Get author port from workflow
Greetings,
we have a case where we are dependent on knowing what port the author environment is listening to from within a workflow. We could add a configuration but there should be some way of getting the org.osgi.service.http.port property somehow. How??
/Ove
Hi Ove,
There isn'a a direct way to get the port from the service, this is due to not being able to guarantee in the Framework that this port property is set and correct currently. (I've seen suggestions of getting it from Java System Properties if using Standalone CQ, getting it from ConfigurationAdmin after getting the PID of CQSE [2], checking the BundleContext for the property).
I believe the best approach is to use a configuration, such as to properly configure the Externalizer [1] on your instances and you can get a authorLink from it.
Someone might be able to chip in a better answer.
[1] http://dev.day.com/docs/en/cq/current/javadoc/com/day/cq/commons/Externalizer.html
[2] http://www.osgi.org/javadoc/r4v42/org/osgi/service/cm/ConfigurationAdmin.html#listConfigur ations(java.lang.String)
Cheers -- David
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Doc ID: Note:276688.1
Subject: How to copy (export/import) the Portal database schemas of IAS 9.0.4 to another database
Type: BULLETIN
Status: PUBLISHED
Content Type: TEXT/X-HTML
Creation Date: 18-JUN-2004
Last Revision Date: 05-AUG-2005
How to copy (export/import) Portal database schemas of IAS 9.0.4 to another database
Note 276688.1
Download scripts Unix: Attachment 276688.1:1
Download Perl scripts (Unix/NT) :Attachment 276688.1:2
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HISTORY
Version 1.0 : 24-JUN-2004: creation
Version 1.1 : 25-JUN-2004: added a link to download the scripts from Metalink
Version 1.2 : 29-JUN-2004: Import script: Intermedia indexes are recreated. Imported jobs are reassigned to Portal. ptlconfig replaces ptlasst.
Version 1.3 : 09-JUL-2004: Additional updates. Usage of iasconfig.xml. Need only 3 environment variables to import.
Version 1.4 : 18-AUG-2004: Remark about 9.2.0.5 and 10.1.0.2 database
Version 1.5 : 26-AUG-2004: Duplicate job id
Version 1.6 : 29-NOV-2004: Remark about WWC-44131 and WWSBR_DOC_CTX_54
Version 1.7 : 07-JAN-2005: Attached perl scripts (for NT/Unix) at the end of the note
Version 1.8 : 12-MAY-2005: added a work-around for the WWSTO_SESS_FK1 issue
Version 1.9 : 07-JUL-2005: logoff trigger and 9.0.1 database export, import in 10g database
Version 1.10: 05-AUG-2005: reference to the 10.1.2 note
PURPOSE
This document explains how to copy a Portal database schema from a database to another database.
It allows restoring the Portal repository and the OID security associated with Portal.
It can be used to go in production by copying physically a database from a development portal to a production environment and avoid to use the export/import utilities of Portal.
This note:
uses the export/import on the database level
allows the export/import to be done between different platforms
The script are Unix based and for the BASH shell. They can be adapted for other platforms.
For the persons familiar with this technics in Portal 9.0.2, there is a list of the main differences with Portal 9.0.2 at the end of the note.
These scripts are based on the experience of a lot of persons in Portal 902.
The scripts are attached to the note. Download them here: Attachment 276688.1:1 : exp_schema_904.zip
A new version of the script was written in Perl. You can also download them, here: Attachment 276688.1:2 : exp_schema_904_v2.zip. They do exactly the same than the bash ones. But they have the advantage of working on all platforms.
SCOPE & APPLICATION
This document is intented for Portal administrators. For using this note, you need basic DBA skills.
This notes is for Portal 9.0.4.x only. The notes for Portal 9.0.2 are :
Note 228516.1 : How to copy (export/import) Portal database schemas of IAS 9.0.2 to another database
Note 217187.1 : How to restore a cold backup of a Portal IAS 9.0.2 on another machine
The note for Portal 10.1.2 is:
Note 330391.1 : How to copy (export/import) Portal database schemas of IAS 10.1.2 to another databaseMethod
The method that we will follow in the document is the following one:
Export:
- export of the 4 portal schemas of a database (DEV / development)
- export the LDAP OID users and groups (optional)
Install a new machine with fresh IAS installation (PROD / production)
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- delete the new and empty portal schema on PROD
- import the schemas in the production database in place of the deleted schemas
- import the LDAP OID users and groups (optional)
- modify the configuration such that the infrastructure uses the portal repository of the backup
- modify the configuration such that the portal repository uses the OID, webcache and SSO of the new infrastructure
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export : exp_portal_schema.sh
import : imp_portal_schema.sh
In the 2 scripts, all the steps are runned in one shot. It is just an example. Depending of the configuration and circonstance, all the steps can be runned independently.
Convention
Development (DEV) is the name of the machine where resides the copied database
Production (PROD) is the name of the machine where the database is copied
Prerequisite
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To run the import/export, you will need 3 environment variables. In the given scripts, they are defined in 'portal_env.sh'
SYS_PASSWORD - the password of user sys in the Portal database
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ORACLE_HOME - the ORACLE_HOME of the midtier
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< Note 223438.1 : Shell script to find your portal passwords, settings and place them in environment variables on Unix >
B. Definition: Cutter database
A 'Cutter Database' is the term used to designate a Database created by RepCA or OUI and that contains all the schemas used by a IAS 9.0.4 infrastructure. Even if in most cases, several schemas are not used.
In Portal 9.0.4, the option to install only the portal repository in an empty database has been removed. It has been replaced by RepCA, a tool that creates an infrastructure database. Inside all the infrastucture database schemas, there are the portal schemas.
This does not stop people to use 2 databases for running portal. One for OID and one for Portal. But in comparison with Portal 9.0.2, all schemas exist in both databases even if some are not used.
The main idea of Cutter database is to have only 1 database type. And in the future, simplify the upgrades of customer installation
For an installation where Portal and OID/SSO are in 2 separate databases, it looks like this
Portal 9.0.2 Portal 9.0.4
Infrastructure database
(INFRA_SID)
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- Portal (not used)
The infrastructure contains:
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- Single Sign-on / orasso (used)
- Portal (not used)
Portal database
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The custom Portal database (is also an infrastructure):
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- OEM (not used)
- Single Sign-on / orasso (not used)
- Portal (used)
Whatever, the note will suppose there is only one single database. But it works also for 2 databases installation like the one explained above.
C. Directory structure.
The sample scripts given inside this note will be explained in the next paragraphs. But first, the scripts are done to use a directory structure that helps to classify the files.
Here is a list of important files used during the process of export/import:
File Name
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exp_portal_schema.sh
Sample script that exports all the data needed from a development machine
imp_portal_schema.sh
Sample script that import all the data into a production machine
portal_env.sh
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portal_automatic_env.sh
Helper script to get all the rest of the Portal settings automatically
xsl
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del_authpassword.xsl
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portal_env_unix.sql
Helper script to get Portal settings from the iasconfig.xml file
exp_data
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portal_exp.dmp
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iasconfig.xml
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portal_users.xml
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portal_groups.xml export from LDAP of the OID groups used by Portal (optional)
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import.log Log file generated when running the imp command
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orclCommonNicknameAttribute must match in the Target and Source OID .
The orclCommonNicknameAttribute must match on both the source and target OID. By default this attribute is set to "uid", so if this has been changed, it must be changed in both systems.
Reference Note 282698.1
Migration of custom Java portlets.
The script migrates all the data of Portal stored in the database. If you have custom java portlet deployed in your development machine, you will need to copy them in the production system.
Step 1 - Export in Development (DEV)
To export a full Portal installation to another machine, you need to follow 3 steps:
Export at the database level the portal schemas + related schemas
Get the midtier hostname and port of DEV
Export of the users and groups with LDAPSEARCH in 2 XML files
A script combining all the steps is available here.
A. Export the 4 portals schemas (DEV)
You need to export 3 types of database schemas:
The 4 portal schemas created by default by the portal installation :
portal,
portal_app,
portal_demo,
portal_public
The schemas where your custom database portlets / providers resides (if any)
- The custom schemas you have created for storing your portlet / provider code
The schemas where your custom tables resides. (if any)
- Your custom schemas accessed by portal and containing only data (tables, views ...)
You can get an approximate list of the schemas: default portal schemas (1) and database portlets schemas (2) with this query.
SELECT USERNAME, DEFAULT_TABLESPACE, TEMPORARY_TABLESPACE
FROM DBA_USERS
WHERE USERNAME IN (user, user||'_PUBLIC', user||'_DEMO', user||'_APP')
OR USERNAME IN (SELECT DISTINCT OWNER FROM WWAPP_APPLICATION$ WHERE NAME != 'WWV_SYSTEM');
It still misses your custom schemas containing data only (3).
We will export the 4 schemas and your custom ones in an export file with the user sys.
Please, use a command like this one
exp userid="'sys/change_on_install@dev as sysdba'" file=portal_exp.dmp grants=y log=portal_exp.log owner=(portal,portal_app,portal_demo,portal_public)The result is a dump file: 'portal_exp.dmp'. If you are using a database 9.2.0.5 or 10.1.0.2, the database of the exp/imp dump file has changed. Please read this.
B. Hostname and port
For the URL to access the portal, you need the 2 following infos to run the script 'imp_portal_schema.sh below :
Webcache hostname
Webcache listen port
These values are contained in the iasconfig.xml file of the midtier.
iasconfig.xml
<IASConfig XSDVersion="1.0">
<IASInstance Name="ias904.dev.dev_domain.com" Host="dev.dev_domain.com" Version="9.0.4">
<OIDComponent AdminPassword="@BfgIaXrX1jYsifcgEhwxciglM+pXod0dNw==" AdminDN="cn=orcladmin" SSLEnabled="false" LDAPPort="3060"/>
<WebCacheComponent AdminPort="4037" ListenPort="7782" InvalidationPort="4038" InvalidationUsername="invalidator" InvalidationPassword="@BR9LXXoXbvW1iH/IEFb2rqBrxSu11LuSdg==" SSLEnabled="false"/>
<EMComponent ConsoleHTTPPort="1813" SSLEnabled="false"/>
</IASInstance>
<PortalInstance DADLocation="/pls/portal" SchemaUsername="portal" SchemaPassword="@BR9LXXoXbvW1c5ZkK8t3KJJivRb0Uus9og==" ConnectString="cn=asdb,cn=oraclecontext">
<WebCacheDependency ContainerType="IASInstance" Name="ias904.dev.dev_domain.com"/>
<OIDDependency ContainerType="IASInstance" Name="ias904.dev.dev_domain.com"/>
<EMDependency ContainerType="IASInstance" Name="ias904.dev.dev_domain.com"/>
</PortalInstance>
</IASConfig>
It corresponds to a portal URL like this:
http://dev.dev_domain.com:7782/pls/portalThe script exp_portal_schema.sh copy the iasconfig.xml file in the exp_data directory.
