Oracle newbie needs help

Hello,
First of all: Sorry for my bad English! :-) Here is the problem: Our program (written in 4D) has the functionality that the users can export some of the data from theirs database (also 4D) into an Oracle database. Until now, the data was imported to oracle via transactions. Is the customer database very big, the export time takes over 36 hours. This is of course unacceptable. As an alternative, we export the data into an SQL file. (5-6 GB) What tool must I use to import the file to oracle?
Has anybody an alternative proposal for a better solution?

As an alternative, we export the
data into an SQL file. (5-6 GB) What tool must I use
to import the file to oracle?Does SQL file mean a text file including DDL (Create, ...)/DML (INSERT, ...) statements? If yes, you could use sqlplus to execute such a "script".
Has anybody an alternative proposal for a better
solution?If you can export data into a .csv file, you could use sqlloader/external tables.
C.

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6. Java on the Web (not to be confused with JavaScript, to which it's not related, despite the similarity of the names) is a weak point in the security of any system. Java is, among other things, a platform for running complex applications in a web page, on the client. That was always a bad idea, and Java's developers have proven themselves incapable of implementing it without also creating a portal for malware to enter. Past Java exploits are the closest thing there has ever been to a Windows-style virus affecting OS X. Merely loading a page with malicious Java content could be harmful.
Fortunately, client-side Java on the Web is obsolete and mostly extinct. Only a few outmoded sites still use it. Try to hasten the process of extinction by avoiding those sites, if you have a choice. Forget about playing games or other non-essential uses of Java.
Java is not included in OS X 10.7 and later. Discrete Java installers are distributed by Apple and by Oracle (the developer of Java.) Don't use either one unless you need it. Most people don't. If Java is installed, disable it—not JavaScript—in your browsers.
Regardless of version, experience has shown that Java on the Web can't be trusted. If you must use a Java applet for a task on a specific site, enable Java only for that site in Safari. Never enable Java for a public website that carries third-party advertising. Use it only on well-known, login-protected, secure websites without ads. In Safari 6 or later, you'll see a padlock icon in the address bar when visiting a secure site.
Stay within the safe harbor, and you’ll be as safe from malware as you can practically be. The rest of this comment concerns what you should not do to protect yourself.
7. Never install any commercial "anti-virus" (AV) or "Internet security" products for the Mac, as they are all worse than useless. If you need to be able to detect Windows malware in your files, use one of the free security apps in the Mac App Store—nothing else.
Why shouldn't you use commercial AV products?
☞ To recognize malware, the software depends on a database of known threats, which is always at least a day out of date. This technique is a proven failure, as a major AV software vendor has admitted. Most attacks are "zero-day"—that is, previously unknown. Recognition-based AV does not defend against such attacks, and the enterprise IT industry is coming to the realization that traditional AV software is worthless.
☞ Its design is predicated on the nonexistent threat that malware may be injected at any time, anywhere in the file system. Malware is downloaded from the network; it doesn't materialize from nowhere. In order to meet that nonexistent threat, commercial AV software modifies or duplicates low-level functions of the operating system, which is a waste of resources and a common cause of instability, bugs, and poor performance.
☞ By modifying the operating system, the software may also create weaknesses that could be exploited by malware attackers.
☞ Most importantly, a false sense of security is dangerous.
8. An AV product from the App Store, such as "ClamXav," has the same drawback as the commercial suites of being always out of date, but it does not inject low-level code into the operating system. That doesn't mean it's entirely harmless. It may report email messages that have "phishing" links in the body, or Windows malware in attachments, as infected files, and offer to delete or move them. Doing so will corrupt the Mail database. The messages should be deleted from within the Mail application.
An AV app is not needed, and cannot be relied upon, for protection against OS X malware. It's useful, if at all, only for detecting Windows malware, and even for that use it's not really effective, because new Windows malware is emerging much faster than OS X malware.
Windows malware can't harm you directly (unless, of course, you use Windows.) Just don't pass it on to anyone else. A malicious attachment in email is usually easy to recognize by the name alone. An actual example:
London Terror Moovie.avi [124 spaces] Checked By Norton Antivirus.exe
You don't need software to tell you that's a Windows trojan. Software may be able to tell you which trojan it is, but who cares? In practice, there's no reason to use recognition software unless an organizational policy requires it. Windows malware is so widespread that you should assume it's in every email attachment until proven otherwise. Nevertheless, ClamXav or a similar product from the App Store may serve a purpose if it satisfies an ill-informed network administrator who says you must run some kind of AV application. It's free and it won't handicap the system.
The ClamXav developer won't try to "upsell" you to a paid version of the product. Other developers may do that. Don't be upsold. For one thing, you should not pay to protect Windows users from the consequences of their choice of computing platform. For another, a paid upgrade from a free app will probably have all the disadvantages mentioned in section 7.
9. It seems to be a common belief that the built-in Application Firewall acts as a barrier to infection, or prevents malware from functioning. It does neither. It blocks inbound connections to certain network services you're running, such as file sharing. It's disabled by default and you should leave it that way if you're behind a router on a private home or office network. Activate it only when you're on an untrusted network, for instance a public Wi-Fi hotspot, where you don't want to provide services. Disable any services you don't use in the Sharing preference pane. All are disabled by default.
10. As a Mac user, you don't have to live in fear that your computer may be infected every time you install software, read email, or visit a web page. But neither can you assume that you will always be safe from exploitation, no matter what you do. Navigating the Internet is like walking the streets of a big city. It can be as safe or as dangerous as you choose to make it. The greatest harm done by security software is precisely its selling point: it makes people feel safe. They may then feel safe enough to take risks from which the software doesn't protect them. Nothing can lessen the need for safe computing practices.

