROCEDURE',
                'P',
                USER
           ) ddl
FROM DUAL
DDL
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE "MICHAEL"."P"
/* first comment*/
AS
-- some comments
BEGIN
     /* some other comments*/
     NULL;
END p;
1 row selected.

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DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL doesn't include function parameters

Sometimes, when I call DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL to get the DDL statement for a function (which we always do to ensure we're starting from the source that's actually in production), the returned text doesn't include the parameters. Other times, it does, and I'm not able to see any pattern.
I was going to just make a function and show the output, but that did show the parameters. Then I tried calling GET_DDL while logged in as SYS as SYSDBA on my development database, and I still did not get the parameters, so I don't think it's a permissions issue.
Does anyone have any idea what's going on here?

It's really difficult to show you exactly what I'm doing when I can't consistently reproduce the problem, as I described.
But here, I'll try.
declare
     the_ddl clob;
begin
     the_ddl := dbms_metadata.get_ddl('FUNCTION', '*****', '*****');
     dbms_output.enable(null);
     dbms_output.put_line(the_ddl);
end;
/Sometimes, it produces output like this:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "*****"."*****" (
     ***** in varchar2,
     ***** in number,
) return *****
...And other times, it produces output like this:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "*****"."*****" return *****
...I am not able to determine any consistent reason for this. In our production database, I can log in as myself and get the parameters for a specific function, but another user (that our automated process uses) doesn't see the parameters. In my development database, I log in as myself and I do not see the parameters, but I still don't see them when I log in as SYS AS SYSDBA.
For what it's worth, if I recreate the function on my development database, then subsequent calls do show the parameters.

Error while using DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL package.

Hi all,
I want script of DDL of all tables in Database not in particular schema,
As I am using below query
SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('TABLE',u.table_name)
FROM ALL_TABLES u
WHERE u.nested='NO'
AND (u.iot_type is null or u.iot_type='IOT')
but it gives error as below.
ORA-31603: object "ICOL$" of type TABLE not found in schema "SCOTT"
It should give DDL of all tables, also I am not having DBA Privs.
Please help me.
Thanks & Regards
Rajiv.

It could be helpful if you have a look into [url http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14258/d_metada.htm#i1016867]documentation.
Security Model
The object views of the Oracle metadata model implement security as follows:
Nonprivileged users can see the metadata of only their own objects.
SYS and users with SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE can see all objects.
Nonprivileged users can also retrieve public synonyms, system privileges granted to them, and object privileges granted to them or by them to others. This also includes privileges granted to PUBLIC.
If callers request objects they are not privileged to retrieve, no exception is raised; the object is simply not retrieved.
If nonprivileged users are granted some form of access to an object in someone else's schema, they will be able to retrieve the grant specification through the Metadata API, but not the object's actual metadata.
In stored procedures, functions, and definers-rights packages, roles (such as SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE) are disabled. Therefore, such a PL/SQL program can only fetch metadata for objects in its own schema. If you want to write a PL/SQL program that fetches metadata for objects in a different schema (based on the invoker's possession of SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE), you must make the program invokers-rights.
Best regards
Maxim