C. Export the security: users and groups (optional)
If you use other Single Sing-On uses than the portal user, you probably need to restore the full security, the users and groups stored in OID on the production machine. 5 steps need to be executed for this operation:
Export the OID entries with LDAPSEARCH
Before to import, change the domain in the generated file (optional)
Before to import, remove the 'authpassword' attributes from the generated files
Import them with LDAPADD
Update the GUID/DN of the groups in portal tables
Part 1 - LDAPSEARCH
The typical commands to do this operation look like this:
ldapsearch -h $OID_HOSTNAME -p $OID_PORT -X -b "cn=portal.040127.1384,cn=groups,dc=dev_domain,dc=com" -s sub "objectclass=*" > portal_group.xml
ldapsearch -h $OID_HOSTNAME -p $OID_PORT -X -D "cn=orcladmin" -w $IAS_PASSWORD -b "cn=users,dc=dev_domain,dc=com" -s sub "objectclass=inetorgperson" > portal_users.xmlTake care about the following points
The groups are stored in a LDAP directory containing the date of installation
( in this example: portal.040127.1384,cn=groups,dc=dev_domain,dc=com )
If the domain of dev and prod is different, the exported files contains the name of the development domain in the form of 'dc=dev_domain,dc=com' in a lot of place. The domain name needs to be replaced by the production domain name everywhere in the files.
Ldapsearch uses the option '- X '. It it to export to DSML files (XML). It avoids a problem related with common LDAP files, LDIF files. LDIF files are wrapped at 78 characters. The wrapping to 78 characters make difficult to change the domain name contained in the LDIF files. XML files are not wrapped and do not have this problem.
A sample script to export the 2 XML files is given here in : step 3 - export the users and groups (optional) of the export script.
Part 2 : change the domain in the DSML files
If the domain of dev and prod is different, the exported files contains the name of the development domain in the form of 'dc=dev_domain,dc=com' in a lot of place. The domain name need to be replaced by the production domain name everywhere in the files.
To do this, we can use these commands:
cat exp_data/portal_groups.xml | sed -e "s/$DEV_DN/$PROD_DN/" > imp_log/portal_groups.xml
cat exp_data/portal_users.xml | sed -e "s/$DEV_DN/$PROD_DN/" > imp_log/temp_users.xml
Part 3 : Remove the authpassword attribute
The export of all attributes from the all users has also exported an automatically generated attribute in OID called 'authpassword'.
'authpassword' is a list automatically generated passwords for several types of application. But mostly, it can not be imported. Also, there is no option in ldapsearch (that I know) that allows removing an attribute. In place of giving to the ldapsearch command the list of all the attributes that is very long, without 'authpassword', we will remove the attribute after the export.
For that we will use the fact that the DSML files are XML files. There is a XSLT in the Oracle IAS, in the executable '$ORACLE_HOME/bin/xml'. XSLT is a standard specification of the internet consortium W3C to transform a XML file with the help of a XSL file.
Here is the XSL file to remove the authpassword tag.
del_autpassword.xsl
<!--
File : del_authpassword.xsl
Version : 1.0
Author : mgueury
Description:
Remove the authpassword from the DSML files
-->
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xml:output method="xml"/>
<xsl:template match="*|@*|node()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="*|@*|node()"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="attr">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="@name='authpassword;oid'">
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="@name='authpassword;orclcommonpwd'">
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="*|@*|node()"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
And the command to make the transfomation:
xml -f -s del_authpassword.xsl -o imp_log/portal_users.xml imp_log/temp_users.xmlWhere :
imp_log/portal_users.xml is the final file without authpassword tags
imp_log/temp_users.xml is the input file with the authpassword tags that can not be imported.
Part 4 : LDAPADD
The typical commands to do this operation look like this:
ldapadd -h $OID_HOSTNAME -p $OID_PORT -D "cn=orcladmin" -w $IAS_PASSWORD -c -X portal_group.xml
ldapadd -h $OID_HOSTNAME -p $OID_PORT -D "cn=orcladmin" -w $IAS_PASSWORD -c -X portal_users.xmlTake care about the following points
Ldapadd uses the option ' -c '. Existing users/groups are generating an error. The option -c allows continuing and ignoring these errors. Whatever, the errors should be checked to see if it is just existing entries.
A sample script to import the 2 XML files given in the step 5 - import the users and groups (optional) of the import script.
Part 5 : Update the GUID/DN
In Portal 9.0.4, the update of the GUID is taken care by PTLCONFIG during the import. (Import step 7)
D. Example script for export
Here is a example script that combines the 3 steps.
Depending of you need, you will :
or execute all the steps
or just execute the 1rst one (export of the database users). It will be enough you just want to login with the portal user on the production instance.
if your portal repository resides in a database 9.2.0.5 or 10.1.0.2, please read this
you can download all the scripts here, Attachment 276688.1:1
Do not forget to modify the script to your need and mostly add the list of users like explained in point A above.
exp_portal_schema.sh
# BASH Script : exp_portal_schema.sh
# Version : 1.3
# Portal : 9.0.4.0
# History :
# mgueury - creation
# Description:
# This script export a portal dump file from a dev instance
# -------------------------- Environment variables --------------------------
. portal_env.sh
# In case you do not use portal_env.sh you have to define all the variables
# For exporting the dump file only.
# export SYS_PASSWORD=change_on_install
# export PORTAL_TNS=asdb
# For the security (optional)
# export IAS_PASSWORD=welcome1
# export PORTAL_USER=portal
# export PORTAL_PASSWORD=A1b2c3de
# export OID_HOSTNAME=development.domain.com
# export OID_PORT=3060
# export OID_DOMAIN_DN=dc=`echo $OID_HOSTNAME | cut -d '.' -f2,3,4,5,6 --output-delimiter=',dc='`
# ------------------------------ Help function -----------------------------------
function press_any_key() {
if [ $PRESS_ANY_KEY_AFTER_EACH_STEP = "Y" ]; then
echo
echo Press enter to continue
read $ANY_KEY
else
echo
fi
echo "------------------------------- Export ------------------------------------"
# create a directory for the export
mkdir exp_data
# copy the env variables in the log just in case
export > exp_data/exp_env_variable.txt
echo "--------------------- step 1 - export"
# export the portal users, but take care to add:
# - your users containing DB providers
# - your users containing data (tables)
exp userid="'sys/$SYS_PASSWORD@$PORTAL_TNS as sysdba'" file=exp_data/portal_exp.dmp grants=y log=exp_data/portal_exp.log owner=(portal,portal_app,portal_demo,portal_public)
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echo "--------------------- step 2 - store iasconfig.xml file of the MIDTIER"
cp $MIDTIER_ORACLE_HOME/portal/conf/iasconfig.xml exp_data
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echo "--------------------- step 3 - export the users and groups (optional)"
# Export the groups and users from OID in 2 XML files (not LDIF)
# The OID groups of portal are stored in GROUP_INSTALL_BASE that depends
# of the installation date.
# For the user, I use the default place. If it does not work,
# you can find the user place with:
# > exec dbms_output.put_line(wwsec_oid.get_user_search_base);
# Get the GROUP_INSTALL_BASE used in security export
sqlplus $PORTAL_USER/$PORTAL_PASSWORD@$PORTAL_TNS <<IASDB
set serveroutput on
spool exp_data/group_base.log
begin
dbms_output.put_line(wwsec_oid.get_group_install_base);
end;
IASDB
export GROUP_INSTALL_BASE=`grep cn= exp_data/group_base.log`
echo '--- Exporting Groups'
echo 'creating portal_groups.xml'
ldapsearch -h $OID_HOSTNAME -p $OID_PORT -X -s sub -b "$GROUP_INSTALL_BASE" -s sub "objectclass=*" > exp_data/portal_groups.xml
echo '--- Exporting Users'
echo 'creating portal_users.xml'
ldapsearch -h $OID_HOSTNAME -p $OID_PORT -D "cn=orcladmin" -w $IAS_PASSWORD -X -s sub -b "cn=users,$OID_DOMAIN_DN" -s sub "objectclass=inetorgperson" > exp_data/portal_users.xml
The script is done to run from the midtier.
Step 2 - Install IAS in a new machine (PROD)
A. Installation
This note does not distinguish if Portal is sharing the same database than Single-Sign On and OID. For simplicity, I will speak only about 1 database. But I could also create a second infrastructure database just for the portal repository. This way is better for production system, because the Portal repository is only product used in the 2nd database. Having 2 separate databases allows taking easily backup of the portal repository.
On the production machine, you need to install a fresh install of IAS 9.0.4. Take care to use :
the same IAS patchset 9.0.4.1, 9.0.4.2, ...on the middle-tier and infrastruture than in development
and same characterset than in development (or UTF8)
The result will be 2 ORACLE_HOMES and 1 infrastructure database:
the ORACLE_HOME of the infrastructure (SID:infra904)
the ORACLE_HOME of the midtier (SID:ias904)
an infrastructure database (SID:asdb)
The empty new Portal install should work fine before to go to the next step.
B. About tablespaces (optional)
The size of the tablespace of the production should match the one of the Developement machine. If not, the tablespace will autoextend. It is not really a concern, but it is slow. You should modify the tablespaces for to have as much space on prod and dev.
Also, it is safer to check that there is enough free space on the hard disk to import in the database.
To modify the tablespace size, you can use Oracle Entreprise Manager console,
On Unix, . oraenv
infra904oemapp dbastudio
On NT Start/ Programs/ Oracle Application server - infra904 / Enterprise Manager Console
Launch standalone
Choose the portal database (typically asdb.domain.com)
Connect with a DBA user, sys or system
Click Storage/Tablespaces
Change the size of the PORTAL, PORTAL_DOC, PORTAL_LOGS, PORTAL_IDX tablespaces
C. Backup
It could be a good idea to take a backup of the MIDTIER and INFRASTRUCTURE Oracle Homes at that point to allow retesting the import process if it fails for any reason as much as you want without needing to reinstall everything.
Step 3 - Import in production (on PROD)
The following script is a sample of an Unix script that combines all the steps to import a portal repository to the production machine.
To import a portal reporistory and his users and group in OID, you need to do 8 things:
Stop the midtier to avoid errors while dropping the portal schema
SQL*Plus with Portal
Drop the 4 default portal schemas
Create the portal users with the same passwords than the just deleted users and give them grants (you need to create your own custom shemas too if you have some).