[Oracle 8i] Need help pruning branches from a hierarchical query

My problem is that my hierarchical query seems only to trim out the values that don't meet my criteria, but still includes their children. When my query hits a record that does not meet my criteria, I want it to stop there. I've tried including the criteria in just the 'where' clause of the query, and have also put the criteria in the 'connect by' clause as well, but nothing has fixed it. Please keep in mind I'm using Oracle 8i, so I can't use some of the 'nicer' statements for hierarchical queries that they introduced in 9. I'm stuck with 'Start With...Connect By'.
I have sample tables/data that I can post if someone needs to see that to help me, but to start with, here's my current query:
SELECT     *
FROM     (
          SELECT
               LEVEL
          ,     c_bill.comp_part_nbr                     AS     c_part_nbr
          ,     (select c_part.part_desc
               FROM part c_part
               WHERE c_part.part_nbr=c_bill.comp_part_nbr)     AS     c_part_desc
          ,     (SELECT c_part.part_type
               FROM part c_part
               WHERE c_part.part_nbr=c_bill.comp_part_nbr)      AS     c_part_type
          ,     c_bill.qty_per                          AS     c_qty_per_p
          ,     c_bill.qty_per_type                     AS     c_qty_per_type
          ,     (SELECT c_part.qty_on_hand
               FROM part c_part
               WHERE c_part.part_nbr=c_bill.comp_part_nbr)      AS     c_qty_on_hand
          ,     c_bill.oper_nbr                     AS     rqd_at_op
          ,     c_bill.comp_off_adj                     AS     rqd_offset
          ,     c_bill.bom_doc_nbr                     AS     p_part_nbr
          ,     (SELECT p_part.qty_on_hand
               FROM part p_part
               WHERE p_part.part_nbr=c_bill.bom_doc_nbr)      AS     p_qty_on_hand
          FROM
               BILL c_bill
          WHERE
                         (c_bill.status           =      'RL')
                    AND     (c_bill.view_code     IN      ('M','G'))
                    AND     (c_bill.end_eff_dt     >      SYSDATE)
                    AND     (c_bill.begn_eff_dt     <=      SYSDATE)
          START WITH c_bill.bom_doc_nbr=RPAD(?,25)
          CONNECT BY PRIOR c_bill.comp_part_nbr=c_bill.bom_doc_nbr
          AND     c_bill.view_code     IN     ('M','G')
          AND     c_bill.status          =     'RL'
          AND      c_bill.end_eff_dt     >     SYSDATE
          AND     c_bill.begn_eff_dt     <=     SYSDATE
     ) a
WHERE     c_part_type = 'M'