Dbms_metadata.get_ddl and select_catalog_role

Hi,
We have been requested to give support staff the ability to see table triggers, stored procedures, etc only for specific schemas and they don't have access to the schema password. We can't give them SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE because they are not allowed to see all schemas. I wish there were a way to grant a version of SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE for only certain schemas......
I've played around with dbms_metadata.get_ddl with no luck (as per the documentation, but just had to try it anyway). I've even considered the script below, but it requires creating a view under the SYS schema and I can't figure out how to add triggers to the view.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Susan
accept 1 prompt "Enter Owner:"
create or replace view all_dev_source
(OWNER, NAME, TYPE, LINE, TEXT)
as
select u.name, o.name,
decode(o.type#, 7, 'PROCEDURE', 8, 'FUNCTION', 9, 'PACKAGE',
11, 'PACKAGE BODY', 13, 'TYPE', 14, 'TYPE BODY',
'UNDEFINED'),
s.line, s.source
from sys.obj$ o, sys.source$ s, sys.user$ u
where
u.name = upper('&&1') and
o.obj# = s.obj#
and o.owner# = u.user#
and o.type# in (7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14)
and
o.owner# in (userenv('SCHEMAID'), 1 /* PUBLIC */)
or
(o.type# = 7 or o.type# = 8 or o.type# = 9)
and
o.obj# in (select obj# from sys.objauth$
where grantee# in (select kzsrorol from x$kzsro)
and privilege# = 12 /* EXECUTE */)
or
exists
select null from sys.sysauth$
where grantee# in (select kzsrorol from x$kzsro)
and
/* procedure */
(o.type# = 7 or o.type# = 8 or o.type# = 9)
or
privilege# = -144 /* EXECUTE ANY PROCEDURE */
or
privilege# = -141 /* CREATE ANY PROCEDURE */
     or
/* package body */
o.type# = 11 or
privilege# = -141 /* CREATE ANY PROCEDURE */
or
/* type */
o.type# = 13
or
privilege# = -184 /* EXECUTE ANY TYPE */
or
privilege# = -181 /* CREATE ANY TYPE */
     or
/* type body */
o.type# = 14 and
privilege# = -181 /* CREATE ANY TYPE */
union
select u.name, o.name, 'JAVA SOURCE', s.joxftlno, s.joxftsrc
from sys.obj$ o, x$joxfs s, sys.user$ u
where
u.name = upper('&&1') and
o.obj# = s.joxftobn
and o.owner# = u.user#
and o.type# = 28
and
o.owner# in (userenv('SCHEMAID'), 1 /* PUBLIC */)
or
o.obj# in (select obj# from sys.objauth$
where grantee# in (select kzsrorol from x$kzsro)
and privilege# = 12 /* EXECUTE */)
or
exists
select null from sys.sysauth$
where grantee# in (select kzsrorol from x$kzsro)
and
/* procedure */
privilege# = -144 /* EXECUTE ANY PROCEDURE */
or
privilege# = -141 /* CREATE ANY PROCEDURE */
comment on table all_dev_source is
'Current source on stored objects that user is allowed to create'
comment on column all_dev_source.OWNER is
'Owner of the object'
comment on column all_dev_source.NAME is
'Name of the object'
comment on column all_dev_source.TYPE is
'Type of the object: "TYPE", "TYPE BODY", "PROCEDURE", "FUNCTION",
"PACKAGE", "PACKAGE BODY" or "JAVA SOURCE"'
comment on column all_dev_source.LINE is
'Line number of this line of source'
comment on column all_dev_source.TEXT is
'Source text'
grant select on all_dev_source to <username>
/

user632322 wrote:
I think I am misunderstanding your reply becauseI had to be more specific. By "privileged user" I meant SYS. SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE is a role itself, so it will be ignored by definer rights SP/SF. That is why it has to be owned by privileged user SYS:
SQL> select * from v$version
2 /
BANNER
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Prod
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production
CORE    10.2.0.4.0      Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.4.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.4.0 - Production
SQL> show user
USER is "SYS"
SQL> create user u1 identified by u1 default tablespace users quota unlimited on users
2 /
User created.
SQL> grant create session to u1
2 /
Grant succeeded.
SQL> create or replace
2    function get_ddl(
3                     p_type varchar2,
4                     p_object varchar2,
5                     p_owner varchar2
6                    )
7      return clob
8      is
9      begin
10          return dbms_metadata.get_ddl(p_type,p_object,p_owner);
11 end;
12 /
Function created.
SQL> grant execute on get_ddl to u1
2 /
Grant succeeded.
SQL> connect u1/u1
Connected.
SQL> set serveroutput on
SQL> exec dbms_output.put_line(dbms_metadata.get_ddl('TABLE','EMP','SCOTT'));
BEGIN dbms_output.put_line(dbms_metadata.get_ddl('TABLE','EMP','SCOTT')); END;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-31603: object "EMP" of type TABLE not found in schema "SCOTT"
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SYS_ERROR", line 105
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 2806
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 4333
ORA-06512: at line 1
SQL> exec dbms_output.put_line(sys.get_ddl('TABLE','EMP','SCOTT'));
CREATE TABLE "SCOTT"."EMP"
   (    "EMPNO" NUMBER(4,0),
        "ENAME" VARCHAR2(10),
        "JOB" VARCHAR2(9),
        "MGR" NUMBER(4,0),
        "HIREDATE" DATE,
        "SAL"
NUMBER(7,2),
        "COMM" NUMBER(7,2),
        "DEPTNO" NUMBER(2,0),
         CONSTRAINT
"PK_EMP" PRIMARY KEY ("EMPNO")
USING INDEX PCTFREE 10 INITRANS 2 MAXTRANS 255
COMPUTE STATISTICS
STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS
2147483645
PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT)
TABLESPACE "USERS" ENABLE,
         CONSTRAINT "FK_DEPTNO" FOREIGN KEY ("DEPTNO")
REFERENCES "SCOTT"."DEPT" ("DEPTNO") ENABLE
   ) PCTFREE 10 PCTUSED 40 INITRANS
1 MAXTRANS 255 NOCOMPRESS LOGGING
STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576
MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645
PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1
BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT)
TABLESPACE "USERS"
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> Now one more correction to my previous reply. Driver table shoudl not be owned by SYS (that would be bad practice). Create it in some other schema. Just make sure your "support staff" has no access to it.
SY.

