Indexing problems

Question

I was able to create/update indexes. Configuration did not change. Now, on the same box with listener running, I cannot create a new index. I get:
create index tmp_t1 on tmp(test) indextype is context
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29855: error occurred in the execution of ODCIINDEXCREATE routine
ORA-20000: ConText error:
ORA-06520: PL/SQL: Error loading external library
ORA-06522: ld.so.1: extprocPLSExtProc: fatal: libskgxp8.so: open failed: No
such file or directory
ORA-06512: at "CTXSYS.DRUE", line 122
ORA-06512: at "CTXSYS.TEXTINDEXMETHODS", line 34
ORA-06512: at line 1
Please help!

Answer 1

Please double check the following steps regarding Net8 Configuration?
A. Configure an IPC listener address.
For example, change:
LISTENER =
(ADDRESS_LIST=
(ADDRESS=
(PROTOCOL=tcp) (HOST=ap118sun.us.oracle.com) (PORT=1521)
to:
LISTENER =
(DESCRIPTION_LIST =
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC) (KEY = EXTPROC0))
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP) (HOST = ap118sun) (PORT
=1521))
This shows the full LISTENER definition in your listener.ora. Note: EXTPROC0 ends in a
zero.
B. Add a system identifier (SID) name of PLSExtProc and a program name of EXTPROC in the server's LISTENER.ORA file.
For example, in the SID_LIST_LISTENER definition, insert:
SID_LIST_LISTENER =
(SID_LIST =
(SID_DESC = ...
(SID_DESC =
(SID_NAME=PLSExtProc)(ORACLE_HOME=/oracle/db/dev118)
(PROGRAM=extproc)
C. Add a net service name description entry for EXTPROC0 in the server's tnsnames.ora
file, using SID rather than SERVICE_NAME in the CONNECT_DATA section.
For example, add this to the end of tnsnames.ora:
extproc_connection_data =
(DESCRIPTION=
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC0))
(CONNECT_DATA=
(SID=PLSExtProc)
(PRESENTATION = RO)
This entry should be added exactly as you see it here (do NOT substitute your SID
anywhere, do NOT change the case of any text). Note: EXTPROC0 ends in a zero, RO
ends in an Oh
-How do I check my interMedia Text installation and setup?
A.
lsnrct1status
should give you the following:
LSNRCTL for Solaris: Version
8.1.5.0.0 - Production on 31-MAR-99 18:57:49
(c) Copyright 1998 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved.
Connecting to
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC0)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
Alias LISTENER
Version TNSLSNR for Solaris: Version 8.1.5.0.0 - Production
Start Date 30-MAR-99 15:53:06
Uptime 1 days 3 hr. 4 min. 42 sec
Trace Level off
Security OFF
SNMP OFF
Listener Parameter File
/private7/oracle/oracle_home/network/admin/listener.ora
Listener Log File
/private7/oracle/oracle_home/network/log/listener.log
Services Summary...
PLSExtProc has 1 service handler(s)
oco815 has 3 service handler(s)
The command completed successfully
The important information to understand here is the service handler for PLSExtProc.
B. Create a user/table/index/query thus:
As SYS or SYSTEM:
create user ctxtest identified by ctxtest ;
grant connect, resource, ctxapp to ctxtest ;
Do any other grants, quotas, tablespace etc. for the new user. As CTXTEST:
create table quick
quick_id number primary key,
text varchar(80)
insert into quick ( quick_id, text )
values ( 1, 'The cat sat on the mat' );
insert into quick ( quick_id, text )
values ( 2, 'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog' );
commit;
create index quick_text on quick ( text )
indextype is ctxsys.context;
At this point, if your Net8 setup is NOT correct you will get:
create index quick_text on quick ( text )
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29855: error occurred in the execution of ODCIINDEXCREATE routine
ORA-20000: ConText error:
DRG-50704: Net8 listener is not running or cannot start external procedures
ORA-28575: unable to open RPC connection to external procedure agent
ORA-06512: at "CTXSYS.DRUE", line 122
ORA-06512: at "CTXSYS.TEXTINDEXMETHODS", line 34
ORA-06512: at line 1
If everything is OK, you will get:
Index created.
Now try some queries:
SQL> select quick_id from quick where contains(text, 'cat')>0;
QUICK_ID
1
SQL> select quick_id from quick where contains(text, 'fox')>0;
QUICK_ID
2
Congratulations !! You now have a successful interMedia Text V8.1 installation.
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