The outside criterion of part_type='M' isn't my problem. Where I'm actually seeing my issue rear its ugly head is in the criterion:
(c_bill.view_code     IN      ('M','G'))What I'll have happen is that one of the children or grandchildren of the part number I'm querying for (my parameter), will be of some view code that's not 'M' or 'G'. In my sample data below, I have a level 4 part that is part of the 'H' view code, which I don't want, nor do I want it's children. However, its child is in the 'G' view code, and my query returns it anyway.
In my sample data below, I'm assuming that the parameter = 'XYZ-100'
CREATE TABLE part
part_nbr     varchar(25) not null,
part_desc     varchar(25) not null,
part_type     char(1) not null,
qty_on_hand     double(13,4) not null
CONSTRAINT part_pk
PRIMARY KEY (part_nbr),
CONSTRAINT check_part_type
CHECK (part_type IN ('M','P','X','Y')),
CONSTRAINT check_qty_on_hand
CHECK (qty_on_hand >= 0)
CREATE TABLE bill
row_added_ts     char(20) not null,
bom_doc_nbr     varchar(25) not null,
comp_part_nbr     varchar(25) not null,
qty_per          double(9,5) not null,
qty_per_type     char(1) not null,
oper_nbr     char(4) not null,
comp_off_adj     double(3,0),
status          char(2),
view_code     char(1) not null,
end_eff_dt     date() not null,
begn_eff_dt     date() not null
CONSTRAINT bill_pk
PRIMARY KEY (row_added_ts),
CONSTRAINT check_qty_per_type
CHECK (qty_per_type IN ('0','1','2','3')),
CONSTRAINT check_status
CHECK (status IN ('IN', 'RL')),
);     Values for those tables:
INSERT INTO part
VALUES ('xyz-1', 'purchased part', 'P', 5);
INSERT INTO part
VALUES ('xyz-2', 'purchased part', 'P', 1);
INSERT INTO part
VALUES ('xyz-3', 'purchased part', 'P', 1);
INSERT INTO part
VALUES ('xyz-3a', 'manufactured part', 'M', 1);
INSERT INTO part
VALUES ('xyz-4', 'purchased part', 'P', 1);
INSERT INTO part
VALUES ('xyz-9-1', 'manufactured part', 'M', 0);
INSERT INTO part
VALUES ('xyz-9a', 'manufactured part', 'M', 0);
INSERT INTO part
VALUES ('raw-1', 'purchased raw material', 'P', 212);
INSERT INTO part
VALUES ('raw-2', 'purchased raw material', 'P', 75.5);
INSERT INTO part
VALUES ('XYZ-100', 'manufactured part', 'M', 0);
INSERT INTO part
VALUES ('(OPEN)', '(not in use)', 'Y', 0);
INSERT INTO part
VALUES ('XYZ-100-1', 'manufactured part', 'M', 0);
INSERT INTO part
VALUES ('XYZ-100-2', 'manufactured part', 'M', 1);
INSERT INTO part
VALUES ('XYZ-100-3', 'manufactured part', 'M', 0);
INSERT INTO part
VALUES ('XYZ-100-4', 'manufactured part', 'M', 2);
INSERT INTO part
VALUES ('XYZ-100-A', 'manufactured part', 'M', 0);
INSERT INTO bill
VALUES ('2008072153100150000','XYZ-100','xyz-1',3,'1','****',0,'RL','M','01-Jan-2050','01-Jan-1900');
INSERT INTO bill
VALUES ('2008072153100150000','XYZ-100','XYZ-100-1',1,'1','****',0,'RL','M','01-Jan-2050','01-Jan-1900');
INSERT INTO bill
VALUES ('2008072153100150000','XYZ-100-1','xyz-1',2,'1','****',1,'RL','M','01-Jan-2050','01-Jan-1900');
INSERT INTO bill
VALUES ('2008072153100150000','XYZ-100-1','XYZ-100-2',3,'1','****',0,'RL','M','01-Jan-2050','01-Jan-1900');
INSERT INTO bill
VALUES ('2008072153100150000','XYZ-100-2','xyz-2',6,'1','****',2,'RL','M','01-Jan-2050','01-Jan-1900');
INSERT INTO bill
VALUES ('2008072153100150000','XYZ-100-2','xyz-4',6,'1','****',2,'IN','M','01-Jan-2050','01-Jan-1900');
INSERT INTO bill
VALUES ('2008072153100150000','XYZ-100-2','xyz-100-3',1,'1','****',0,'RL','M','01-Jan-2050','01-Jan-1900');
INSERT INTO bill
VALUES ('2008072153100150000','XYZ-100-3','xyz-3',8,'1','****',1,'RL','M','01-Jan-2050','01-Jan-2000');
INSERT INTO bill
VALUES ('2008072153100150000','XYZ-100-3','xyz-3a',8,'1','****',1,'RL','M','01-Jan-2000','01-Jan-1900');
INSERT INTO bill
VALUES ('2008072153100150000','XYZ-100-3','XYZ-100-4',4,'1','****',0,'RL','M','01-Jan-2050','01-Jan-1900');
INSERT INTO bill
VALUES ('2008072153100150000','XYZ-100-3','XYZ-100-A',2,'1','****',2,'RL','M','01-Jan-2050','01-Jan-1900');
INSERT INTO bill
VALUES ('2008071153100150000','XYZ-100-3','(OPEN)',2,'1','****',0,'RL','E','01-Jan-2050','01-Jan-1900');
INSERT INTO bill
VALUES ('2008071153100150000','XYZ-100-3','xyz-9-1',2,'1','****',0,'RL','H','01-Jan-2050','01-Jan-1900');
INSERT INTO bill
VALUES ('2008072153100150000','XYZ-100-4','raw-1',8.75,'1','****',0,'RL','M','01-Jan-2050','01-Jan-1900');
INSERT INTO bill
VALUES ('2008072153100150000','XYZ-100-A','raw-2',3.75,'1','****',0,'RL','M','01-Jan-2050','01-Jan-1900');
INSERT INTO bill
VALUES ('2008075911100150000','xyz-9-1','xyz-9a',1,'1','****',0,'RL','G','01-Jan-2050','01-Jan-1900');
INSERT INTO bill
VALUES ('2008087711100150000','xyz-9a','raw-2',3.75,'1','****',0,'RL','G','01-Jan-2050','01-Jan-1900');Sample data displayed in table format:
--PART table (from insert statements above)
part_nbr     part_desc          part_type     qty_on_hand
xyz-1           purchased part          P          5
xyz-2           purchased part          P          1
xyz-3           purchased part          P          1
xyz-3a           manufactured part     M          1
xyz-4           purchased part          P          1
xyz-9-1           manufactured part     M          0