Use of DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL with respect to triggers

We are very pleased with DMBS_METADATA for punching DDLs in general, We use the following to create executable scripts for recreating any object in our databases.
SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('OBJECT_TYPE', 'OBJECT_NAME', 'SAINADM' ) from dual;
In most types of object, the DDL produced can be executed without errors, providing that the original target object was well founded. However, we have found that in the case of a triggers, the DDL produced does not function for the following reason:
EXAMPLE
-- This set of instructions is produced by a metascript too complicated to show here
SPOOL TRIGGER_NAME.trg
SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('TRIGGER', 'TRIGGER_NAME', 'SCHEMA_NAME' ) txt
FROM DUAL;
SPOOL OFF
END OF EXAMPLE
This will produce the following output, spooled to the file TRIGGER_NAME.trg
OUTPUT
-- we have anonymised our object names
-- the syntax is what I would like you to focus on
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER "SCHEMA_NAME"."TRIGGER_NAME"
BEFORE INSERT on SCHEMA_NAME.TABLE_NAME FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
select SCHEMA_NAME.SEQUENCE_NAME.nextval
into :new.colname
from dual;
END;
ALTER TRIGGER SCHEMA_NAME"."TRIGGER_NAME" ENABLE
_END OF OUTPUT_
Note what has happened.
1. The trigger DDL has been produced
2. So has a the ALTER TRIGGER ... ENABLE
3. BUT => between the trigger DDL and the alter trigger statement the is no slash (of course, because naturally DBMS_METADATA does not produce such characters). BUT this is problematic, because the combination of the Create trigger statement and the alter trigger statement, without a slash in between means that the spool file is atomically illegal. Because in real life we need a slash between the two staements.
Why is this a problem for us?
- Because we are about to introduce the automation of object changes between our "Development" "Integration" "Quality Assurance" and "Production" databases based on the execution of files produced by DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL. For every other type of object, the file produced is well founded and executable DDL that will create the object. But in the case of triggers, the existence of the alter trigger statement renders the foregoing create trigger statement unexecutable.
The use of DMBS_METADATA is more or less vanilla. That is to say, there appears to be no scope for instructing DBMS_METADATA to abstain form including the alter trigger statement
SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('TRIGGER', 'TRIGGER_NAME', 'SCHEMA_NAME' ) txt
Here are my questions
1. How can we punch the DDL for triggers without bringing the alter trigger statement
2. Alternatively, how can we automate the insertion of the slash character in between the CREATE TRIGGER and the ALTER TRIGGER in the original metascript that creates the example spool file.
Thanks for your attention. Every response will be welcomed.
Edited by: user10248070 on Mar 2, 2010 3:54 AM

