Lookups and Indexes??
Hi Everybody,
I am on OWB 10gr2.
If we need to use lookup on source table, do we bring the lookup table to stagging area?
As we stage table/view for look up need on OWB, do we build our own index in stagging schema?
Do we need to match OWB index with existing index on source schema (data base)?
Even if I have unique indexes on lookup table, I am gettinng "Warning VLD-1603: Lookup Condition for Key Lookup ......" during map validation. The execution goes ok.
What can we do for such warnings?
RI
Hi,
If we need to use lookup on source table, do we bring the lookup table to stagging area?If you access your source via database link and the performance is ok, I would do the lookup in the source system. Otherwise you have to load the source table into the dwh.
As we stage table/view for look up need on OWB, do we build our own index in stagging schema?In staging area, only build the index you need for the lookup. If it is a small table you may not need an index at all.
Do we need to match OWB index with existing index on source schema (data base)?see above
Even if I have unique indexes on lookup table, I am gettinng "Warning VLD-1603: Lookup Condition for Key Lookup ......" during map validation. The execution goes ok.This warning does not appear when you do a lookup using a primary key. In my opinion it should also not appear when you do lookup using a unique index. So just ignore it.
Regards,
Carsten.
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Caution!
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<config version="1.0">
<Directory>
<DirectoryServerType>BDI</DirectoryServerType>
<BDILDAPServerType>AD</BDILDAPServerType>
<BDIPrimaryServerName>DOMAIN CONTROLLER IP ADDRESS</BDIPrimaryServerName>
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<BDIServerPort1>3268</BDIServerPort1>
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<DirectoryServerType>BDI</DirectoryServerType>
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I will be updating this guide and ammending anything that is incorrect, but this is meant to be a quick checklist and steps to get this, at least in the most very basic version, up and running for Jabber for Mac.Hello,
Thanks for this post! It works, I can do lookup and also I can add found contact to contact list and get information about contact from LDAP.
One more question: - I can't get all information about contact. I don't get e.c mobile phone number and more others attributes. I have tried to expand your file as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config version="1.0">
<Directory>
<DirectoryServerType>BDI</DirectoryServerType>
<BDILDAPServerType>AD</BDILDAPServerType>
<BDIPrimaryServerName>IP of AD</BDIPrimaryServerName>
<BDIPresenceDomain>Presence Domain</BDIPresenceDomain>
<BDIServerPort1>3268</BDIServerPort1>
<BDISearchBase1> Search Base</BDISearchBase1>
<BDIConnectionUsername>User</BDIConnectionUsername>
<BDIConnectionPassword>Password</BDIConnectionPassword>
<BDIEnableTLS>0</BDIEnableTLS>
<BDISipUri>msRTCSIP-PrimaryUserAddress</BDISipUri>
<BDIPhotoSource>thumbnailPhoto</BDIPhotoSource>
<BDIBusinessPhone>telephoneNumber</BDIBusinessPhone>
<BDIMobilePhone>mobile</BDIMobilePhone>
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<BDIOtherPhone>otherTelephone</BDIOtherPhone>
<BDITitle>title</BDITitle>
<BDICompanyName>company</BDICompanyName>
<BDILocation>co</BDILocation>
<BDIPostalCode>postalCode</BDIPostalCode>
<BDICity>l</BDICity>
<BDIState>st</BDIState>
<BDIStreetAddress>streetAddress</BDIStreetAddress>
</Directory>
</config>
But it didn't help.
When I capture lookup via Wireshark, I can see that Jabbers sends search request with bunch of attributes, but from LDAP answer contains only 8 attributes. (see attached screenshots) -
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You have been very kind and very clear in your explanation.
One of the very best that I have ever communicated with on this forum !
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I wanted to make certain that I killed apache and restarted it.
I do not think it is RUNNING at all.