xyz-9a           manufactured part     M          0
raw-1           purchased raw material     P          212
raw-2           purchased raw material     P          75.5
XYZ-100           manufactured part     M          0
(OPEN)          (not in use)          Y          0
XYZ-100-1     manufactured part     M          0
XYZ-100-2     manufactured part     M          1
XYZ-100-3     manufactured part     M          0
XYZ-100-4     manufactured part     M          2
XYZ-100-A     manufactured part     M          0
--BILL table (from insert statements above)
row_added_ts          bom_doc_nbr     comp_part_nbr     qty_per     qty_per_type     oper_nbr     comp_off_adj     status     view_code     end_eff_dt     begn_eff_dt
2008072153100150000     XYZ-100          xyz-1          3     1          ****          0          RL     G          01-Jan-2050     01-Jan-1900
2008072223100150000     XYZ-100          XYZ-100-1     1     1          ****          0          RL     M          01-Jan-2050     01-Jan-1900
2008072411100150000     XYZ-100-1     xyz-1          2     1          ****          1          RL     M          01-Jan-2050     01-Jan-1900
2008072459100150000     XYZ-100-1     XYZ-100-2     3     1          ****          0          RL     M          01-Jan-2050     01-Jan-1900
2008072578100150000     XYZ-100-2     xyz-2          6     1          ****          2          RL     M          01-Jan-2050     01-Jan-1900
2008072694100150000     XYZ-100-2     xyz-4          6     1          ****          2          IN     G          01-Jan-2050     01-Jan-1900
2008072786100150000     XYZ-100-2     xyz-100-3     1     1          ****          0          RL     M          01-Jan-2050     01-Jan-1900
2008072865100150000     XYZ-100-3     xyz-3          8     1          ****          1          RL     M          01-Jan-2050     01-Jan-2000
2008073100100150000     XYZ-100-3     xyz-3a          8     1          ****          1          RL     M          01-Jan-2000     01-Jan-1900
2008073159100150000     XYZ-100-3     XYZ-100-4     4     1          ****          0          RL     M          01-Jan-2050     01-Jan-1900
2008073346100150000     XYZ-100-3     XYZ-100-A     2     1          ****          2          RL     M          01-Jan-2050     01-Jan-1900
2008073478100150000     XYZ-100-3     (OPEN)          2     1          ****          0          RL     E          01-Jan-2050     01-Jan-1900
2008073529100150000     XYZ-100-3     xyz-9-1          2     1          ****          0          RL     H          01-Jan-2050     01-Jan-1900
2008073798100150000     XYZ-100-4     raw-1          8.75     1          ****          0          RL     M          01-Jan-2050     01-Jan-1900
2008073811100150000     XYZ-100-A     raw-2          3.75     1          ****          0          RL     M          01-Jan-2050     01-Jan-1900
2008075911100150000     xyz-9-1          xyz-9a          1     1          ****          0          RL     G          01-Jan-2050     01-Jan-1900
2008087711100150000     xyz-9a          raw-2          3.75     1          ****          0          RL     G          01-Jan-2050     01-Jan-1900--What I want to get with my query (branches pruned off my tree)
LEVEL     C_PART_NBR     C_PART_DESC          C_PART_TYPE     C_QTY_PER_P     C_QTY_PER_TYPE     C_QTY_ON_HAND     RQD_AT_OP     RQD_OFFSET     P_PART_NBR     P_QTY_ON_HAND
1     XYZ-100-1     manufactured part     M          1          1          0          ****          0          XYZ-100          0
2     XYZ-100-2     manufactured part     M          3          1          1          ****          0          XYZ-100-1     0
3     xyz-100-3     manufactured part     M          1          1          0          ****          0          XYZ-100-2     1
4     XYZ-100-4     manufactured part     M          4          1          2          ****          0          XYZ-100-3     0
4     XYZ-100-A     manufactured part     M          2          1          0          ****          2          XYZ-100-3     0--What I actually get with my query (includes children of items that don't meet query criteria)
LEVEL     C_PART_NBR     C_PART_DESC          C_PART_TYPE     C_QTY_PER_P     C_QTY_PER_TYPE     C_QTY_ON_HAND     RQD_AT_OP     RQD_OFFSET     P_PART_NBR     P_QTY_ON_HAND
1     XYZ-100-1     manufactured part     M          1          1          0          ****          0          XYZ-100          0
2     XYZ-100-2     manufactured part     M          3          1          1          ****          0          XYZ-100-1     0
3     xyz-100-3     manufactured part     M          1          1          0          ****          0          XYZ-100-2     1
4     XYZ-100-4     manufactured part     M          4          1          2          ****          0          XYZ-100-3     0
4     XYZ-100-A     manufactured part     M          2          1          0          ****          2          XYZ-100-3     0
5     xyz-9a          manufactured part     M          1          1          0          ****          0          xyz-9-1          0Edited by: user11033437 on Jul 30, 2009 7:27 AM (grammar)