You can use
dbms_metadata.set_transform_param( DBMS_METADATA.SESSION_TRANSFORM, 'SQLTERMINATOR', TRUE );See http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e10577/d_metada.htm#BGBJBFGE.
Example:
SQL> set long 1000
SQL> set heading off
SQL> select * from v$version;
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Product
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
CORE 10.2.0.1.0 Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
SQL> exec dbms_metadata.set_transform_param( DBMS_METADATA.SESSION_TRANSFORM, 'SQLTERMINATOR', TRUE );
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('TRIGGER', 'UPDATE_JOB_HISTORY', 'HR' ) txt
2 FROM DUAL;
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER "HR"."UPDATE_JOB_HISTORY"
AFTER UPDATE OF job_id, department_id ON employees
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
add_job_history(:old.employee_id, :old.hire_date, sysdate,
:old.job_id, :old.department_id);
END;
ALTER TRIGGER "HR"."UPDATE_JOB_HISTORY" ENABLE;Edited by: P. Forstmann on 2 mars 2010 13:48

Stange error when using dbms_metadata.get_ddl in PL/SQL procedure

Basic info:
Oracle 10.2.0.4.0 on linux.
I'm trying to extract ddl of indexes that I drop and recreate frequently during monthly loads and store it in a table.
This statement works on the command line:
insert into saved_indexes
select index_name,dbms_metadata.get_ddl('INDEX',index_name,owner_name)
from sys.all_indexes
where owner = owner_name
and table_name = table_name;
commit;
The table 'saved_indexes' is a two column table with a varchar2(40) and a CLOB.
When I use the following procedure, I get 'ORA-04044 procedure, function, package, or type is not allowed here -4044' every time.
PROCEDURE SAVE_INDEXES (v_table IN VARCHAR2, v_owner IN VARCHAR2) IS
v_errorcode number(8);
v_errortext varchar2(1000);
v_start_time date;
BEGIN
insert into saved_indexes
select index_name,dbms_metadata.get_ddl('INDEX',index_name,v_owner)
from sys.all_indexes
where owner = v_owner
and table_name = v_table;
commit;
EXCEPTION
WHEN others THEN
v_errorcode := sqlcode;
v_errortext := substr(sqlerrm, 1, 1000);
dbms_output.put_line(v_errortext || ' ' || v_errorcode);
END;
Alternatively I have tried it this way:
PROCEDURE SAVE_INDEXES (v_table IN VARCHAR2, v_owner IN VARCHAR2 ) IS
v_errorcode number(8);
v_errortext varchar2(1000);
v_index_ddl CLOB;
BEGIN
for x in (select index_name
from sys.all_indexes
where owner = v_owner
and table_name = v_table)
loop
select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('INDEX',x.index_name,v_owner) into v_index_ddl from dual;
insert into saved_indexes
values(v_table,v_index_ddl);
end loop;
commit;
EXCEPTION
WHEN others THEN
v_errorcode := sqlcode;
v_errortext := substr(sqlerrm, 1, 1000);
dbms_output.put_line(v_errortext || ' ' || v_errorcode);
END;
Always with the same result. I have poured over the documentation on this and have not found anything. All objects are in the same schema, so there is not an issues with invokers rights, or privileges.
Any suggestions would be helpful...

qwe11126 wrote:
When I use the following procedure, I get 'ORA-04044 procedure, function, package, or type is not allowed here -4044' every time.There is nothing wrong with SP. Post a snippet of SQL*Plus code showing how you call SP along with errors.
SY.

Calling DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL on scheduler jobs owned by SYS

Hi!
While I can generally retrieve the DDL for scheduler jobs using the PROCOBJ type, this doesn't seem to work for scheduler jobs owned by SYS.
Does anybody happen to have a workaround for this?
SELECT user FROM dual
USER
SYS
1 row selected
select * from v$version
BANNER
Oracle Database 10g Release 10.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production
CORE     10.2.0.4.0     Production
TNS for 64-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.4.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.4.0 - Production
5 rows selected
SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('PROCOBJ' ,'MGMT_CONFIG_JOB', 'ORACLE_OCM') DDL FROM dual
DDL
BEGIN dbms_scheduler.create_job( ...
1 row selected
SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('PROCOBJ' ,'AUTO_SPACE_ADVISOR_JOB', 'SYS') DDL FROM dual
ORA-31603: object "AUTO_SPACE_ADVISOR_JOB" of type PROCOBJ not found in schema "SYS"
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SYS_ERROR", line 105
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 2806
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 4333
ORA-06512: at line 1Cheers,
Marcus

I guess I need SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE role
http://www.orafaq.com/node/807
SYS and users with SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE can see all objects.

