Item Expiry Dates in a View ?

Question

I would like to write a query to show items that have an expiry date or number of days until expiry set, is there a secured view that can be used or do I need to access the underlying table directly ?
The wwv_things table gives me the expiredate, expirenumber, expiremode. The content area view (wwsbr_all_items) only has the expiredate so doesn't show any items that are set to expire say 5 days in the future.
Is there a different view that shows this or should I just run the query off wwv_things ?

Answer 1

Simon,
You would need the expirenumber and expiremode columns from the wwv_things table to achieve this. Expiremode, a varchar2 column, can contain the literal 'PERMANENT', 'DATE', or 'NUMBER'. WWSBR_ALL_ITEMS view currrently does not expose these columns. If you have access to the source, add these 2 columns to the view creation script. If not use the view script given below to recreate the view:
PROMPT Creating View 'WWSBR_ALL_ITEMS'
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW WWSBR_ALL_ITEMS AS
SELECT t.masterthingid masterid,
t.id,
t.siteid caid,
t.language,
t.iscurrentversion is_current_version,
t.cornerid folder_id,
t.regionid folder_region_id,
t.name,
t.title display_name,
t.itemtype,
t.type,
t.subtype,
t.parentid parent_item_id,
t.topicid category_id,
t.topicsiteid category_caid,
t.author,
t.description,
t.publishdate publish_date,
t.expiremode expire_mode,
t.expiredate expire_date,
t.expirenumber expire_number,
t.image,
t.keywords,
u.url url,
t.filename,
tx.text text,
t.cornerlinkid folder_link_id,
t.cornerlinksiteid folder_link_caid,
t.active,
t.checkable can_be_checkedout,
t.checkedout is_item_checkedout,
t.checker checker_username,
t.checkoutdate checkout_date,
t.fullscreen,
t.inplace,
t.hideinbrowse,
t.createdate,
t.creator,
t.updatedate,
t.updator,
t.seq,
t.author_seq,
t.createdate_seq,
t.itemtype_seq
FROM WWV_THINGS T,
WWSBR_URL$ U,
WWV_TEXT TX
WHERE t.url = u.url(+) and
t.siteid = u.object_siteid(+) and
t.textid = tx.id(+) and
t.siteid = tx.siteid(+) and
( EXISTS
-- site and style admin
SELECT 'x'
FROM WWSEC_SYS_PRIV$
WHERE OBJECT_TYPE_NAME = 'SITE'
AND NAME = TO_CHAR(T.SITEID)
AND OWNER = wwctx_api.get_product_schema
AND GRANTEE_TYPE = 'USER'
AND GRANTEE_USER_ID = wwctx_api.get_user_id
AND GRANTEE_GROUP_ID = 0
AND PRIVILEGE_CODE > 100 -- SITE and STYLE ADMIN
UNION ALL
SELECT 'x'
FROM WWSEC_SYS_PRIV$ P, WWSEC_FLAT$ F
WHERE P.OBJECT_TYPE_NAME = 'SITE'
AND P.NAME = TO_CHAR(T.SITEID)
AND P.OWNER = wwctx_api.get_product_schema
AND P.GRANTEE_TYPE = 'GROUP'
AND P.GRANTEE_USER_ID = 0
AND P.GRANTEE_GROUP_ID = F.GROUP_ID
AND P.PRIVILEGE_CODE > 100 -- SITE and STYLE ADMIN
AND F.PERSON_ID = wwctx_api.get_user_id
OR
-- portal admin
EXISTS
SELECT 'x'
FROM WWSEC_SYS_PRIV$
WHERE OBJECT_TYPE_NAME = 'ANY_SITE'
AND NAME = 'ALL_OBJECTS'
AND OWNER = wwctx_api.get_product_schema
AND GRANTEE_TYPE = 'USER'
AND GRANTEE_USER_ID = wwctx_api.get_user_id
AND GRANTEE_GROUP_ID = 0
AND PRIVILEGE_CODE = 500 -- ADMIN
UNION ALL
SELECT 'x'
FROM WWSEC_SYS_PRIV$ P, WWSEC_FLAT$ F
WHERE P.OBJECT_TYPE_NAME = 'ANY_SITE'
AND P.NAME = 'ALL_OBJECTS'
AND P.OWNER = wwctx_api.get_product_schema
AND P.GRANTEE_TYPE = 'GROUP'
AND P.GRANTEE_USER_ID = 0
AND P.GRANTEE_GROUP_ID = F.GROUP_ID
AND P.PRIVILEGE_CODE = 500 -- ADMIN
AND F.PERSON_ID = wwctx_api.get_user_id
OR
-- folder owner
( EXISTS (SELECT 'X'
FROM WWV_USER_OWNED_CORNERS
WHERE SITEID = T.SITEID
AND ID = T.CORNERID)
OR
-- view folder w/no ILS
( EXISTS (SELECT 'X'
FROM WWV_USER_CORNERS
WHERE SITEID = T.SITEID
AND ID = T.CORNERID
AND HAVEITEMSECURITY = 0)
OR
-- view folder or item w/ILS
EXISTS (SELECT 'X'
FROM WWV_USER_CORNERS C
WHERE C.SITEID = T.SITEID
AND C.ID = T.CORNERID
AND ((HAVEITEMSECURITY = 0) OR
(HAVEITEMSECURITY = 0 AND
T.SECURITY = 'folder') OR
(HAVEITEMSECURITY = 1 AND
T.SECURITY = 'item' AND
EXISTS
(SELECT 'X'
FROM WWSEC_SYS_PRIV$ D,
WWSEC_FLAT$ F
WHERE F.PERSON_ID =
WWCTX_API.GET_USER_ID()
AND D.OBJECT_TYPE_NAME = 'ITEM'
AND D.NAME =
T.SITEID| |'/'| |T.MASTERTHINGID
AND D.OWNER =
WWCTX_API.GET_PRODUCT_SCHEMA
AND D.GRANTEE_TYPE = 'GROUP'
AND D.GRANTEE_GROUP_ID = F.GROUP_ID
AND D.GRANTEE_USER_ID = 0
UNION ALL
SELECT 'X'
FROM WWSEC_SYS_PRIV$ D
WHERE D.OBJECT_TYPE_NAME = 'ITEM'
AND D.NAME =
T.SITEID| |'/'| |T.MASTERTHINGID
AND D.OWNER =
WWCTX_API.GET_PRODUCT_SCHEMA
AND D.GRANTEE_T YPE = 'USER'
AND D.GRANTEE_USER_ID IN
(WWCTX_API.GET_USER_ID(),2)
PROMPT Creating View 'WWSBR_ITEM_PERSPECTIVES'
CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW WWSBR_ITEM_PERSPECTIVES AS
SELECT tp.siteid item_caid,
tp.masterthingid item_masterid,
tp.perspectiveid perspective_id,
tp.perspective_siteid perspective_caid,
p.name perspective_name
from wwv_thingsperspectives tp,
wwv_perspectives p
where p.siteid = tp.perspective_siteid
and p.id = tp.perspectiveid
and exists (select 1
from wwsbr_all_items i
where i.masterid = tp.masterthingid
and i.caid = tp.siteid)
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