Import the dump file
Import the users and groups into OID (optional)
SQL*Plus with SYS : Post import changes
Recompile everything in the database
Reassign the imported jobs to portal
SQL*Plus with Portal : Post import changes
Recreate the Portal intermedia indexes
Correct an import errror on wwsrc_preference$
Make additional post import changes, by updating some portal tables, and replacing the development hostname, port or domain by the production ones.
Rewire the portal repository with ptlconfig -dad portal
Restart the midtier
Here is a sample script to do this on Unix. You will need to adapt the script to your needs.
imp_portal_schema.sh
# BASH Script : imp_portal_schema.sh
# Version : 1.3
# Portal : 9.0.4.0
# History :
# mgueury - creation
# Description:
# This script import a portal dump file and relink it with an
# infrastructure.
# Script to be started from the MIDTIER
# -------------------------- Environment variables --------------------------
. portal_env.sh
# Development and Production machine hostname and port
# Example
# .._HOSTNAME machine.domain.com (name of the MIDTIER)
# .._PORT 7782 (http port of the MIDTIER)
# .._DN dc=domain,dc=com (domain name in a LDAP way)
# These values can be determined automatically with the iasconfig.xml file of dev
# and prod. But if you do not know or remember the dev hostname and port, this
# query should find it.
# > select name, http_url from wwpro_providers$ where http_url like 'http%'
# These variables are used in the
# > step 4 - security / import OID users and groups
# > step 6 - post import changes (PORTAL)
# Set the env variables of the DEV instance
rm /tmp/iasconfig_env.sh
xml -f -s xsl/portal_env_unix.xsl -o /tmp/iasconfig_env.sh exp_data/iasconfig.xml
. /tmp/iasconfig_env.sh
export DEV_HOSTNAME=$WEBCACHE_HOSTNAME
export DEV_PORT=$WEBCACHE_LISTEN_PORT
export DEV_DN=dc=`echo $OID_HOSTNAME | cut -d '.' -f2,3,4,5,6 --output-delimiter=',dc='`
# Set the env variables of the PROD instance
. portal_env.sh
export PROD_HOSTNAME=$WEBCACHE_HOSTNAME
export PROD_PORT=$WEBCACHE_LISTEN_PORT
export PROD_DN=dc=`echo $OID_HOSTNAME | cut -d '.' -f2,3,4,5,6 --output-delimiter=',dc='`
# ------------------------------ Help function -----------------------------------
function press_any_key() {
if [ $PRESS_ANY_KEY_AFTER_EACH_STEP = "Y" ]; then
echo
echo Press enter to continue
read $ANY_KEY
else
echo
fi
echo "------------------------------- Import ------------------------------------"
# create a directory for the logs
mkdir imp_log
# copy the env variables in the log just in case
export > imp_log/imp_env_variable.txt
echo "--------------------- step 1 - stop the midtier"
# This step is needed to avoid most case of ORA-01940: user connected
# when dropping the portal user
$MIDTIER_ORACLE_HOME/opmn/bin/opmnctl stopall
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echo "--------------------- step 2 - drop and create empty users"
sqlplus "sys/$SYS_PASSWORD@$PORTAL_TNS as sysdba" <<IASDB
spool imp_log/drop_create_user.log
---- Drop users
-- Warning: You need to stop all SQL*Plus connection to the
-- portal schema before that else the drop will give an
-- ORA-01940: cannot drop a user that is currently connected
drop user portal_public cascade;
drop user portal_app cascade;
drop user portal_demo cascade;
drop user portal cascade;
---- Recreate the users and give them grants"
-- The new users will have the same passwords as the users we just dropped
-- above. Do not forget to add your exported custom users
create user portal identified by $PORTAL_PASSWORD default tablespace portal;
grant connect,resource,dba to portal;
create user portal_app identified by $PORTAL_APP_PASSWORD default tablespace portal;
grant connect,resource to portal_app;
create user portal_demo identified by $PORTAL_DEMO_PASSWORD default tablespace portal;
grant connect,resource to portal_demo;
create user portal_public identified by $PORTAL_PUBLIC_PASSWORD default tablespace portal;
grant connect,resource to portal_public;
alter user portal_public grant connect through portal;
start $MIDTIER_ORACLE_HOME/portal/admin/plsql/wwv/wdbigra.sql portal
exit
IASDB
press_any_key
echo "--------------------- step 3 - import"
imp userid="'sys/$SYS_PASSWORD@$PORTAL_TNS as sysdba'" file=exp_data/portal_exp.dmp grants=y log=imp_log/import.log full=y
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echo "--------------------- step 4 - import the OID users and groups (optional)"
# Some errors will be raised when running the ldapadd because at least the
# default entries will not be able to be inserted. Remove them from the
# ldif file if you want to avoid them. Due to the flag '-c', ldapadd ignores
# duplicate entries. Another more radical solution is to erase all the entries
# of the users and groups in OID before to run the import.
# Replace the domain name in the XML files.
cat exp_data/portal_groups.xml | sed -e "s/$DEV_DN/$PROD_DN/" > imp_log/portal_groups.xml
cat exp_data/portal_users.xml | sed -e "s/$DEV_DN/$PROD_DN/" > imp_log/temp_users.xml
# Remove the authpassword attributes with a XSL stylesheet
xml -f -s xsl/del_authpassword.xsl -o imp_log/portal_users.xml imp_log/temp_users.xml
echo '--- Importing Groups'
ldapadd -h $OID_HOSTNAME -p $OID_PORT -D "cn=orcladmin" -w $IAS_PASSWORD -c -X imp_log/portal_groups.xml -v
echo '--- Importing Users'
ldapadd -h $OID_HOSTNAME -p $OID_PORT -D "cn=orcladmin" -w $IAS_PASSWORD -c -X imp_log/portal_users.xml -v
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echo "--------------------- step 5 - post import changes (SYS)"
sqlplus "sys/$SYS_PASSWORD@$PORTAL_TNS as sysdba" <<IASDB
spool imp_log/sys_post_changes.log
---- Recompile the invalid packages"
-- On the midtier, the script utlrp is not present. This step
-- uses a copy of it stored in patch/utlrp.sql
select count(*) INVALID_OBJECT_BEFORE from all_objects where status='INVALID';
start patch/utlrp.sql
set lines 999
select count(*) INVALID_OBJECT_AFTER from all_objects where status='INVALID';
---- Jobs
-- Reassign the JOBS imported to PORTAL. After the import, they belong
-- incorrectly to the user SYS.
update dba_jobs set LOG_USER='PORTAL', PRIV_USER='PORTAL' where schema_user='PORTAL';
commit;
exit
IASDB
press_any_key
echo "--------------------- step 6 - post import changes (PORTAL)"
sqlplus $PORTAL_USER/$PORTAL_PASSWORD@$PORTAL_TNS <<IASDB
set serveroutput on
spool imp_log/portal_post_changes.log
---- Intermedia
-- Recreate the portal indexes.
-- inctxgrn.sql is missing from the 9040 CD-ROMS. This is the bug 3536937.
-- Fixed in 9041. The missing script is contained in the downloadable zip file.
start patch/inctxgrn.sql
start $MIDTIER_ORACLE_HOME/portal/admin/plsql/wws/ctxcrind.sql
---- Import error
alter table "WWSRC_PREFERENCE$" add constraint wwsrc_preference_pk
primary key (subscriber_id, id)
using index wwsrc_preference_idx1
begin
DBMS_RLS.ADD_POLICY ('', 'WWSRC_PREFERENCE$', 'WEBDB_VPD_POLICY',
'', 'webdb_vpd_sec', 'select, insert, update, delete', TRUE,
static_policy=>true);
end ;
---- Modify tables with full URLs
-- If the domain name of prod and dev are different, this step is really important.
-- It modifies the portal tables that contains reference to the hostname or port
-- of the development machine. (For more explanation: see Addional steps in the note)
-- groups (dn)
update wwsec_group$
set dn=replace( dn, '$DEV_DN', '$PROD_DN' )
update wwsec_group$
set dn_hash = wwsec_api_private.get_dn_hash( dn )
-- users (dn)
update wwsec_person$
set dn=replace( dn, '$DEV_DN', '$PROD_DN' )
update wwsec_person$
set dn_hash = wwsec_api_private.get_dn_hash( dn)
-- subscriber
update wwsub_model$
set dn=replace( dn, '$DEV_DN', '$PROD_DN' ), GUID=':1'
where dn like '%$DEV_DN%'
-- preferences
update wwpre_value$
set varchar2_value=replace( varchar2_value, '$DEV_DN', '$PROD_DN' )
where varchar2_value like '%$DEV_DN%'
update wwpre_value$
set varchar2_value=replace( varchar2_value, '$DEV_HOSTNAME:$DEV_PORT', '$PROD_HOSTNAME:$PROD_PORT' )
where varchar2_value like '%$DEV_HOSTNAME:$DEV_PORT%'
-- page url items
update wwv_things
set title_link=replace( title_link, '$DEV_HOSTNAME:$DEV_PORT', '$PROD_HOSTNAME:$PROD_PORT' )
where title_link like '%$DEV_HOSTNAME:$DEV_PORT%'
-- web providers
update wwpro_providers$
set http_url=replace( http_url, '$DEV_HOSTNAME:$DEV_PORT', '$PROD_HOSTNAME:$PROD_PORT' )
where http_url like '%$DEV_HOSTNAME:$DEV_PORT%'
-- html links created by the RTF editor inside text items
update wwv_text
set text=replace( text, '$DEV_HOSTNAME:$DEV_PORT', '$PROD_HOSTNAME:$PROD_PORT' )
where text like '%$DEV_HOSTNAME:$DEV_PORT%'
-- Portlet metadata nls: help URL
update wwpro_portlet_metadata_nls$
set help_url=replace( help_url, '$DEV_HOSTNAME:$DEV_PORT', '$PROD_HOSTNAME:$PROD_PORT' )
where help_url like '%$DEV_HOSTNAME:$DEV_PORT%'
-- URL items (There is a trigger on this table building absolute_url automatically)
update wwsbr_url$
set absolute_url=replace( absolute_url, '$DEV_HOSTNAME:$DEV_PORT', '$PROD_HOSTNAME:$PROD_PORT' )
where absolute_url like '%$DEV_HOSTNAME:$DEV_PORT%'
-- Things attributes
update wwv_thingattributes
set value=replace( value, '$DEV_HOSTNAME:$DEV_PORT', '$PROD_HOSTNAME:$PROD_PORT' )
where value like '%$DEV_HOSTNAME:$DEV_PORT%'
commit;
exit
IASDB
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echo "--------------------- step 7 - ptlconfig"
# Configure portal such that portal uses the infrastructure database
cd $MIDTIER_ORACLE_HOME/portal/conf/
./ptlconfig -dad portal
cd -
mv $MIDTIER_ORACLE_HOME/portal/logs/ptlconfig.log imp_log
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echo "--------------------- step 8 - restart the midtier"
$MIDTIER_ORACLE_HOME/opmn/bin/opmnctl startall
date
Each step can generate his own errors due to a lot of factors. It is better to run the import step by step the first time.