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myNameMacBookPro:~ myName$ pwd
/Users/myName
2.
myNameMacBookPro:~ myName$ ps -ax | grep http
1892 ttys000 0:00.00 grep http
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myNameMacBookPro: myName$ hostname
local
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extra httpd.conf.pre-update mime.types other
httpd.conf magic original users
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port 8080 is html-alt
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AllowOverride All
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excerpts.
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Just a reminder.
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QUESTION.
At one point I was on the phone with a member of the Adobe Technical Support Team.
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Maybe some can spot some mistake.
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Server window settings.
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I'm working on a desktop PC which is running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit and Adobe Premiere Pro (version CS5.5). It's currently utilizing a second gen. 3.4Ghz i7 2600 processor, 16GB of 1600Mhz RAM, 64GB solid-state drive and a ASUS P8Z68-V Intel Z68 Motherboard with onboard audio (Realtek ALC892 chipset) and onboard video. My problem is this:
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6) Adobe recommends not editing until the conforming and indexing has completed itself-- how important is this?
7) Sometimes it appears as though the conforming and indexing has finished, but then I still have problems with playback. Do I have to reopen the project for it to continue with the conforming/indexing progress? I've already determined that the video file I'm working with is intact and free of any corruption.
I'm fine with having to wait for a project to conform and index, but it never seems to complete itself! Any help regarding this matter would be greatly appreciated.Harm filled in pretty much all the salient details, but I'll do another pass here.
1) How do I avoid error messages in regards to indexing and conforming
Two parts here. One, conforming only happens for certain media files, ie the ones where performance is critical and we can't depend on extracting the audio fast enough for realtime playback. That's basically anything in an .mpeg wrapper, or AVCHD material. So if you edit XDCAM HD/EX or P2, or RED, or even AVIs or QT, those formats don't require audio conforming.
If you're stuck editing AVCHD or MPEG2, then it needs to conform. But, that being said, you shouldn't be getting errors in the first place. I think it's related to your external drives. More below...
2) How do you know when indexing/conforming has completed itself? (there doesn't seem to be a progress log or a list of commands/executions)
Nope, you have a progress status bar indicating which file it's working on. If there's an error, it shows up in the events panel.
3) Indexing and conforming appears to be an automatic process, but is there a way to do it manually?
No.
4) What's the best way to setup your media cache files when you click EDIT > PREFERENCES > MEDIA?
While some people like having the check box for having the conform files beside the media, I hate it. Yes, it means that if you move the project to a different system & reopen, it means that you potentially can avoid recreating CFA files, but I find the drive littering not worth it. I much prefer having setting the Media prefs to point to a specific media drive. Usually a raid, if available. Definitely not an external drive that you disconnect & walk away with. If you don't have a permanent raid on your system, then preferably a dedicated internal drive for media (think along the lines as your Photoshop 'scratch disk'). Failing that, leave it on your C: drive, although with a 64 Gig SSD, you probably don't have much room for transient temporaries.
5) If I have approximately 1 hour of footage, what's an average wait time for conforming/indexing? What about 5 hours of footage? 10?
Like Harm said. Totally dependant on the media container & the speed of your drive i/o. The conforming is iterating through the entire file & pulling audio data, so it's not CPU intensive, it's all i/o.
6) Adobe recommends not editing until the conforming and indexing has completed itself-- how important is this?
If you're trying to play/scrub while conforming, it's going to be pokey. Esp. if you're trying to access the file that's actively being conformd. As I just said, we're hitting the files for all the audio. The i/o is being saturated already, so unless you have a stellar raid, you don't have much headroom.
7) Sometimes it appears as though the conforming and indexing has finished, but then I still have problems with playback. Do I have to reopen the project for it to continue with the conforming/indexing progress? I've already determined that the video file I'm working with is intact and free of any corruption.
You should be good to go. Sounds like there's something else at play here.
