Failed to read USER_SDO_GEOM_METADATA view

Question

Hello,
I'm trying to add a geometry column to an oracleXE table.
commands issued are:
1) alter table specimen add (geom mdsys.sdo_geometry);
2) update specimen set geom = mdsys.sdo_geometry(2001,8307,mdsys.sdo_point_type(dec_long,dec_lat,null),null,null);
3) insert into mdsys.user_sdo_geom_metadata (table_name,column_name,diminfo,srid) values ('specimen','geom',mdsys.sdo_dim_array(mdsys.sdo_dim_element('longitude',-180,180,1), mdsys.sdo_dim_element ('latitude',-90,90,1)),8307);
all above seem to work correctly and if I list user_sdo_geom_metadata I get:
TABLE_NAME
COLUMN_NAME
DIMINFO(SDO_DIMNAME, SDO_LB, SDO_UB, SDO_TOLERANCE)
SRID
SPECIMEN
GEOM
SDO_DIM_ARRAY(SDO_DIM_ELEMENT('longitude', -180, 180, 1), SDO_DIM_ELEMENT('latit
ude', -90, 90, 1))
8307
TABLE_NAME
COLUMN_NAME
DIMINFO(SDO_DIMNAME, SDO_LB, SDO_UB, SDO_TOLERANCE)
SRID
which also looks correct.
However, when I try to create a spatial index with:
create index specimen_sidx on specimen(geom) indextype is mdsys.spatial_index;
I get the error:
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29855: error occurred in the execution of ODCIINDEXCREATE routine
ORA-13203: failed to read USER_SDO_GEOM_METADATA view
ORA-13203: failed to read USER_SDO_GEOM_METADATA view
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_INDEX_METHOD_10I", line 10
Does anyone have a fix or any idea why it fails?
Any help appreciated,
Dave

Answer 1

Sorry, I forgot about the triggers on the user_sdo_geom_metadata:
Do these as well (again while connected as SYSDBA).
alter session set current_schema=MDSYS;
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER SDO_GEOM_TRIG_INS1
INSTEAD OF INSERT ON user_sdo_geom_metadata
REFERENCING NEW AS n
FOR EACH ROW
declare
tname varchar2(32);
stmt varchar2(2048);
vcount INTEGER;
dimcount INTEGER;
tolerance NUMBER;
dimelement MDSYS.SDO_DIM_ELEMENT;
idx number;
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE
'SELECT user FROM dual' into tname;
if ( (instr(:n.table_name, ' ') > 0 ) OR
(instr(:n.table_name, '''') > 0 ) ) then
mderr.raise_md_error('MD', 'SDO', -13223,
:n.table_name||'.'||:n.column_name);
end if;
if ( (instr(:n.column_name, ' ') > 0 ) OR
(instr(:n.column_name, '''') > 0 ) ) then
mderr.raise_md_error('MD', 'SDO', -13223,
:n.table_name||'.'||:n.column_name);
end if;
stmt := 'SELECT count(*) FROM SDO_GEOM_METADATA_TABLE ' ||
'WHERE sdo_owner = :tname AND sdo_table_name = :table_name '||
' AND sdo_column_name = :column_name ';
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE stmt INTO vcount
USING upper(tname), upper(:n.table_name), upper(:n.column_name);
IF vcount = 0 THEN
dimcount := :n.diminfo.count;
FOR idx in 1 .. dimcount LOOP
dimelement := :n.diminfo(idx);
tolerance := dimelement.SDO_TOLERANCE;
if ( (tolerance is NULL) OR (tolerance <= 0) ) then
mderr.raise_md_error('MD', 'SDO', -13224,
:n.table_name||'.'||:n.column_name);
end if;
END LOOP;
INSERT INTO sdo_geom_metadata_table values
(tname,
upper(:n.table_name), upper(:n.column_name), :n.diminfo,
:n.srid);
ELSE
mderr.raise_md_error('MD', 'SDO', -13223,
:n.table_name||'.'||:n.column_name);
END IF;
END;
show errors;
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER SDO_GEOM_TRIG_DEL1
INSTEAD OF DELETE ON user_sdo_geom_metadata
REFERENCING OLD AS n
FOR EACH ROW
declare
tname varchar2(32);
stmt varchar2(2048);
vcount INTEGER;
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE
'SELECT user FROM dual' into tname;
DELETE FROM sdo_geom_metadata_table
WHERE SDO_OWNER = tname
AND SDO_TABLE_NAME = upper(:n.table_name)
AND SDO_COLUMN_NAME = upper(:n.column_name);
END;
show errors;
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER SDO_GEOM_TRIG_UPD1
INSTEAD OF UPDATE ON user_sdo_geom_metadata
REFERENCING OLD AS old NEW AS n
FOR EACH ROW
declare
tname varchar2(32);
stmt varchar2(2048);
vcount INTEGER;
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE
'SELECT user FROM dual' into tname;
UPDATE sdo_geom_metadata_table
SET (SDO_TABLE_NAME, SDO_COLUMN_NAME, SDO_DIMINFO, SDO_SRID) =
(SELECT upper(:n.table_name), upper(:n.column_name), :n.diminfo,
:n.srid FROM DUAL)
WHERE SDO_OWNER = tname
AND SDO_TABLE_NAME = upper(:old.table_name)
AND SDO_COLUMN_NAME = upper(:old.column_name);
END;
show errors;