Do not forget to check the output of log files created during the various steps of the import:
imp_log/drop_create_user.log
Spool when dropping and recreating the portal users
imp_log/import.log Import log file when importing the portal_exp.dmp file
imp_log/sys_post_changes.log
Spool when making post changes with SYS
imp_log/portal_post_changes.log
Spool when making post changes with PORTAL
imp_log/ptlconfig.log
Log file of ptconfig when rewiring the midtier
Step 4 - Test
A. Check the log files
B. Test the website and see if it works fine.
Step 5 - take a backup
Take a backup of all ORACLE_HOME and DATABASES to prevent all hardware problems. You need to copy:
All the files of the 2 ORACLE_HOME
And all the database files.
Step 6 - Additional steps
Here are some additional steps.
SSO external application ( that are part of the orasso schema and not imported yet )
Page URL items ( they seems to store the full URL ) - included in imp_portal_schema.sh
Web Providers ( the URL needs to be changed ) - included in imp_portal_schema.sh
Text items edited with the RTF editor in IE and containing links - included in imp_portal_schema.sh
Most of them are taken care by the "step 8 - post import changes". Except the first one.
1. SSO import
This script imports only Portal and the users/groups of OID. Not the list of the external application contained in the orasso user.
In Portal 9.0.4, there is a script called SSOMIG that resides in $INFRA_ORACLE_HOME/sso/bin and allows to move :
Definitions and user data for external applications
Registration URLs and tokens for partner applications
Connection information used by OracleAS Discoverer to access various data sources
See:
Oracle® Application Server Single Sign-On Administrator's Guide 10g (9.0.4) Part Number B10851-01
14. Exporting and Importing Data
2. Page items: the page URL items store the full URL.
This is Bug 2661805 fixed in Portal 9.0.2.6.
This following work-around is implemented in post import step of imp_portal_schema.sh
-- page url items
update wwv_things
set title_link=replace( title_link, 'dev.dev_domain.com:7778', 'prod.prod_domain.com:7778' )
where title_link like '%$DEV_HOSTNAME:$DEV_PORT%'
2. Web Providers
The URL to the Web providers needs also change. Like for the Page items, they contain the full path of the webserver.
Or you can get the list of the URLs to change with this query
select name, http_url from PORTAL.WWPRO_PROVIDERS$ where http_url like '%';
This following work-around is implemented in post import step of imp_portal_schema.sh
-- web providers
update wwpro_providers$
set http_url=replace( http_url, 'dev.dev_domain.com:7778', 'prod.prod_domain.com:7778' )
where http_url like '%$DEV_HOSTNAME:$DEV_PORT%'
4. The production and development machine do not share the same domain
If the domain of the production and the development are not the same, the DN (name in LDAP) of all users needs to change.
Let's say from
dc=dev_domain,dc=com -> dc=prod_domain,dc=com
1. before to upload the ldif files. All the strings in the 2 ldifs files that contain 'dc=dev_domain,dc=com', have to be replaced by 'dc=prod_domain,dc=com'
2. in the wwsec_group$ and wwsec_person$ tables in portal, the DN need to change too.
This following work-around is implemented in post import step of imp_portal_schema.sh
-- groups (dn)
update wwsec_group$
set dn=replace( dn, 'dc=dev_domain,dc=com', 'dc=prod_domain,dc=com' )
update wwsec_group$
set dn_hash = wwsec_api_private.get_dn_hash( dn )
-- users (dn)
update wwsec_person$
set dn=replace( dn, 'dc=dev_domain,dc=com', 'dc=prod_domain,dc=com' )
update wwsec_person$
set dn_hash = wwsec_api_private.get_dn_hash( dn)
5. Text items with HTML links
Sometimes people stores full URL inside their text items, it happens mostly when they use link with the RichText Editor in IE .
This following work-around is implemented in post import step in imp_portal_schema.sh
-- html links created by the RTF editor inside text items
update wwv_text
set text=replace( text, 'dev.dev_domain.com:7778', 'prod.prod_domain.com:7778' )
where text like '%$DEV_HOSTNAME:$DEV_PORT%'
6. OID Custom password policy
It happens quite often that the people change the password policy of the OID server. The reason is that with the default policy, the password expires after 60 days. If so, do not forget to make the same changes in the new installation.
PROBLEMS
1. Import log has some errors
A. EXP-00091 -Exporting questionable statistics
You can ignore this error.
B. IMP-00017 - WWSRC_PREFERENCE$
When importing, there is one import error:
IMP-00017: following statement failed with ORACLE error 921:
"ALTER TABLE "WWSRC_PREFERENCE$" ADD "
IMP-00003: ORACLE error 921 encountered
ORA-00921: unexpected end of SQL commandThe primary key is not created. You can create it with this commmand
in SQL*Plus with the user portal.. Then readd the missing VPD policy.
alter table "WWSRC_PREFERENCE$" add constraint wwsrc_preference_pk
primary key (subscriber_id, id)
using index wwsrc_preference_idx1
begin
DBMS_RLS.ADD_POLICY ('', 'WWSRC_PREFERENCE$', 'WEBDB_VPD_POLICY',
'', 'webdb_vpd_sec', 'select, insert, update, delete', TRUE,
static_policy=>true);
end ;
Step 8 in the script "imp_portal_schema.sh" take care of this. This can also possibly be solved by the
C. IMP-00017 - WWDAV$ASL
. importing table "WWDAV$ASL"
Note: table contains ROWID column, values may be obsolete 113 rows importedThis error is normal, the table really contains a ROWID column.
D. IMP-00041 - Warning: object created with compilation warnings
This error is normal too. The packages giving these error have
dependencies on package not yet imported. A recompilation is done
after the import.
E. ldapadd error 'cannot add add entries containing authpasswords'
# ldap_add: DSA is unwilling to perform
# ldap_add: additional info: You cannot add entries containing authpasswords.
"authpasswords" are automatically generated values from the real password of the user stored in userpassword. These values do not have to be exported from ldap.
In the import script, I remove the additional tag with a XSL stylesheet 'del_authpassword.xsl'. See above.
F. IMP-00017: WWSTO_SESSION$
IMP-00017: following statement failed with ORACLE error 2298:
"ALTER TABLE "WWSTO_SESSION$" ENABLE CONSTRAINT "WWSTO_SESS_FK1""
IMP-00003: ORACLE error 2298 encountered
ORA-02298: cannot validate (PORTAL.WWSTO_SESS_FK1) - parent keys not found
Here is a work-around for the problem. I will normally integrate it in a next version of the scripts.
SQL> delete from WWSTO_SESSION_DATA$;
7690 rows deleted.
SQL> delete from WWSTO_SESSION$;
1073 rows deleted.
SQL> commit;
Commit complete.
SQL> ALTER TABLE "WWSTO_SESSION$" ENABLE CONSTRAINT "WWSTO_SESS_FK1";
Table altered.
G. IMP-00017 - ORACLE error 1 - DBMS_JOB.ISUBMIT
This error can appear during the import when the import database is not empty and is already customized for some reasons. For example, you export from an infrastructure and you import in a database with a lot of other programs that uses jobs. And unhappily the same job id.
Due to the way the export/import of jobs is done, the jobs keeps their id after the import. And they may conflict.
IMP-00017: following statement failed with ORACLE error 1: "BEGIN DBMS_JOB.ISUBMIT(JOB=>42,WHAT=>'begin execute immediate " "''begin wwutl_cache_sys.process_background_inval; end;'' ; exc" "eption when others then wwlog_api.log(p_domain=> ''utl'', " " p_subdomain=>''cache'', p_name=>''background'', " " p_action=>''process_background_inval'', p_information => ''E" "rror in process_background_inval ''|| sqlerrm);end;', NEXT_DATE=" ">TO_DATE('2004-08-19:17:32:16','YYYY-MM-DD:HH24:MI:SS'),INTERVAL=>'SYSDATE " "+ 60/(24*60)',NO_PARSE=>TRUE); END;"
IMP-00003: ORACLE error 1 encountered ORA-00001: unique constraint (SYS.I_JOB_JOB) violated
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_JOB", line 97 ORA-06512: at line 1
Solutions:
1. use a fresh installed database,
2. Due that the jobs conflicting are different because it happens only in custom installation, there is no clear rule. But you can
recreate the jobs lost after the import with other_ids
and/or change the job id of the other program before to import. This type of commands can help you (you need to do it with SYS)
select * from dba_jobs;
update dba_jobs set job=99 where job=52;
commit
2. Import in a RAC environment
Be aware of the Bug 2479882 when the portal database is in a RAC database.
Bug 2479882 : NEEDED TO BOUNCE DB NODES AFTER INSTALLING PORTAL 9.0.2 IN RAC NODE3. Intermedia
After importing a environment, the intermedia indexes are invalid. To correct the error you need to run in SQL*Plus with Portal
start $MIDTIER_ORACLE_HOME/portal/admin/plsql/wws/inctxgrn.sql
start $MIDTIER_ORACLE_HOME/portal/admin/plsql/wws/ctxcrind.sql
But $MIDTIER_ORACLE_HOME/portal/admin/plsql/wws/inctxgrn.sql is missing in IAS 9.0.4.0. This is Bug 3536937. Fixed in 9041. The missing scripts are contained in the downloadable zip file (exp_schema904.zip : Attachment 276688.1:1 ), directory sql. This means that practically in 9040, you have to run
start sql/inctxgrn.sql
start $MIDTIER_ORACLE_HOME/portal/admin/plsql/wws/ctxcrind.sql
In the import script, it is done in the step 6 - recreate Portal Intermedia indexes.
You can not WA the problem without the scripts. Running ctxcrind.sql alone does not work. You will have this error:
ORA-06510: PL/SQL: unhandled user-defined exception
ORA-06512: at "PORTAL.WWERR_API_EXCEPTION", line 164
ORA-06512: at "PORTAL.WWV_CONTEXT", line 1035
ORA-06510: PL/SQL: unhandled user-defined exception
ORA-06512: at "PORTAL.WWERR_API_EXCEPTION", line 164
ORA-06512: at "PORTAL.WWV_CONTEXT", line 476
ORA-06510: PL/SQL: unhandled user-defined exception
ORA-20000: Oracle Text error:
DRG-12603: CTXSYS does not own user datastore procedure: WWSBR_THING_CTX_69
ORA-06512: at line 13
4. ptlconfig
If you try to run ptlconfig simply after an import you will get an error:
Problem processing Portal instance: Configuring HTTP server settings : Installing cache data : SQL exception: ERROR: ORA-23421: job number 32 is not a job in the job queue
This is because the import done by user SYS has imported the PORTAL jobs to the SYS schema in place of portal. The solution is to run
update dba_jobs set LOG_USER='PORTAL', PRIV_USER='PORTAL' where schema_user='PORTAL';
In the import script, it is done in the step 8 - post import changes.