Okay, back to what I think is wrong: you don't mention what kind of external drives you're using. You're making a bad assumption that blowing away conformed files & doing a reconform is buggy - I doubt it, as that's the same process that happened when you initially brought in the files. I've blown away my media cache folder multiple times and have never seen failures on reconform. So it's got to be one of two things: either a read error from the source when attempting to pull the audio, or a write error to the destination. Now I don't know where you currently are pointing the media cache directory, or what your source drive is, so I can only speculate.
My suggestion is to do some elimination. Copy one of the files that failed on you to your C drive, & target your media cache directory also to C:. Pick a new project, import your copied file, confirm that it conforms correctly & behaves. Then, try to use the same clip from your external drive, keeping the media cache to C:. If that's still good, then try targeting another (local/internal) drive as your media cache target; close/restart, then import the clip from C:, and then import the clip from your external drive. This troubleshooting should give us something.
PS, if you're trying to edit from external USB drives, good luck. I find it a major PITA that I avoid as much as possible. Firewire isn't much better. I know some people do it successfully, but I think it's a road fraught with peril. These devices are generally not designed for heavy duty I/O and a flaky connection or drive is nothing but pain.
Cheers -
Report to find all table and index sizes
Hi all,
Good day..
Is there any report.sql or so to find out the sizes of all the tables and indexes in a database.
thanks,
baskar.l1.To get table size
What will be the table size if?
<or>
break on report
set line 200
COMPUTE SUM LABEL "Total Reclaimable Space" OF "KB Free Space" ON REPORT
column "Table Size" Format a20
column "Actual Data Size" Format a20
column "KB Free Space" Format "9,99,999.99"
select table_name,
round((blocks*8),2)||'kb' "Table size",
round((num_rows*avg_row_len/1024),2)||'kb' "Actual Data size",
pct_free,
round((blocks*8),2) - (round((blocks*8),2)*pct_free/100) - (round((num_rows*avg_row_len/1024),2)) "KB Free Space"
from user_tables
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order by round((blocks*8),2) - (round((blocks*8),2)*pct_free/100) - (round((num_rows*avg_row_len/1024),2)) desc
2.To get index size
How to size the Index
Hth
Girish Sharma -
Missing Tables and Indexes greyed out in DBACOCKPIT
Hi All,
I use Solution Manager 7.01 with MS SQL Server 2008 DB.
I want to monitor with DBACOCKPIT a MS SQL Server 2005 DataBase of a SAP BPC 5.1.
I connected the DB but in DBACOCKPIT some functionality are greyed out.
I want to use in Diagnostics section the "MISSING TABLES AND INDEXES" function but this command is greyed out.
Is it possible to use this function?
Please, help me!
Regards,
AlessandroHi,
Gray color means that screen is disabled for any reason (authorization, SQL Server release, monitoring remote, etc).
I believe, those items cannot be monitored unless these limitations are sorted out.
Please refer to the Document "The SAP DBA Cockpit for Microsoft SQL Server" in SDN.
You can get the status about the restriction in the bottom of dbacockpit screen.
Thanks,
Jagan
Edited by: jagadheeshan govindasamy on Sep 16, 2009 1:03 PM -
Reading (and searching, use of TOC and index) Acrobat files offline
OK - I have tried several things in effort to read PDFs offline.
The 'tools' that allow me to access these files PDFReader Pro and GoDocs are incapable of doing searches, use TOC, and index.. It is basically a picture of a PDF. They also present it in the linear form where I need to actually scroll the 343 PAGES to get to the information I want to read mid-way into the document.
Is there a realistic tool that actually properly presents PDF files offline and allows it to be used as it was intended? OOPS - correction Safari cant display this right either.... never mind ....
Thanks
Message was edited by: EmbeddedGeek
I removed an erroneous statement that safari can properly display PDFs - it can't provide search, index/toc accesses. Bogus!On a possibly related note, see http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20004258-263.html?tag=mncol;txt for a way to ADD stuff to the TOC. I'm just passing this along, I haven't tried it.
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