ORA-01816 when running with Oracle Instant Client

good morning
we are running the same SQL script on 2 computers.
- native system with DB
- via Oracle Instant client
when running via the instant client i get the following error.
( select to_char(to_date('1970-01-01') + "DATE" / 86400000, 'YYYY-MM-DD') "CD", logical_name
ERROR at line 2:
ORA-01861: literal does not match format string
thanks for any hint

It probably works on one and not the other because you have set the NLS_DATE_FORMAT for one system to match the format of the string you are passing in, so Oracle knows how to do the implicit conversion.
Justin
Distributed Database Consulting, Inc.
http://www.ddbcinc.com/askDDBC

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marcelb01v
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_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"]
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_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]
C:/htdocs
_SERVER["SERVER_ADMIN"]
_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"]
C:\htdocs\stuffs\test.php
_SERVER["REMOTE_PORT"]
51461
_SERVER["REDIRECT_URL"]
/stuffs/test.php
_SERVER["GATEWAY_INTERFACE"]
CGI/1.1
_SERVER["SERVER_PROTOCOL"]
HTTP/1.1
_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"]
GET
_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"]
no value
_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]
/stuffs/test.php
_SERVER["SCRIPT_NAME"]
/stuffs/test.php
_SERVER["ORIG_SCRIPT_FILENAME"]
C:/PHP/php-cgi.exe
_SERVER["ORIG_PATH_INFO"]
/stuffs/test.php
_SERVER["ORIG_PATH_TRANSLATED"]
C:\htdocs\stuffs\test.php
_SERVER["ORIG_SCRIPT_NAME"]
/php/php-cgi.exe
_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]
/stuffs/test.php
_SERVER["REQUEST_TIME"]
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Alex

Hi,
Here is the link where you can find the ports : http://www.freshports.org/search.php?query=linux-oracle-instantclient-&search=go&num=10&stype=name&method=match&deleted=excludedeleted&start=1&casesensitivity=caseinsensitive
One question :
I'm trying to run sqlplus, but have a pb of version :
(sh)$ sqlplus
sqlplus: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3' not found (required by /compat/linux/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.1.20050713/client/lib/libsqlplus.so)
sqlplus: /lib/libpthread.so.0: version `GLIBC_2.3.2' not found (required by /compat/linux/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.1.20050713/client/lib/libclntsh.so.10.1)
sqlplus: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3.3' not found (required by /compat/linux/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.1.20050713/client/lib/libclntsh.so.10.1)
sqlplus: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3' not found (required by /compat/linux/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.1.20050713/client/lib/libclntsh.so.10.1)
sqlplus: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3' not found (required by /compat/linux/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.1.20050713/client/lib/libnnz10.so)
I had the same problem when I tried to compile directly from the client.
I can't find GLIBC_2.3.3 on FreeBSD 5.3.
Do you know if it works with another version of FreeBSD ? or should I install an emulator (I tried red hat 8.8, but doesn't work)? I tried to compile glib2.3.3, but it hasn't been ported on FreeBSD.
Anyway, I will try with redhat9.
Thanks,
Basha

ODBC Error: Could't find Oracle Instant Client in present directory.

I am getting the following error when I try to run odbc_install.exe with the Oracle 10g Instant Client Lite version 2:
Could't find Oracle Instant Client in present directory.
The 10g Instant Client Lite version (including the missing MFC71.DLL and MSVCR71.DLL files) is in the directory. What am I missing here??

Can you detail your configuration? What files are in the directories? Environment variables?

Oracle Instant Client 10.1.0.3

Hi,
I'm trying to install Oracle Instant Client on a FreeBSD 6.0 machine. The PORTS system of FreeBSD requires the version 10.1.0.3, but the version available for download is 10.1.0.4. Does anyone konw where to get 10.1.0.3 version?
Thanx,
Habosh