5. WWC-41417 - invalid credentials.
When you try to login you get:
Unexpected error encountered in wwsec_app_priv.process_signon (User-Defined Exception) (WWC-41417)
An exception was raised when accessing the Oracle Internet Directory: 49: Invalid credentials
Details
Error:Operation: dbms_ldap.simple_bind_s
OID host: machine.domain.com
OID port number: 4032
Entry DN: orclApplicationCommonName=PORTAL,cn=Portal,cn=Products,cn=OracleContext. (WWC-41743)Solution:
- run secupoid.sql
- rerun ptlconfig
This problem has been seen after using ptlasst in place of ptlconfig.
6. EXP-003 with a database 9.2.0.5 or 10.1.0.2
In fact, the DB format of imp/exp has changed in 9.2.0.5 or 10.1.0.2. The EXP-3 error only occurs when the export from the 9.2.0.5.0 or 10.1.0.2.0 database is done with a lower release export utility, e.g. 9.2.0.4.0.
Due to the way this note is written, the imp/exp utility used is the one of the midtier (9014), if your portal resides in a 9.2.0.5 database, it will not work. To work-around the problem, there are 2 solutions:
Change the script so that it uses the exp and imp command of database.
Make a change to the 9.2.0.5 or 10.1.0.2 database to make them compatible with previous version. The change is to modify a database internal view before to export/import the data.
A work-around is given in Bug 3784697
1. Make a note of the export definition of exu9tne from
$OH/rdbms/admin/catexp.sql
2. Copy this to a new file and add "UNION ALL select * from sys.exu9tneb" to the end of the definition
3. Run this as sys against the DB to be exported.
4. Export as required
5. Put back the original definition of exu9tne
eg: For 9204 the workaround view would be:
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW exu9tne (
tsno, fileno, blockno, length) AS
SELECT ts#, segfile#, segblock#, length
FROM sys.uet$
WHERE ext# = 1
UNION ALL
select * from sys.exu9tneb
7. EXP-00006: INTERNAL INCONSISTENCY ERROR
This is Bug 2906613.
The work-around given in this bug is the following:
- create the following view, connected as sys, before running export:
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW exu8con (
objid, owner, ownerid, tname, type, cname,
cno, condition, condlength, enabled, defer,
sqlver, iname) AS
SELECT o.obj#, u.name, c.owner#, o.name,
decode(cd.type#, 11, 7, cd.type#),
c.name, c.con#, cd.condition, cd.condlength,
NVL(cd.enabled, 0), NVL(cd.defer, 0),
sv.sql_version, NVL(oi.name, '')
FROM sys.obj$ o, sys.user$ u, sys.con$ c,
sys.cdef$ cd, sys.exu816sqv sv, sys.obj$ oi
WHERE u.user# = c.owner# AND
o.obj# = cd.obj# AND
cd.con# = c.con# AND
cd.spare1 = sv.version# (+) AND
cd.enabled = oi.obj# (+) AND
NOT EXISTS (
SELECT owner, name
FROM sys.noexp$ ne
WHERE ne.owner = u.name AND
ne.name = o.name AND
ne.obj_type = 2)
The modification of exu8con simply adds support for a constraint type that had not previously been supported by this view. There is no negative impact.
8. WWSBR_DOC_CTX_54 is invalid
After the recompilation of the package, one package remains invalid (in sys_post_changes.log):
INVALID_OBJECT_AFTER
1
select owner, object_name from all_objects where status='INVALID'
CTXSYS WWSBR_DOC_CTX_54
CREATE OR REPLACE procedure WWSBR_DOC_CTX_54
(rid in rowid, bilob in out NOCOPY blob)
is begin PORTAL.WWSBR_CTX_PROCS.DOC_CTX(rid,bilob);end;
This object is not used anymore by portal. The error can be ignored. The procedure can be removed too. This is Bug 3559731.
9. You do not have permission to perform this operation. (WWC-44131)
It seems that there are problems if
- groups on the production machine are not residing in the default place in OID,
- and that the group creation base and group search base where changed.
After this, the cloning of the repository work without problem. But it seems that the command 'ptlconfig -dad portal' does not reset the GUID and DN of the groups correctly. I have not checked this yet.
The solution seems to use the script given in the 9.0.2 Note 228516.1. And run group_sec.sql to reset all the DN and GUID in the copied instance.
10. Invalid Java objects when exporting from a 9.x database and importing in a 10g database
If you export from a 9.x database and import in a 10g database, after running utlrp.sql, 18 Java objects will be invalid.
select object_name, object_type from user_objects where status='INVALID'
SQL> /
OBJECT_NAME OBJECT_TYPE
/556ab159_Handler JAVA CLASS
/41bf3951_HttpsURLConnection JAVA CLASS
/ce2fa28e_ProviderManagerClien JAVA CLASS
/c5b98d35_ServiceManagerClient JAVA CLASS
/d77cf2ab_SOAPServlet JAVA CLASS
/649bf254_JavaProvider JAVA CLASS
/a9164b8b_SpProvider JAVA CLASS
/2ee43ac9_StatefulEJBProvider JAVA CLASS
/ad45acec_StatelessEJBProvider JAVA CLASS
/da1c4a59_EntityEJBProvider JAVA CLASS
/66fdac3e_OracleSOAPHTTPConnec JAVA CLASS
/939c36f5_OracleSOAPHTTPConnec JAVA CLASS
org/apache/soap/rpc/Call JAVA CLASS
org/apache/soap/rpc/RPCMessage JAVA CLASS
org/apache/soap/rpc/Response JAVA CLASS
/198a7089_Message JAVA CLASS
/2cffd799_ProviderGroupUtils JAVA CLASS
/32ebb779_ProviderGroupMgrProx JAVA CLASS
18 rows selected.
This is a known issue. This can be solved by applying patch one of the following patch depending of your IAS version.
Bug 3405173 - PORTAL 9.0.4.0.0 PATCH FOR 10G DB UPGRADE (FROM 9.0.X AND 9.2.X)
Bug 4100409 - PORTAL 9.0.4.1.0 PATCH FOR 10G DB UPGRADE (FROM 9.0.X AND 9.2.X)
Bug 4100417 - PORTAL 9.0.4.2.0 PATCH FOR 10G DB UPGRADE (FROM 9.0.X AND 9.2.X)
11. Import : IMP-00003: ORACLE error 30510 encountered
When importing Portal 9.0.4.x, it could be that the import of the database side produces an error ORA-30510.The new perl script work-around the issue in the portal_post_import.sql script. But not the BASH scripts. If you use the BASH scripts, after the import, please run this command manually in SQL*Plus logged as portal.
---- Import error 2 - ORA-30510 when importing
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER logoff_trigger
before logoff on schema
begin
-- Call wwsec_oid.unbind to close open OID connections if any.
wwsec_oid.unbind;
exception
when others then
-- Ignore all the errors encountered while unbinding.
null;
end logoff_trigger;
This is logged as <Bug;4458413>.
12. Exporting from a 9.0.1 database and import in a 9.2.0.5+ or 10g DB
It could be that when exporting from a 9.0.1 database to a 10g database that the java classes do not get compiled correctly. The following errors are seen
ORA-29534: referenced object PORTAL.oracle/net/www/proto/https/HttpsURLConnection could not be resolved
errors:: class oracle/net/www/proto/https/HttpsURLConnection
ORA-29521: referenced name oracle/security/ssl/OracleSSLSocketFactoryImpl could not be found
ORA-29521: referenced name oracle/security/ssl/OracleSSLSocketFactory could not be found
In such a case, please apply the following patches after the import in the 10g database.
Bug 3405173 PORTAL REPOS DB UPGRADE TO 10G: for Portal 9.0.4.0
Bug 4100409 PORTAL REPOS DB UPGRADE TO 10G: for Portal 9.0.4.1
Main Differences with Portal 9.0.2
For the persons used to this technics in Portal 9.0.2, you could be interested to read the main differences with the same note for Portal 9.0.2
Portal 9.0.2
Portal 9.0.4
Cutter database
Portal 9.0.2 can be part of an infrastructure database or in a custom external database.
In Portal 9.0.2, the portal schema is imported in an empty database.
Portal 9.0.4 can only be installed in a 'Cutter database', a database created with RepCA or OUI containing always OID, DCM and so on...
In Portal 9.0.4, the portal schema is imported in an 'Cutter database' (new)
group_sec.sql
group_sec.sql is used to correct the GUIDs of OID stored in Portal
ptlconfig -dad portal -oid is used to correct the GUIDs of OID stored in Portal (new)
1 script
The import / export are divided by several steps with several scripts
The import script is done in one step
Additional steps are included in the script
This requires to know the hostname and port of the original development machine. (new)
Import
The steps are:
creation of an empty database
creation of the users with password=username
import
The steps are:
creation of an IAS 10g infrastructure DB (repca or OUI)
deletion of new portal schemas (new)
creation of the users with the same password than the schemas just dropped.
import
DAD
The dad needed to be changed
The passwords are not changed, the dad does not need to be changed.
Bugs
In portal 9.0.2, 2 bugs were workarounded by change_host.sh
In Portal 9.0.4, some tables additional tables needs to be updated manually before to run ptlasst. This is #Bug:3762961#.
export of LDAP
The export is done in LDIF files. If the prod and the dev have different domain, it is quite difficult to change the domain name in these file due to the line wrapping at 78 characters.
The export is done in XML files, in the DSML format (new). It is a lot easier to change the XML files if the domain name is different from PROD to DEV.
Download
You have to cut and paste the scripts
The scripts are attached to the note. Just donwload them.