[RESOLVED] dbms_metadata.get_ddl() issues

Hi all,
I'm having a bit of an issue using the dbms_metadata package. I've never used it so possibly I'm unaware of something basic.
I'm getting diferent results in my production and dev servers, both of which have this configuration:
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.6.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
JServer Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production
I am trying to replicate the DDL for one particular schema and so tried the following:
SQL> select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('TABLE',u.table_name)
2 from user_tables u
3 where rownum = 1;
ERROR:
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error
LPX-00210: expected '<' instead of 'n'
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_XML", line 0
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA_INT", line 3698
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA_INT", line 4553
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 458
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 615
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 1221
ORA-06512: at line 1I tried again with hard-coding a table name and got these very scary results:
SQL> select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('TABLE','CAMPAIGN_LOOKUP','XMLUSER') FROM DUAL;
ERROR:
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error
ORA-31605: the following was returned from LpxXSLResetAllVars in routine
kuxslResetParams:
LPX-1: NULL pointer
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_XML", line 0
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA_INT", line 3722
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA_INT", line 4553
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 458
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 615
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 1221
ORA-06512: at line 1in the above, I am logging in as the XMLUSER user and so owns the table campaign_lookup.
Next I tried getting the DDL for another schema that while still logged in as xmluser.
I'm certain that I have access read/write from the tclient table but got these results:
possibly the dbms_metadata package requires you to be loged in as the schema owner though
the oracle documentation link gives me a 404 error at the moment so I can't check.
SQL> select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('TABLE','TCLIENT','TRAVEL') from dual;
ERROR:
ORA-31603: object "TCLIENT" of type TABLE not found in schema "TRAVEL"
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SYS_ERROR", line 105
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 628
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 1221
ORA-06512: at line 1So now I log into production:
SQL> select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('TABLE',u.table_name)
2      from user_tables u
3      where rownum = 1;
DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('TABLE',
CREATE TABLE "XMLUSER"."CAMPAIGN_LOOKUP"
   (    "SCHEME_ID" VARCHAR2(30),
        "S
etc...but still can't extract DDL for another schema.
my main issue is, I can't log into production (or our implementation environment) as the schema
I want to extract due to big nasty DBAs locking it all down. however I can in dev, but get the above errors.
thoughts anyone?

Hi,
For your table not existing error it could be
1) Table not existing
or
2) Nonprivileged users can see the metadata of only their own objects.
SYS and users with SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE can see all objects
For other problem, there is a bug reported for your version, can search in metalink for workaround
Regards

Execute immediate on DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL with error of ORA-01031: insufficient privileges

I want to mirror a schema to a existing schema by creating DDL and recreate on the other schema with same name.
I wrote the code below:
create or replace
PROCEDURE                                    SCHEMA_A."MAI__DWHMIRROR"
AS
v_sqlstatement CLOB:='bos';
str varchar2(3999);
BEGIN
select
    replace(
      replace(replace(
      replace(DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('TABLE','XXXX','SCHEMA_A'),'(CLOB)',''),';','')
    ,'SCHEMA_A'
    ,'SCHEMA_B'
into v_sqlstatement
from dual;
select CAST(v_sqlstatement AS VARCHAR2(3999)) into str from dual;
execute immediate ''||str;
END;
And Executing this block with below code:
set serveroutput on
begin
SCHEMA_A.MAI__DWHMIRROR;
end;
But still getting the following error code:
Error report:
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
ORA-06512: at "SCHEMA_A.MAI__DWHMIRROR", line 47
ORA-06512: at line 2
01031. 00000 - "insufficient privileges"
*Cause:    An attempt was made to change the current username or password
           without the appropriate privilege. This error also occurs if
           attempting to install a database without the necessary operating
           system privileges.
           When Trusted Oracle is configure in DBMS MAC, this error may occur
           if the user was granted the necessary privilege at a higher label
           than the current login.
*Action:   Ask the database administrator to perform the operation or grant
           the required privileges.
           For Trusted Oracle users getting this error although granted the
           the appropriate privilege at a higher label, ask the database
           administrator to regrant the privilege at the appropriate label.