Hi,
Here is the link where you can find the ports : http://www.freshports.org/search.php?query=linux-oracle-instantclient-&search=go&num=10&stype=name&method=match&deleted=excludedeleted&start=1&casesensitivity=caseinsensitive
One question :
I'm trying to run sqlplus, but have a pb of version :
(sh)$ sqlplus
sqlplus: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3' not found (required by /compat/linux/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.1.20050713/client/lib/libsqlplus.so)
sqlplus: /lib/libpthread.so.0: version `GLIBC_2.3.2' not found (required by /compat/linux/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.1.20050713/client/lib/libclntsh.so.10.1)
sqlplus: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3.3' not found (required by /compat/linux/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.1.20050713/client/lib/libclntsh.so.10.1)
sqlplus: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3' not found (required by /compat/linux/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.1.20050713/client/lib/libclntsh.so.10.1)
sqlplus: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3' not found (required by /compat/linux/usr/lib/oracle/10.2.0.1.20050713/client/lib/libnnz10.so)
I had the same problem when I tried to compile directly from the client.
I can't find GLIBC_2.3.3 on FreeBSD 5.3.
Do you know if it works with another version of FreeBSD ? or should I install an emulator (I tried red hat 8.8, but doesn't work)? I tried to compile glib2.3.3, but it hasn't been ported on FreeBSD.
Anyway, I will try with redhat9.
Thanks,
Basha

Oracle Instant Client is a memory hog?

Hi all,
I am having (potentially) an issue that I need to confirm with folks out there. I am not a DBA - I have a decent understanding of SQL and have been exposed to several RDBMS's, but this is my first time developing in PHP specifically with Oracle in mind.
First, my setup (note this is for development, not production; ultimately, the final deployed environment will be 2 high-end SPARC servers (one for web, one for db)):
1. DEV: Webserver running Solaris 10, Apache 2.0.52 and PHP 5.1.2 and Oracle Instant Client v.10.1.0.3 (note all versions except PHP haven been dictated by the customer). PHP is compiled with apxs2, postgres, sqlite-utf8 and oracle support (hooked into instant client).
2. DEV: DB server running Oracle 10g on Windows 2003. Using stock configuration.
I have a PHP application using AdoDB for abstraction and Smarty for templating; also using Fusebox.
The whole setup as described above works flawlessly. I notice that the apache process(es) usually sit between 20-25M given the LoadModule configuration in Apache, and the extensions being loaded in PHP. Whenever I make connection to postgres, or sqlite, the processes stay within the described memory usage patterns above (so 20-25M).
However, whenever I attempt making a connection using the Oracle Instant Client (using either native OCI8 or adoDB calls, using both persistent and non-persistent connections), the Apache process jumps from a meager 20-25M to 85M+... I don't even have to do a select - just the very action of establishing the connection results in this jump in memory usage.
What I need to know is - is this normal? Is it normal for the client to have this size of a footprint on memory? If so, I need to ensure that the final deployed environment is capable of handling these kinds of jumps. If this is NOT normal, well, heck folks, I need some friendly pointers.
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,

I emailed the OCI team and got this:
'Basically, the data shared library, which is about 85MB, gets mapped to the process
virtual address when it is initially loaded by dlopen(). However, only the pages needed
by the application are actually mapped to the physical memory, and they get swapped
out by OS unless re-used. The data shared library is loaded as a shareable read-only
const data. Therefore, a process memory map should show that it is shared among all
Apache processes.'
Some linking quirks on various platforms were ironed out pretty early, but on Solaris, if
you have metalink access, check out bug 4304233 .
There is an Instant Client forum at Instant Client
-- cj

Oracle Instant Client libraries wouldn't install

I tried installing Oracle libraries (main file is called "oracle-instantclient-basic-10.2.0.4-1.i386", SDK and SQL according to the manual Oracle provides here: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B1930601/install.102/e12121/insttask.htm#CIHEJFGF
After files is unzipped, manual instructs to use "runInstaller" command out of the directory where files are placed but this command is not recognized which tells me that either command file is missing or command is spelled wrong in the manual.
If anybody has successfully installed Oracle Instant Client on OS X 10.6 from the official Oracle download, please help! Thanks in advance.

Ok - I ran an ugly hack (similar to what I did with Linux) and manually moved files to locations which Oracle considers default and which do not require environmental variables, as follows:
When in the directory where Oracle client files were unzipped, run these commands:
cp sdk/include/*.h /usr/include
cp sqlplus /usr/bin
cp lib /usr/lib
Also, to be able to install OCI8 PHP module, following symbolic link will need to be created:
A symbolic link will need to be created as follows:
cd /usr/lib
ln -s libclntsh.dylib.10.1 libclntsh.dylib
I then installed oci8 for PHP and DBD::oracle for Perl and ran some test files, they work. However, if somebody knows why libraries didn't install with the command, as manual instructs, please answer! Thanks in advance!

ORA-01816 when running with Oracle Instant Client

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