Rewiring
9.0.2 uses ptlasst.
ptlasst.csh -mode MIDTIER -i custom -s $PORTAL_USER -sp $PORTAL_PASSWORD -c $PORTAL_HOSTNAME:$PORTAL_DB_PORT:$PORTAL_SERVICE_NAME -sdad $PORTAL_DAD -o orasso -op $ORASSO_PASSWORD -odad orasso -host $MIDTIER_HOSTNAME -port $MIDTIER_HTTP_PORT -ldap_h $INFRA_HOSTNAME -ldap_p $OID_PORT -ldap_w $IAS_PASSWORD -pwd $IAS_PASSWORD -sso_c $INFRA_HOSTNAME:$INFRA_DB_PORT:$INFRA_SERVICE_NAME -sso_h $INFRA_HOSTNAME -sso_p $INFRA_HTTP_PORT -ultrasearch -oh $MIDTIER_ORACLE_HOME -mc false -mi true -chost $MIDTIER_HOSTNAME -cport_i $WEBCACHE_INV_PORT -cport_a $WEBCACHE_ADM_PORT -wc_i_pwd $IAS_PASSWORD -emhost $INFRA_HOSTNAME -emport $EM_PORT -pa orasso_pa -pap $ORASSO_PA_PASSWORD -ps orasso_ps -pp $ORASSO_PS_PASSWORD -iasname $IAS_NAME -verbose -portal_only
9.0.4 uses ptlconfig (new)
ptlconfig -dad portal
Environment variables
A lot of environment variables are needed
Just 3 environment variables are needed:
- password of SYS
- password of IAS,
- ORACLE_HOME of the Midtier
All the rest is found in iasconfig.xml and LDAP (new)
TO DO
- Check if the orclcommonapplication name fits SID.hostname
- Check what gives the import of a portal30 upgraded schema inside a schema named portal
- Explain how to copy the portal*.dbf files in place of export/import and the limitation of tra -
Error in loading WFT from workflow loader
I am trying to load wft from workflow loader with following command
wftload.bat /mode forceupload /debug true /user of_user/password passwd /connectstring "(DESCRIPTION =(ADDRESS_LIST =(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = testhost)(PORT = 1521))) (CONNECT_DATA =(SERVICE_NAME = TESTSERVICE)))" /filename E:\Test.wft
and getting following error. Please help.
Exception encountered in load store from file [E:\Test.wft].
WF_DAO_LOAD_FAILED
TOKEN : NAME = file:/E:/Test.wft.GI.CHANGEOVER.DATEVETH.STARTCHECKMODE
Caused By: oracle.apps.fnd.wf.common.WorkflowException: WF_DAO_LOAD_FAILED
TOKEN : NAME = file:/E:/Test.wft.GI.CHANGEOVER.DATEVETH.STARTCHECKMODE
at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.design.loader.db.DesignElementDao.checkFault(Desig
nElementDao.java:130)
at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.design.loader.db.ActivityAttributeValueDao.create(
ActivityAttributeValueDao.java:354)
at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.design.loader.db.ActivityAttributeValueDao.save(Ac
tivityAttributeValueDao.java:245)
at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.design.loader.db.DBLoader.create(DBLoader.java:104
at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.design.DesignStore.create(DesignStore.java:459)
at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.common.Element.create(Element.java:224)
at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.common.Element.save(Element.java:199)
at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.design.DesignBaseComponent.saveChildren(DesignBase
Component.java:274)
at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.design.Process.saveChildren(Process.java:154)
at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.design.ItemType.recursiveSave(ItemType.java:603)
at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.design.ItemType.saveChildren(ItemType.java:594)
at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.WFTLoad.upload(WFTLoad.java:878)
at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.WFTLoad.forceUpload(WFTLoad.java:609)
at oracle.apps.fnd.wf.WFTLoad.main(WFTLoad.java:317)
Error occurs during Workflow definition loading.
I am using windows 2003 server SP2 and oracle workflow release 2.6.4 on standalone machine
Edited by: user12855908 on Mar 26, 2010 4:29 PMReplace ''{" by "(" in your control file
LOAD data
infile 'c:\data.txt'
append into table emp_t
empid terminated by ',',
fname terminated by ',',
lname terminated by ',',
salary terminated by whitespace
C:\>sqlldr user/pwd@database control=c.ctl
SQL*Loader: Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production on Wed Nov 13 10:10:24 2013
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Commit point reached - logical record count 1
Commit point reached - logical record count 2
SQL> select * from emp_t;
EMPID FNAME LNAME SALARY
1 Kaushal halani 5000
2 Chetan halani 1000
Best regards
Mohamed Houri -
NullPointerException - Cannot get the value from variable f_cashGiven
In SubCheckout.java (a POS), what I want is when Payment button (f_cashPayment) is pressed, the action "Cash" is performed, get the value from Cash Given (f_cashGiven), do the subtraction and post the value as Cash Return (f_cashReturn). The code is filled in actionPerformed. But I cannot get the value by using f_cashGiven.getValue() from VNumber class. It returns NULL. This should be quite straight forward, but I do not know what is wrong. Please help!
Enclosed please find the source code of SubCheckout.java and VNumber.java
This is the code of SubCheckout.java :
* The contents of this file are subject to the Compiere License Version 1.1
* ("License"); You may not use this file except in compliance with the License
* You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.compiere.org/license.html
* Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
* WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for
* the specific language governing rights and limitations under the License.
* The Original Code is Compiere ERP & CRM Smart Business Solution. The Initial
* Developer of the Original Code is Jorg Janke. Portions created by Jorg Janke
* are Copyright (C) 1999-2005 Jorg Janke.
* All parts are Copyright (C) 1999-2005 ComPiere, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
* Contributor(s): ______________________________________.
package org.compiere.pos;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.math.BigDecimal;
import javax.swing.border.*;
import org.compiere.grid.ed.*;
import org.compiere.swing.*;
import org.compiere.util.*;
* POS Checkout Sub Panel
* @author Jorg Janke
* @version $Id: SubCheckout.java,v 1.3 2005/03/11 20:28:22 jjanke Exp $
public class SubCheckout extends PosSubPanel implements ActionListener
* Constructor
* @param posPanel POS Panel
public SubCheckout (PosPanel posPanel)
super (posPanel);
} // PosSubCheckout
private CButton f_register = null;
private CButton f_summary = null;
private CButton f_process = null;
private CButton f_print = null;
private CLabel f_lcreditCardNumber = null;
private CTextField f_creditCardNumber = null;
private CLabel f_lcreditCardExp = null;
private CTextField f_creditCardExp = null;
private CLabel f_lcreditCardVV = null;
private CTextField f_creditCardVV = null;
private CButton f_cashPayment = null;
private CLabel f_lcashGiven = null;
private VNumber f_cashGiven = null;
private CLabel f_lcashReturn = null;
private VNumber f_cashReturn = null;
private CButton f_creditPayment = null;
/** Logger */
private static CLogger log = CLogger.getCLogger(SubCheckout.class);
* Initialize
public void init()
// Title
TitledBorder border = new TitledBorder(Msg.getMsg(Env.getCtx(), "Checkout"));
setBorder(border);
// Content
setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc.insets = INSETS2;
// -- 0
gbc.gridx = 0;
f_register = createButtonAction("Register", null);
gbc.gridy = 0;
add (f_register, gbc);
f_summary = createButtonAction("Summary", null);
gbc.gridy = 1;
add (f_summary, gbc);
f_process = createButtonAction("Process", null);
gbc.gridy = 2;
add (f_process, gbc);
f_print = createButtonAction("Print", null);
gbc.gridy = 3;
add (f_print, gbc);
// -- 1 -- Cash
gbc.gridx = 1;
gbc.gridheight = 2;
gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.BOTH;
gbc.weightx = .1;
CPanel cash = new CPanel(new GridBagLayout());
cash.setBorder(new TitledBorder(Msg.getMsg(Env.getCtx(), "Cash")));
gbc.gridy = 0;
add (cash, gbc);
GridBagConstraints gbc0 = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc0.insets = INSETS2;
gbc0.anchor = GridBagConstraints.WEST;
f_lcashGiven = new CLabel(Msg.getMsg(Env.getCtx(),"CashGiven"));
cash.add (f_lcashGiven, gbc0);
f_cashGiven = new VNumber("CashGiven", false, false, true, DisplayType.Amount,
Msg.translate(Env.getCtx(), "CashGiven"));
f_cashGiven.addActionListener(this);
f_cashGiven.setColumns(10, 25);
cash.add (f_cashGiven, gbc0);
f_cashGiven.setValue(Env.ZERO);
f_lcashReturn = new CLabel(Msg.getMsg(Env.getCtx(),"CashReturn"));
cash.add (f_lcashReturn, gbc0);
f_cashReturn = new VNumber("CashReturn", false, true, false, DisplayType.Amount,
"CashReturn");
f_cashReturn.setColumns(10, 25);
cash.add (f_cashReturn, gbc0);
f_cashReturn.setValue(Env.ZERO);
f_cashPayment = createButtonAction("Payment", null);
f_cashPayment.setActionCommand("Cash");
gbc0.anchor = GridBagConstraints.EAST;
gbc0.weightx = 0.1;
cash.add (f_cashPayment, gbc0);
// -- 1 -- Creditcard
CPanel creditcard = new CPanel(new GridBagLayout());
creditcard.setBorder(new TitledBorder(Msg.translate(Env.getCtx(), "CreditCardType")));
gbc.gridy = 2;
add (creditcard, gbc);
GridBagConstraints gbc1 = new GridBagConstraints();
gbc1.insets = INSETS2;
gbc1.anchor = GridBagConstraints.WEST;
gbc1.gridx = 0;
gbc1.gridy = 0;
f_lcreditCardNumber = new CLabel(Msg.translate(Env.getCtx(), "CreditCardNumber"));
creditcard.add (f_lcreditCardNumber, gbc1);
gbc1.gridy = 1;
f_creditCardNumber = new CTextField(18);
creditcard.add (f_creditCardNumber, gbc1);
gbc1.gridx = 1;
gbc1.gridy = 0;
f_lcreditCardExp = new CLabel(Msg.translate(Env.getCtx(),"CreditCardExp"));
creditcard.add (f_lcreditCardExp, gbc1);
gbc1.gridy = 1;
f_creditCardExp = new CTextField(5);
creditcard.add (f_creditCardExp, gbc1);
gbc1.gridx = 2;
gbc1.gridy = 0;
f_lcreditCardVV = new CLabel(Msg.translate(Env.getCtx(), "CreditCardVV"));
creditcard.add (f_lcreditCardVV, gbc1);
gbc1.gridy = 1;
f_creditCardVV = new CTextField(5);
creditcard.add (f_creditCardVV, gbc1);
gbc1.gridx = 3;
gbc1.gridy = 0;
gbc1.gridheight = 2;
f_creditPayment = createButtonAction("Payment", null);
f_creditPayment.setActionCommand("CreditCard");
gbc1.anchor = GridBagConstraints.EAST;
gbc1.weightx = 0.1;
creditcard.add (f_creditPayment, gbc1);
} // init
* Get Panel Position
public GridBagConstraints getGridBagConstraints()
GridBagConstraints gbc = super.getGridBagConstraints();
gbc.gridx = 0;
gbc.gridy = 3;
return gbc;
} // getGridBagConstraints
* Dispose - Free Resources
public void dispose()
super.dispose();
} // dispose
* Action Listener
* @param e event
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent e)
String action = e.getActionCommand();
if (action == null || action.length() == 0)
return;
log.info( "PosSubCheckout - actionPerformed: " + action);
if (e.getSource() == f_cashGiven) {
f_cashGiven.setValue(f_cashGiven.getValue());
System.out.println("f_cashGiven"+f_cashGiven.getDisplay());
// Register
// Summary
// Print
if (action.equals("Cash")) {
BigDecimal CashGiven, GrandTotal, CashReturn;
System.out.println("Cash given is "+f_cashGiven.getDisplay());
CashGiven = (BigDecimal)f_cashGiven.getValue();
GrandTotal = (BigDecimal)p_posPanel.f_curLine.getOrder().getGrandTotal();
CashReturn = CashGiven.subtract(GrandTotal);
f_cashReturn.setValue(CashReturn);
// Cash (Payment)
// CreditCard (Payment)
} // actionPerformed
} // PosSubCheckoutThis is the code of VNumber.java :
* The contents of this file are subject to the Compiere License Version 1.1
* ("License"); You may not use this file except in compliance with the License
* You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.compiere.org/license.html
* Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
* WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for
* the specific language governing rights and limitations under the License.
