Deploying external tables with ombplus

Question

Hi,
we try to deploy our projects with ombplus. The script breaks at the first external table when we do:
OMBCREATE TRANSIENT DEPLOYMENT_ACTION_PLAN 'SVR_ET'
foreach ext_tab [OMBLIST EXTERNAL_TABLES] {
set exttab_path [concat $svr_modul$ext_tab]
OMBALTER DEPLOYMENT_ACTION_PLAN 'SVR_ET' \
ADD ACTION '$ext_tab' SET PROPERTIES (OPERATION) VALUES ('CREATE') \
SET REFERENCE EXTERNAL_TABLE '$exttab_path'}
OMBDEPLOY DEPLOYMENT_ACTION_PLAN 'SVR_ET'
There is one external table that give an "VLD-0917" - error details are:
java.lang.NullPointerException.
Beforehand we did the Connectors with such a loop.
Any ideas?
Michael

Answer 1

Hi Michael,
Try to make it simple first time without a loop. When you have that fixed you try to do it with a loop.
The example below, witout a loop, works for me.
/JZ
--First script deploy to file
set OMBLOG {c:\tmp_jz\omb_logfile_deploy_test_to_file.log}
OMBCONNECT owb_o/owb_o@localhost:1521:owbdb USE REPOSITORY 'owbdb'
OMBCC 'DATAWAREHOUSE'
OMBCONNECT CONTROL_CENTER owb_o/owb_o@localhost:1521:dw \
USE REPOSITORY 'owb_o'
OMBCREATE TRANSIENT DEPLOYMENT_ACTION_PLAN 'DEPLOY_TEST' \
ADD ACTION 'ST_ET_TABELL' \
SET PROPERTIES(OPERATION) VALUES ('CREATE') \
SET REFERENCE EXTERNAL_TABLE '/DATAWAREHOUSE/TEST/ET_TABLE'
OMBDEPLOY DEPLOYMENT_ACTION_PLAN 'DEPLOY_TEST' \
AS SPECIFICATION TO 'c:\\tmp_jz\\deploy_test_to_file.xml'
OMBDISCONNECT CONTROL_CENTER
OMBDISCONNECT
exit
--Second script deploy from file to control center
set OMBLOG {omb_logfile_deploy_test_to_cc.log}
OMBCONNECT CONTROL_CENTER owb_ow/owb_o@localhost:dw \
USE REPOSITORY 'owb_owner'
OMBDEPLOY SPECIFICATION FROM 'deploy_test.xml'
OMBDISCONNECT CONTROL_CENTER
exit