Question about "Spatial Index Advisor"

I'm now using "Oracle8i Enterprise Edition 8.1.6" and "Oracle8i Enterprise Manager 2.1" for Windows NT/2000. I tried to use the extended administration tool of the Manager "Spatial Index Advisor" to access my spatial data. I can see the layers in the "Add layer" Dialog. But when I want to add a layer, it popup a failed message box said "Server object could not be created:Server object could not be initialized:Not be supported charaterset:oracle-characterset-852". Why? And how can I solve the problem?

Hi Dinghy,
The Oracle 8.1.6 sdo advisor is only implemented for the US7ASCII character set.
The Oracle 8.1.7 release of the advisor does have NLS support.
Hope this helps. Thanks.
Dan
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Spatial Index Advisor

Hi all,
Do you know why I got the following error when I try to use add a layer?
Server object could not be created: server object could not be initialized: Non supported character set:oracle-character-set-560
Thanks

Well, I installed Oracle 8i and I used English as the default character set. The spatial index advisor is working now, but for sure I can display the data stored in the attributes because Arabic is the language we are using in our database with a character set (AR8MSWIN1256).
I do not know if there is another way we can run Spatial Index Advisor.
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Oracle Spatial Index Advisor

Have tried to use subject and got an error when adding the table to analyze.
Error: Server object could not be created: server object could not be initialized: Non supported character set: oracle-character-set-171.
What's issue of this error? Does anyone know?

Hi Igor,
Not sure what the problem is.
This could be an NLS issue.
You might want to log a bug against
the Spatial Index Advisor with a small dump
file of your layer.
Also, can you make sure your entries
in USER_SDO_GEOM_METADATA are correct?
Thanks.
Dan

Spatial Index Advisor : Error

I get a couple of error messages in Spatial Index Advisor when trying to draw indexed geometries. The errors are:
"Server object could not be created: server object could not be initialized: ORA-29902: error in executing ODCIIndexStart() routine", and then;
"Initialization error: server object could not be initialized: ORA-29902: error in executing ODCIIndexStart() routine"
Previously I uploaded a MapInfo table containing polygons using Easyloader, but without generating any indexes. Using DBA Studio, I created a spatial index with the assistance of the Tiling Wizard. I can only assume that the index itself was created OK, as I received no error messages from that process.
Am I missing somthing in my installation of Oracle? What is ODCI? I am using the 8.1.6 version downloaded from technet.
Thanks in advance,
Jon
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Thanks Dan,
I'll try your suggestion as soon as I can. First I just need to clarify a few other issues as well.
1. Does this mean that ODCI Indexing for Spatial is not necessarily incorrectly installed in my case? Put another way, is this just a problem with the Spatial Advisor, or does it go beyond that to the actual implementation of ODCI indexing in Spatial?
2. In one of my messages I alluded to the fact that I'd confirmed the problem using the Java API (meaning the 'SDOAPI'). In short, I formed an SQL statement requesting geometries for a specified window (SDO_FILTER), but got pretty much the same error relating to the 'ODCIIndexStart()' function. I'm not at home at the moment, so can't give you the details at this time. I think SQLPLus also reported the same error, leading me to conclude that it's a problem with the cartridge installation itself. Does the workaround that you suggested fix the problem for just the Spatial Advisor, or the SDO_FILTER operator in general? In essence, are you saying that ODCIIndexStart() (in Spatial) does not understand coordinate systems, or just the Spatial Advisor?
3. Is there a patch to fix this in the interim?
Sorry to be such a pain. It's just that I've been banging my head against the proverbial brick wall with this for a while. I was starting to think it was me not understanding something basic.
Regards,
Jon
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ODCIIndexStart error in Spatial Index Advisor