* The Original Code is Compiere ERP & CRM Smart Business Solution. The Initial
* Developer of the Original Code is Jorg Janke. Portions created by Jorg Janke
* are Copyright (C) 1999-2005 Jorg Janke.
* All parts are Copyright (C) 1999-2005 ComPiere, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
* Contributor(s): ______________________________________.
package org.compiere.grid.ed;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.beans.*;
import java.math.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.util.logging.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;
import org.compiere.apps.*;
import org.compiere.model.*;
import org.compiere.swing.*;
import org.compiere.util.*;
* Number Control
* @author Jorg Janke
* @version $Id: VNumber.java,v 1.41 2005/09/03 01:57:16 jjanke Exp $
public final class VNumber extends JComponent
implements VEditor, ActionListener, KeyListener, FocusListener
/** Number of Columns (12) */
public final static int SIZE = 12;
* IDE Bean Constructor
public VNumber()
this("Number", false, false, true, DisplayType.Number, "Number");
} // VNumber
* Create right aligned Number field.
* no popup, if WindowNo == 0 (for IDs)
* @param columnName column name
* @param mandatory mandatory
* @param isReadOnly read only
* @param isUpdateable updateable
* @param displayType display type
* @param title title
public VNumber(String columnName, boolean mandatory, boolean isReadOnly, boolean isUpdateable,
int displayType, String title)
super();
super.setName(columnName);
m_columnName = columnName;
m_title = title;
setDisplayType(displayType);
LookAndFeel.installBorder(this, "TextField.border");
this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
// this.setPreferredSize(m_text.getPreferredSize()); // causes r/o to be the same length
// int height = m_text.getPreferredSize().height;
// setMinimumSize(new Dimension (30,height));
// *** Text ***
m_text.setBorder(null);
m_text.setHorizontalAlignment(JTextField.TRAILING);
m_text.addKeyListener(this);
m_text.addFocusListener(this);
// Background
setMandatory(mandatory);
this.add(m_text, BorderLayout.CENTER);
// *** Button ***
m_button.setIcon(Env.getImageIcon("Calculator10.gif"));
m_button.setMargin(new Insets(0, 0, 0, 0));
m_button.setFocusable(false);
m_button.addActionListener(this);
this.add (m_button, BorderLayout.EAST);
// Prefereed Size
this.setPreferredSize(this.getPreferredSize()); // causes r/o to be the same length
// Size
setColumns(SIZE, CComboBox.FIELD_HIGHT-4);
// ReadWrite
if (isReadOnly || !isUpdateable)
setReadWrite(false);
else
setReadWrite(true);
} // VNumber
* Dispose
public void dispose()
m_text = null;
m_button = null;
m_mField = null;
} // dispose
* Set Document
* @param doc document
protected void setDocument(Document doc)
m_text.setDocument(doc);
} // getDocument
private String m_columnName;
protected int m_displayType; // Currency / UoM via Context
private DecimalFormat m_format;
private String m_title;
private boolean m_setting;
private String m_oldText;
private String m_initialText;
private boolean m_rangeSet = false;
private Double m_minValue;
private Double m_maxValue;
private boolean m_modified = false;
/** The Field */
private CTextField m_text = new CTextField(SIZE); // Standard
/** The Button */
private CButton m_button = new CButton();
private MField m_mField = null;
/** Logger */
private static CLogger log = CLogger.getCLogger(VNumber.class);
* Set no of Columns
* @param columns columns
public void setColumns (int columns, int height)
m_text.setPreferredSize(null);
m_text.setColumns(columns);
Dimension size = m_text.getPreferredSize();
if (height > size.height) // default 16
size.height = height;
if (CComboBox.FIELD_HIGHT-4 > size.height)
size.height = VLookup.FIELD_HIGHT-4;
this.setPreferredSize(size); // causes r/o to be the same length
this.setMinimumSize(new Dimension (columns*10, size.height));
m_button.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(size.height, size.height));
} // setColumns
* Set Range with min & max
* @param minValue min value
* @param maxValue max value
* @return true, if accepted
public boolean setRange(Double minValue, Double maxValue)
m_rangeSet = true;
m_minValue = minValue;
m_maxValue = maxValue;
return m_rangeSet;
} // setRange
* Set Range with min & max = parse US style number w/o Gouping
* @param minValue min value
* @param maxValue max value
* @return true if accepted
public boolean setRange(String minValue, String maxValue)
if (minValue == null || maxValue == null)
return false;
try
m_minValue = Double.valueOf(minValue);
m_maxValue = Double.valueOf(maxValue);
catch (NumberFormatException nfe)
return false;
m_rangeSet = true;
return m_rangeSet;
} // setRange
* Set and check DisplayType
* @param displayType display type
public void setDisplayType (int displayType)
m_displayType = displayType;
if (!DisplayType.isNumeric(displayType))
m_displayType = DisplayType.Number;
m_format = DisplayType.getNumberFormat(displayType);
m_text.setDocument (new MDocNumber(displayType, m_format, m_text, m_title));
} // setDisplayType
* Set ReadWrite
* @param value value
public void setReadWrite (boolean value)
if (m_text.isReadWrite() != value)
m_text.setReadWrite(value);
if (m_button.isReadWrite() != value)
m_button.setReadWrite(value);
// Don't show button if not ReadWrite
if (m_button.isVisible() != value)
m_button.setVisible(value);
} // setReadWrite
* IsReadWrite
* @return true if rw
public boolean isReadWrite()
return m_text.isReadWrite();
} // isReadWrite
* Set Mandatory (and back bolor)
* @param mandatory mandatory
public void setMandatory (boolean mandatory)
m_text.setMandatory(mandatory);
} // setMandatory
* Is it mandatory
* @return true if mandatory
public boolean isMandatory()
return m_text.isMandatory();
} // isMandatory
* Set Background
* @param color color
public void setBackground(Color color)
m_text.setBackground(color);
} // setBackground
* Set Background
* @param error error
public void setBackground (boolean error)
m_text.setBackground(error);
} // setBackground
* Set Foreground
* @param fg foreground
public void setForeground(Color fg)
m_text.setForeground(fg);
} // setForeground
* Set Editor to value
* @param value value
public void setValue(Object value)
log.finest("Value=" + value);
if (value == null)
m_oldText = "";
else
m_oldText = m_format.format(value);
// only set when not updated here
if (m_setting)
return;
m_text.setText (m_oldText);
m_initialText = m_oldText;
m_modified = false;
} // setValue
* Property Change Listener
* @param evt event
public void propertyChange (PropertyChangeEvent evt)
if (evt.getPropertyName().equals(org.compiere.model.MField.PROPERTY))
setValue(evt.getNewValue());
} // propertyChange
* Return Editor value
* @return value value (big decimal or integer)
public Object getValue()
if (m_text == null || m_text.getText() == null || m_text.getText().length() == 0)
return null;
String value = m_text.getText();
// return 0 if text deleted
if (value == null || value.length() == 0)
if (!m_modified)
return null;
if (m_displayType == DisplayType.Integer)
return new Integer(0);
return Env.ZERO;
if (value.equals(".") || value.equals(",") || value.equals("-"))
value = "0";
try
Number number = m_format.parse(value);
value = number.toString(); // converts it to US w/o thousands
BigDecimal bd = new BigDecimal(value);
if (m_displayType == DisplayType.Integer)
return new Integer(bd.intValue());
if (bd.signum() == 0)
return bd;
return bd.setScale(m_format.getMaximumFractionDigits(), BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_UP);
catch (Exception e)
log.log(Level.SEVERE, "Value=" + value, e);
if (m_displayType == DisplayType.Integer)
return new Integer(0);
return Env.ZERO;
} // getValue
* Return Display Value
* @return value
public String getDisplay()
return m_text.getText();
} // getDisplay
* Get Title
* @return title
public String getTitle()
return m_title;
} // getTitle
* Plus - add one.
* Also sets Value
* @return new value
public Object plus()
Object value = getValue();
if (value == null)
if (m_displayType == DisplayType.Integer)
value = new Integer(0);
else
value = Env.ZERO;
// Add
if (value instanceof BigDecimal)
value = ((BigDecimal)value).add(Env.ONE);
else
value = new Integer(((Integer)value).intValue() + 1);
setValue(value);
return value;
} // plus
* Minus - subtract one, but not below minimum.
* Also sets Value
* @param minimum minimum
* @return new value
public Object minus (int minimum)
Object value = getValue();
if (value == null)
if (m_displayType == DisplayType.Integer)
value = new Integer(minimum);
else
value = new BigDecimal(minimum);
setValue(value);
return value;
// Subtract
if (value instanceof BigDecimal)
BigDecimal bd = ((BigDecimal)value).subtract(Env.ONE);
BigDecimal min = new BigDecimal(minimum);
if (bd.compareTo(min) < 0)
value = min;
else
value = bd;
else
int i = ((Integer)value).intValue();
i--;
if (i < minimum)
i = minimum;
value = new Integer(i);
setValue(value);
return value;
} // minus
* Action Listener
* @param e event
public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent e)
log.config(e.getActionCommand());
if (ValuePreference.NAME.equals(e.getActionCommand()))
if (MRole.getDefault().isShowPreference())
ValuePreference.start (m_mField, getValue());
return;
if (e.getSource() == m_button)
m_button.setEnabled(false);
String str = startCalculator(this, m_text.getText(), m_format, m_displayType, m_title);
m_text.setText(str);
m_button.setEnabled(true);
try
fireVetoableChange (m_columnName, m_oldText, getValue());
catch (PropertyVetoException pve) {}
m_text.requestFocus();
} // actionPerformed
* Key Listener Interface
* @param e event
public void keyTyped(KeyEvent e) {}
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {}
* Key Listener.