user5199319 wrote:
USER has DBA Role
when all else fails Read The Fine Manual
DBMS_METADATA

DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL performance

Hi
My application need to run on a schema and get all the DDL of the schema objects.
This action is very heavy on the server and I get 100% on the server CPU.
my code look something like this:
SELECT
D.OBJECT_NAME,
D.OBJECT_TYPE,
TRIM(SYS.DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL(REPLACE(REPLACE(OBJECT_TYPE,'DATABASE LINK','DB_LINK'),' ','_'),OBJECT_NAME,USER)) AS OBJECTCREATIONSCRIPT
FROM SYS.USER_OBJECTS D
INNER JOIN TEMPOBJECTSLIST OL
ON OL.DBOBJECT_NAME = D.OBJECT_NAME
AND OL.DBOBJECT_TYPE = D.OBJECT_TYPE
WHERE OBJECT_TYPE IN('TABLE', 'VIEW', 'FUNCTION', 'PROCEDURE', 'PACKAGE', 'PACKAGE BODY', 'SEQUENCE', 'TYPE', 'SYNONYM', 'MATERIALIZED VIEW', 'DATABASE LINK', 'TYPE BODY', 'TRIGGER')
Is ther any way to do this faster?
I was thinking on some ways but I do not know how to implement them:
1. working on paralel CPU - The action acording to Enterprise Manager is taking 100% of 1 of 4 CPUs.
2. Add some indexes or run statistics on some where in the database.
3. some other options...
thanks

Thanks, But I can't use an incremental table for this action becouse of some business logical restrictions of my application.
the application need to do the same action as GET_DDL for all the schema objects like one schema snapshot.
I have a new idea of solving this issue, perhaps someone could help me who to implement it (if it possible):
DMBS_METATDATA package has a procedure GET_XML this procedure is match faster than GET_DDL.
Is ther any way to convert the XML result of GET_XML to a DDL script?
Edited by: rronen on 00:06 01/09/2010
Edited by: rronen on 00:06 01/09/2010

DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL and Materialized View

hi gurus,
In 10gR2, i have created a materialized view EMP_MV with a simple structure.
I wanted to get the DDL of EMP_MV.
I used DBMS_METADATA to get the DDL,
select DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('MATERIALIZED_VIEW','EMP_MV','TARGET') into v_return from dual;
Output
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW "TARGET"."EMP_MV"
ORGANIZATION HEAP PCTFREE 10 PCTUSED 40 INITRANS 1 MAXTRANS 255 NOCOMPRESS LOGGING
STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645
PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT)
TABLESPACE "TARGET_TS_01"
BUILD IMMEDIATE
USING INDEX PCTFREE 10 INITRANS 2 MAXTRANS 255
STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645
PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT)
TABLESPACE "TARGET_TS_01"
REFRESH FAST ON DEMAND
WITH PRIMARY KEY USING DEFAULT LOCAL ROLLBACK SEGMENT
DISABLE QUERY REWRITE
AS select empid,empname,address from web.emp
Is there any way to get only SELECT part of this MV, ie select empid,empname,address from web.emp directly from dictionary without any string manipulation?
tia,
newbie

Yes you can do it. By using INSTR and SUBTR against the result of GET_DDL function
Try this:
select substr(DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('MATERIALIZED_VIEW','EMP_MV','TARGET'),instr(DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('MATERIALIZED_VIEW','EMP_MV','TARGET'),'select'),1000)
into v_return from dual;- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL - Required permissions in absense of SELECT_CATALOG_R

Hi,
In our production database SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE cannot be given to any normal user because of Security policy.
I am normal user and I would like to use DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL to get the DDL's of all the objects for creation of physical data model using tool.
In absense of SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE, are there any alternate roles/grants present which can be given to the normal user so that he/she can use GET_DDL for any object in the database?
Many Thanks in Advance!