Stand alone oracle report - need help asap

Hi,
We are in ORACLE Apps 11i. We started using ORACLE BI Publisher to create templates for the Oracle Reports. How we are doing reports now is
1) create data definition XML which has all the queries embedded.
2) Create Data definition in XML Publisher Admin responsibility.
3. Attach the Data definition XML to that.
4. Create a concurrent program definition for the report with XML Type and run the report and save the data file with tags.
5. Create the template ,rtf in Word and export data using ORACLE BI Publisher. 6. Create template definition in the XML Publisher Admin responsibility and attach this .rtf to that and run the report.
Now I have a requirement stating that the REPORT SHOULD BE AN ORACLE STAND ALONE REPORT AND THE REPORT NEEDS TO BE RUN THROUGH CONCURRENT PROGRAM SCREEN. I am planning on doing the following steps.
1. I have to create an .rdf using report builder.
2. Create concurrent program executable and definition for the report.
3. Create data definition in XML Publisher admin responsibility.
4. Run the report in apps.
5. Create the tempalte .rtf in word and export data with the XML Data file with tags,
6. Run the report.
Am I correct? Any help is appreciated asap.
Thanks
Akil

You said,
standalone report ?? is that mean without using bipublisher ??
1st method.
create concurrent program, output xml,
create data template, create datadefintion , attach Datatemplate.
run the cc pgm, get xml, design RTF , create template definition , attach RTF,
run the cc pgm, you get the pdf output.
2nd method.
create rdf,
create concurrent program, output xml,
run the cc pgm, get xml, design RTF ,
create datadefintion , create template definition , attach RTF,
run the cc pgm, you get the pdf output.
, both requires, cc pgm, rtf, data defintion , template definition.
only differnece is , how do you get the data, i mean, xml...
data template or RDF.

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under the text you can see text in yellow being scrambled then reappear
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var charA:Array = charS.split("");
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encodeF(yourstring,yourtextfield);
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    displayTO = setTimeout(displayF,speed,s,tf,0,0);
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