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We are facing the problem of OWB job registration in OEM. The error message that we are getting is
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Doc ID : Note 124011.1
Doc ID : Note 169922.1
. We have also installed the patch 9.0.2.66.0. but problem continues.
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Your first issue is regarding the control file not being passed. In order to fix that you have to specify the control file in the mapping configuration. Beware that this control file is being read through utl_file, i.e. you will have to set the utl_file_dir in the init parameters of your database to the correct directory in order for the database to be able to read it. Basically, the control file is being read in order to fill the audit tables with the correct data.
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lv_orig_str_dt = lv_orig_end_dt - 6.
IF p_date-low < lv_orig_str_dt.
p_date-low = lv_orig_str_dt.
ENDIF.
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AND RETURN.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
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EXIT.
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ENDWHILE.
thanks
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