Might not be exact match but Note 312883.1 talks about this.
Another way could be by create script/procedure to generate the DDL (like we use to do in 9i) and call it in place of DBMS_METADATA. This would require granting of SELECT privs on few dictionary objects. Check below article.
http://www.dba-oracle.com/oracle_tips_dbms_metadata.htm

DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL inside the pl/sql procedure

We have a requirement to drop certain materialized view and need to recreate based on certain condition inside the
pl/sql procedure.i am using the dbms_metadata to get the Mv ddls.
var1 := 'SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('MATERIALIZED_VIEW,'MV_NAME','OWNER')'|| 'from dual' || ';' ;
dbms_output.put_line(var1);
But i am unable to get the create ddl syntax in var1.
Can anyone help me on this

Hi Deepu,
you are not helping us too much. You information are coming drop by drop.
Anyway, I don't have a materialized view but I have tried with a table.
Here is my test and output (what I expect you too show us too):
First test using normal SELECT FROM DUAL:
SET LONG 2000000
SET HEAD OFF
SET ECHO ON
SELECT DBMS_METADATA.get_ddl ('TABLE', 'ALERT_QT', 'SYS') FROM DUAL;
Output:
SQL>
SQL> SELECT DBMS_METADATA.get_ddl ('TABLE', 'ALERT_QT', 'SYS') FROM DUAL;
CREATE TABLE "SYS"."ALERT_QT"
   (    "Q_NAME" VARCHAR2(30),
        "MSGID" RAW(16),
        "CORRID" VARCHAR2(128),
        "PRIORITY" NUMBER,
        "STATE" NUMBER,
        "DELAY" TIMESTAMP (6),
        "EXPIRATION" NUMBER,
        "TIME_MANAGER_INFO" TIMESTAMP (6),
        "LOCAL_ORDER_NO" NUMBER,
        "CHAIN_NO" NUMBER,
        "CSCN" NUMBER,
        "DSCN" NUMBER,
        "ENQ_TIME" TIMESTAMP (6),
        "ENQ_UID" VARCHAR2(30),
        "ENQ_TID" VARCHAR2(30),
        "DEQ_TIME" TIMESTAMP (6),
        "DEQ_UID" VARCHAR2(30),
        "DEQ_TID" VARCHAR2(30),
        "RETRY_COUNT" NUMBER,
        "EXCEPTION_QSCHEMA" VARCHAR2(30),
        "EXCEPTION_QUEUE" VARCHAR2(30),
        "STEP_NO" NUMBER,
        "RECIPIENT_KEY" NUMBER,
        "DEQUEUE_MSGID" RAW(16),
        "SENDER_NAME" VARCHAR2(30),
        "SENDER_ADDRESS" VARCHAR2(1024),
        "SENDER_PROTOCOL" NUMBER,
        "USER_DATA" "SYS"."ALERT_TYPE" ,
        "USER_PROP" "SYS"."ANYDATA" ,
         PRIMARY KEY ("MSGID")
USING INDEX PCTFREE 10 INITRANS 2 MAXTRANS 255
STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645
PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT)
TABLESPACE "SYSAUX" ENABLE
   ) USAGE QUEUE PCTFREE 10 PCTUSED 40 INITRANS 1 MAXTRANS 255 NOCOMPRESS LOGGIN
G
STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645
PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT)
TABLESPACE "SYSAUX"
OPAQUE TYPE "USER_PROP" STORE AS LOB (
ENABLE STORAGE IN ROW CHUNK 8192 PCTVERSION 10
CACHE
STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645
PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT))
{code}
Now with the procedure storing in CLOB variable
{code:sql}
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON SIZE UNLIMITED
SET LIN 5000
SET LONG 20000000
SET ECHO ON
DECLARE
   l_clob         CLOB;
BEGIN
   l_clob := DBMS_METADATA.get_ddl ('TABLE', 'ALERT_QT', 'SYS');
   DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (l_clob);
END;
Output:
SQL>
SQL> DECLARE
2     l_clob         CLOB;
3 BEGIN
4     l_clob := DBMS_METADATA.get_ddl ('TABLE', 'ALERT_QT', 'SYS');
5     DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (l_clob);
6 END;
7 /
CREATE TABLE "SYS"."ALERT_QT"
   (    "Q_NAME" VARCHAR2(30),
        "MSGID" RAW(16),
        "CORRID" VARCHAR2(128),
        "PRIORITY" NUMBER,
        "STATE" NUMBER,
        "DELAY" TIMESTAMP (6),
        "EXPIRATION" NUMBER,
        "TIME_MANAGER_INFO" TIMESTAMP (6),
        "LOCAL_ORDER_NO" NUMBER,
        "CHAIN_NO" NUMBER,
        "CSCN" NUMBER,
        "DSCN" NUMBER,
        "ENQ_TIME" TIMESTAMP (6),
        "ENQ_UID" VARCHAR2(30),
        "ENQ_TID" VARCHAR2(30),
        "DEQ_TIME" TIMESTAMP (6),
        "DEQ_UID" VARCHAR2(30),
        "DEQ_TID" VARCHAR2(30),
        "RETRY_COUNT" NUMBER,
        "EXCEPTION_QSCHEMA" VARCHAR2(30),
        "EXCEPTION_QUEUE" VARCHAR2(30),
        "STEP_NO" NUMBER,
        "RECIPIENT_KEY" NUMBER,
        "DEQUEUE_MSGID" RAW(16),
        "SENDER_NAME" VARCHAR2(30),
        "SENDER_ADDRESS" VARCHAR2(1024),
        "SENDER_PROTOCOL" NUMBER,
        "USER_DATA" "SYS"."ALERT_TYPE" ,
        "USER_PROP" "SYS"."ANYDATA" ,
         PRIMARY KEY ("MSGID")
USING INDEX PCTFREE 10 INITRANS 2 MAXTRANS 255
STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645
PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT)
TABLESPACE "SYSAUX" ENABLE
   ) USAGE QUEUE PCTFREE 10 PCTUSED 40 INITRANS 1 MAXTRANS 255 NOCOMPRESS LOGGING
STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645
PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT)
TABLESPACE "SYSAUX"
OPAQUE TYPE "USER_PROP" STORE AS LOB (
ENABLE STORAGE IN ROW CHUNK 8192 PCTVERSION 10
CACHE
STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645
PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT))
{code}
It should be nice if you could post your tests too if they are not working.
Regards.
Al

DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL has problem

Hi all,
I ran the following statement to get detail about index
SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('INDEX','u.UX_myIndex)
FROM USER_INDEXES u;
and I got the error message:
RA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SYS_ERROR", line 105
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 653
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 1260
ORA-06512: at line 1
Do you have any idea what is the problem here and
how to fix it.
Thank in advance,
JP

SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('INDEX','u.UX_myIndex)FROM USER_INDEXES u;
in the above qry ending single quote is missing ('u.UX_myIndex)
and object name won't be there like this u._____________
and how many time u want the same data suppose user_indexes have 1000 rows the it will display 1000 times why don't to use dual table
regs,
naresh

Dbms_metadata.get_ddl not working in 11g

Hi All,
I need a quick help from you. Following is not working in 11g.
dbms_metadata.get_ddl( 'MATERIALIZED_VIEW', Mview_name, owner )
It is throwing me an error saying the Materialized view does not exist, though its exist.
Please let me know, what is wrong here with 11g.

Please let me know, what is wrong here with 11g.No problem here: Can you reproduce these steps:
SQL> select * from v$version where rownum = 1
BANNER
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
1 row selected.
SQL> create materialized view mv_dummy as select * from dual
Materialized View created.
SQL> select dbms_metadata.get_ddl ('MATERIALIZED_VIEW', 'MV_DUMMY', user) ddl from dual
DDL
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW "MICHAEL"."MV_DUMMY" ("DUMMY")
ORGANIZATION HEAP PCTFREE 10 PCTUSED 40 INITRANS 1 MAXTRANS 255 NOCOMPRESS LOG
GING
STORAGE(INITIAL 65536 NEXT 1048576 MINEXTENTS 1 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645
PCTINCREASE 0 FREELISTS 1 FREELIST GROUPS 1 BUFFER_POOL DEFAULT)
TABLESPACE "USERS"
BUILD IMMEDIATE
USING INDEX
REFRESH FORCE ON DEMAND
USING DEFAULT LOCAL ROLLBACK SEGMENT
USING ENFORCED CONSTRAINTS DISABLE QUERY REWRITE
AS select * from dual
1 row selected.?

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