Folks,
I am getting the following error when attempting to zoom in on a layer in the spatial index advisor:
Initialization error: server object could not be initialized
ORA-29902: error in executing ODCIIndexStart() routine
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_CS", line 236
I have seen similar sorts of complaints from a number of people in the forums but no clear explanation of what is causing the problem or how to resolve it.
I did a bunch of experiments and I have come to the conclusion that the problem only occurs with layers that have 3 dimensions and are geodetic. If I force a projected SRID to be used for the layer (and all component geometries) then the problem goes away. Or if I force the layer to be only 2D then it works fine.
I have also tried using "geodetic=false" and "sdo_indx_dims=2" when creating the spatial index, and these did not seem to help at all.
The problem is occuring for me in the spatial index advisor, but my understanding from my client is that it also occurs in other contexts, so I don't think this is specifically a spatial index advisor problem.
I would add that I believe I am running 9.2.0.1.0 on Windows XP.
I found I was able to reproduce the problem creating an indexing a layer as follows then opening it in the spatial index advisor and trying to zoom in:
-- Cleanup
drop index idx_test1 force;
drop table test1;
delete from user_sdo_geom_metadata where table_name = 'TEST1';
--Here's my table:
CREATE TABLE test1
PNT_ID NUMBER(17) NOT NULL,
ORA_GEOMETRY MDSYS.SDO_GEOMETRY
--Here's my insert:
INSERT INTO test1
VALUES ( 1, MDSYS.SDO_GEOMETRY(
3001, 8192, MDSYS.SDO_POINT_TYPE(60.8996766, -32.606364, 0), NULL, NULL
COMMIT;
-- of course I did the insert into the metadata table...
INSERT INTO USER_SDO_GEOM_METADATA
VALUES (
'TEST1',
'ora_geometry',
MDSYS.SDO_DIM_ARRAY(
MDSYS.SDO_DIM_ELEMENT('X', 50, 70, 0.0005),
MDSYS.SDO_DIM_ELEMENT('Y', -40, -30, 0.0005),
MDSYS.SDO_DIM_ELEMENT('Z', -10, 10, 0.0005)),
8192
COMMIT;
CREATE INDEX idx_test1
ON test1(ora_geometry)
INDEXTYPE IS MDSYS.SPATIAL_INDEX
I would appreciate any feedback on why this doesn't work and if there is a more elegant way of resolving the problem beside discarding my elevation values.

This is reproducable in 9.2.0.4. I couldn't find a bug entered for it.
I entered bug 3149274.
There is a similar bug (2409529) that breaks projected layers.

About spatial index

Hi everyone,
my question is about getting the following error durin spatial index creation in Oracle 8.1.5:
reate index wgs_part_NDX on WGS_PARTICELLE(GEOMETRIA) indextype is
2 mdsys.spatial_index parameters('sdo_level=9, sdo_numtiles=6');
create index wgs_part_NDX on WGS_PARTICELLE(GEOMETRIA) indextype is
ORA-29855: error occurred in the execution of ODCIINDEXCREATE routine
ORA-13200: internal error [ROWID:AAAETgAAIAAABAkAAA] in spatial indexing.
ORA-13206: internal error [] while creating the spatial index
ORA-13192: failed to read number of element rows
ORA-06512: at "MDSYS.SDO_INDEX_METHOD", line 7
ORA-06512: at line 1
Here is a sample of my spatial table:
SDO_GID MPE_ID CODICE X1
Y1 X2 Y2 ANGOLO ALTEZZA SUPERFICIE DATA_CREA
GEOMETRIA(SDO_GTYPE, SDO_SRID, SDO_POINT(X, Y, Z), SDO_ELEM_INFO, SDO_ORDINATES)
1,0000E+10 1,0000E+10 583 3470,6
12088,45 3479,99 12089,56 0 18 18,49 14-MAR-01
SDO_GEOMETRY(3, NULL, NULL, SDO_ELEM_INFO_ARRAY(1, 3, 1), SDO_ORDINATE_ARRAY(348
2,05, 12092,75, 3479,45, 12093,15, 3478,49, 12086,78, 3481,65, 12086,45, 3482,05
, 12092,75))
1,0000E+10 1,0000E+10 405 3473,51
SDO_GID MPE_ID CODICE X1
Y1 X2 Y2 ANGOLO ALTEZZA SUPERFICIE DATA_CREA
GEOMETRIA(SDO_GTYPE, SDO_SRID, SDO_POINT(X, Y, Z), SDO_ELEM_INFO, SDO_ORDINATES)
12102,32 3473,91 12097,19 0 18 42,63 14-MAR-01
SDO_GEOMETRY(3, NULL, NULL, SDO_ELEM_INFO_ARRAY(1, 3, 1), SDO_ORDINATE_ARRAY(348
2,45, 12096,75, 3479,3, 12097,32, 3479,12, 12095,88, 3475,32, 12096,63, 3475,5,
12097,91, 3472,41, 12098,53, 3472,25, 12097,45, 3470,07, 12097,77, 3469,55, 1209
4,95, 3471,85, 12094,55, 3479,45, 12093,15, 3482,05, 12092,75, 3482,45, 12096,75
What can I do to solve the problem?
I am absolutely a beginner in Oracle Spatial. I did read some previous postings on the forum: if I need to use the SDO_GEOM.VALIDATE_LAYER function, could you please suggest how to implement it?
Many thanks, Rosa