* - Escape - Restore old Text
* - firstChange - signal change
* @param e event
public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e)
log.finest("Key=" + e.getKeyCode() + " - " + e.getKeyChar()
+ " -> " + m_text.getText());
// ESC
if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_ESCAPE)
m_text.setText(m_initialText);
m_modified = true;
m_setting = true;
try
if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_ENTER) // 10
fireVetoableChange (m_columnName, m_oldText, getValue());
fireActionPerformed();
else // indicate change
fireVetoableChange (m_columnName, m_oldText, null);
catch (PropertyVetoException pve) {}
m_setting = false;
} // keyReleased
* Focus Gained
* @param e event
public void focusGained (FocusEvent e)
if (m_text != null)
m_text.selectAll();
} // focusGained
* Data Binding to MTable (via GridController.vetoableChange).
* @param e event
public void focusLost (FocusEvent e)
// log.finest(e.toString());
// APanel - Escape
if (e.getOppositeComponent() instanceof AGlassPane)
m_text.setText(m_initialText);
return;
try
fireVetoableChange (m_columnName, m_initialText, getValue());
fireActionPerformed();
catch (PropertyVetoException pve) {}
} // focusLost
* Invalid Entry - Start Calculator
* @param jc parent
* @param value value
* @param format format
* @param displayType display type
* @param title title
* @return value
public static String startCalculator(Container jc, String value,
DecimalFormat format, int displayType, String title)
log.config("Value=" + value);
BigDecimal startValue = new BigDecimal(0.0);
try
if (value != null && value.length() > 0)
Number number = format.parse(value);
startValue = new BigDecimal (number.toString());
catch (ParseException pe)
log.info("InvalidEntry - " + pe.getMessage());
// Find frame
Frame frame = Env.getFrame(jc);
// Actual Call
Calculator calc = new Calculator(frame, title,
displayType, format, startValue);
AEnv.showCenterWindow(frame, calc);
BigDecimal result = calc.getNumber();
log.config( "Result=" + result);
calc = null;
if (result != null)
return format.format(result);
else
return value; // original value
} // startCalculator
* Set Field/WindowNo for ValuePreference
* @param mField field
public void setField (MField mField)
m_mField = mField;
if (m_mField != null
&& MRole.getDefault().isShowPreference())
ValuePreference.addMenu (this, popupMenu);
} // setField
* Remove Action Listner
* @param l Action Listener
public void removeActionListener(ActionListener l)
listenerList.remove(ActionListener.class, l);
} // removeActionListener
* Add Action Listner
* @param l Action Listener
public void addActionListener(ActionListener l)
listenerList.add(ActionListener.class, l);
} // addActionListener
* Fire Action Event to listeners
protected void fireActionPerformed()
int modifiers = 0;
AWTEvent currentEvent = EventQueue.getCurrentEvent();
if (currentEvent instanceof InputEvent)
modifiers = ((InputEvent)currentEvent).getModifiers();
else if (currentEvent instanceof ActionEvent)
modifiers = ((ActionEvent)currentEvent).getModifiers();
ActionEvent ae = new ActionEvent (this, ActionEvent.ACTION_PERFORMED,
"VNumber", EventQueue.getMostRecentEventTime(), modifiers);
// Guaranteed to return a non-null array
Object[] listeners = listenerList.getListenerList();
// Process the listeners last to first, notifying those that are interested in this event
for (int i = listeners.length-2; i>=0; i-=2)
if (listeners==ActionListener.class)
((ActionListener)listeners[i+1]).actionPerformed(ae);
} // fireActionPerformed
} // VNumberIf getValue() returns null, you need to trace the execution of the code and figure out which sequence of code is leading to the return of null. This method looks complex - a lot of if statements. If you do not have a debugger, put System.out.println statements inside the method to figure out what's going on.
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How do you get a RESPONSE from Verizon?
How does one get a response from Verizon? Here's my situation...
Given the amount of trouble that I have had with a recent order, you would think that I was trying to land a 747 jet on my roof. In reality, all I was aiming to do was to cancel the $19.99 per month phone service that I never used. I do not even own a phone, for that matter. I also had enhanced high speed Internet, and I wanted to retain the high speed Internet. A few days before January 13, 2012, I called Verizon and spoke to the 1st sales representative, who ensured me that it was no problem to cancel the phone service and yet retain the high speed Internet for the same monthly price. 24 hours later, my high speed DSL service was no longer functioning. I will try to briefly explain the disastrous customer service that ensued.
The first several phone calls to Verizon were not productive as I was transferred to the wrong department, and then at least one of my phone calls was dropped by the Verizon server. The representative did not call me back. I finally got in touch with a technical support representative, the 2nd Verizon representative, who informed me that the high speed Internet had been turned off and that I had to speak to a sales representative to solve the issue. Another sales representative, the 3rd Verizon representative, informed me that the 1st representative had cancelled my phone line, and thus cancelled all of my services. Great. The 3rd representative informed me that he was absolutely capable of handling the problem and that he would simply add a new order for high speed Internet, which was to be activated the next morning. The next morning came and went, and guess what? No Internet. I called again. The 4th Verizon representative told me that everything that had been done previously was incorrect and that the sales department is not capable of making such changes. She told me that she could not help me and that my claim had to be submitted to a different department, which has the authority to un-do all of the previous changes. She told me that I would receive a call back the same day to resolve the issue. Given my previous experiences with Verizon, I was confident that I would not, in fact, receive a call back and so I asked her how I could get transferred to this department, if I needed to call again. She said that I could not be transferred. Okay. So then I asked her what to ask for so that next time I called, I could be transferred to the correct department without dealing with yet another sales representative who gives me yet a different story. She informed me that she could not provide that information to customers. The Department That Shall Not Be Named (and that I cannot contact) did not call me, and I was not surprised. Unfortunately, I did not know how to go about contacting them, because, as I was told, customers aren’t allowed to do that.
The 6th phone call to Verizon was dropped by the Verizon server. The 7th phone call to Verizon went to the 5th Verizon representative, a sales associate who placed us on hold for the first 15 minutes only to inform us that she could not find any record of our Internet service. What the heck was she doing, checking her Facebook account? She finally returns, puts us on another extended hold, and then adamantly tells us that we need to speak with technical support, which, if you recall, was the first Verizon party that I spoke at the beginning of this debacle. The 5th representative transfers me again to technical support. Of course, the technical support personnel, the 6th Verizon representative said what the first one did, that the account was inactive and that we needed to talk to the sales department. My husband was on the phone at this point because I was DONE. When the 6th technical support representative tried to transfer him back to the sales department, my husband insisted that the 6th technical support representative remain on the line while we spoke to yet another sales representative, the 7th Verizon representative. The 6th technical support representative patiently waited with us while we sat in yet another long queue to speak with a member of the sales department.
The 7th sale representative, from the retention department based out of New Jersey, found that all previous orders had been set up erroneously. She cancelled the old orders and reinstated a completely new order. The DSL began working a few days later. MAGIC. She then left me a voicemail message saying that she would eliminate the activation and shipping fee (duh) as I never canceled the account to begin with and as I already had the equipment. She also applied a coupon to reduce the price to around $30 per month, assured for the next 2 years. I was relieved.
You can imagine our frustration then when we received the bill for $79 on February 6, 2012, which included a much higher monthly rate (around $45) and the shipping and activation fee of $19.99 that we were assured we would not pay. Again, nothing was shipped to us because we already had the equipment.
Our next phone call to Verizon landed us with a guy, the 8th Verizon representative, who had no intention of helping us. According to him, there was no record of these wrongs, and despite the fact that we had an old account number and three order numbers that were screwed up, he did not deem that there was enough evidence to change our monthly bill. (Unfortunately, the 7th Verizon representative did not make notes or appropriately document the situation on the new account.) The 8th Verizon representative then had the audacity to comment that we could be lying to him, yet he was unwilling to view the evidence that we could have presented. Instead, he suggested that we call tech support again and try to go through the same process to get connected to the mysterious “retention department” which he knew nothing about.
At this point, I was beyond fed up. The attitude of the 8th Verizon representative put me over the edge. I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau (BBB) with an abbreviated version of this story. I did not file the complaint to get back at Verizon. Instead, I filed the complaint because I knew that another phone call to Verizon would be useless. I’ve been dealing with this issue for over a month, and I’m sick of it. I have better things to do with my time, believe it or not, and this situation has resulted in a significantly waste of my time over what, in my opinion, was a very simple issue to resolve.
The BBB processed the complaint and I was contacted last Friday afternoon by a Verizon representative (the 9th) who said that she was looking into the matter and that she would respond to me within two to three business days. Well, it’s almost the end of the week, and I have received no response. Again, after all of this, how could I be surprised?
I have been a Verizon customer, wireless and residential, for as long as I can remember, but I am reaching the point of outrage. This situation is truly unacceptable.
You would think that, in 2012, with all of the technology available to us and the fact that Verizon is a COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, that at least Verizon employees would be able to make a basic change to an existing order and that at least one out of 9 Verizon representatives would be able to solve this issue in a span of over four weeks. Think again.
How does one get a response from Verizon?dougiedc wrote:
It boggles the mind. The Verizon store on L Street downtown Washington, D.C. cannot access my Verizon account. They can only sell cellphones then it's up to me to contact Verizon on my own to get the hook up. I even asked "Are you Verizon employes? Is this a vendor store or is it really a Verizon owned and operated store?" The answer "Yes, we are Verizon employes, yes this is a Verizon owned and operated store" ...
Yes, it indeed boggles the mind. I'm of course referring to the fact that your post concerns Verizon Wireless products and services. This forum is dedicated exclusively to Verizon Communications services. As you probably know, Verizon Wireless and Verizon Communications operate as separate companies.
If you need help for a Verizon wireless product or service, it's best to direct questions to the Verizon Wireless forums. You can reach them by clicking on "Wireless" (either here or at the top of the page).
Good luck and I sincerely hope you get your issue resolved. -
Get numerical values from 2D array of string
Hello!
I start by saying that I have a base knowledge of LabView. I'm using LabView 2011. I'm doing some communications test via Can-Bus protocol. As you can see in pictures of the block diagram and of the front panel that I've attached I'm using "Transmit Receive same Port" LabView example. It works very good but I would need to insert the 8 data bytes that I receive from the server in 8 different numerical variables so that I could use them to make some operations. How can I get numerical values from the 2D array of string that I attached?
Every example that you can provide is important!
Thank you very much!
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2.jpg 149 KBHi martiflix,
ehm: to unbundle data from a cluster I would use the function Unbundle(ByName)…
When you are new to LabVIEW you should take all the FREE online resources offered by NI on their website!
Best regards,
GerdW
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