This might be a duplicate reply, sorry if it is.
Hello Rosa,
I think you are using Oracle Spatial 8.1.6.
You can quickly find out what is wrong with the specific geometry by running validate_geometry:
SELECT sdo_geom.validate_geometry
(s.geom_col_name,
(SELECT diminfo
FROM user_sdo_geom_metadata
WHERE table_name = 'WGS_PARTICELLE'
AND column_name = 'GEOMETRIA')) status
FROM WGS_PARTICELLE s
WHERE S.ROWID='AAAETgAAIAAABAkAAA';
You can also run validate layer on the entire layer. To do this, first create a table to hold the results, then run validate_layer. Check out the documentation for more information...
Hope this helps,
dan
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Question about filtered index

I am looking over database for the SQL objects having SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF and SET ANSI_NULLS OFF
For filtered index both needs to be ON so what about the objects that dont have quoted_identifier and ansi_nulls code line?
do i need to add SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON and SET ANSI_NULLS ON for those objects as well?

Following article solved my question
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlprogrammability/archive/2009/06/29/interesting-issue-with-filtered-indexes.aspx
I tried creating proc without quoted_identifier and ansi_nulls code line and proc still executes

Question about composite index and index skip scan

Hi,
I have a confusion.
I have read Burleson's post on composite index column ordering (http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_composite_index_multi_column_ordering.htm) where he writes that
"......for composite indexes the most restrictive column value(the column with the highest unique values) should be put first to trim down the result set..."
But 10g performance tuning book tells this about INDEX SKIP SCAN ::
"... Index Skip scanning lets a composite index be split logically into smaller subindexes. In skip
scanning, the initial column of the composite index is not specified in the query. In other words, it is skipped.
The number of logical subindexes is determined by the number of distinct values in the initial column.
Skip scanning is advantageous if there are few distinct values in the leading column of the composite index and many distinct values in the non-leading key of the index......."
So if we design Composite indexes acc. to what Burleson said then how can we take advantage of index skip scanning. These two staements oppose each other,don't they ?
Can anybody explain this ?

Dear,
For the moment forget the distinct values and the compressibility. I've tried to reproduce your case here below (using jonathan lewis table script)
create table t1
as
with generator as (
    select    --+ materialize
        rownum id
    from dual
    connect by
        rownum <= 10000
select
    rownum              c1,
    mod(rownum,1000)    c2,
    mod(rownum,5000)    c3,
    mod(rownum,10000)   c4,
    lpad(rownum,10,'0') c5,
    rpad('x',5)         c6
from
    generator    v1,
    generator    v2
where
    rownum <= 1000
alter table t1 add constraint t1_pk primary key (c3,c4,c5,C6);
create index idx_1 on t1 (c1,c2);
begin
     dbms_stats.gather_table_stats(
          ownname           => user,
          tabname           =>'T1',
          estimate_percent => 100,
          method_opt       => 'for all columns size 1'
end;
/and here are what I got with your two selects
mho.sql>> SELECT c1,c2
2 FROM t1
3 WHERE c2 = 3;
        C1         C2
         3          3
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
mho.sql>> start dispcursor
PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
SQL_ID 4dbgq3m2utd9f, child number 0
SELECT c1,c2 FROM t1 WHERE c2 = 3
Plan hash value: 3723378319
| Id | Operation            | Name | Starts | E-Rows | A-Rows |   A-Time   | Buffers |
|* 1 | INDEX FAST FULL SCAN| IDX_1 |      1 |      1 |      1 |00:00:00.01 |       7 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   1 - filter("C2"=3)
17 rows selected.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.34
mho.sql>> SELECT c3,c4,c5,c6
2 FROM t1
3 WHERE c4 = 3
4 AND c5 = '0000000003'
5 AND c6 = 'x    ';
        C3         C4 C5         C6
         3          3 0000000003 x
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
mho.sql>> @dispcursor
PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT
SQL_ID fv62c9uqtktw9, child number 0
SELECT c3,c4,c5,c6 FROM t1 WHERE c4 = 3 AND c5 = '0000000003' AND c6 = 'x    '
Plan hash value: 2969533764
| Id | Operation            | Name | Starts | E-Rows | A-Rows |   A-Time   | Buffers |
|* 1 | INDEX FAST FULL SCAN| T1_PK |      1 |      1 |      1 |00:00:00.01 |       9 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   1 - filter(("C4"=3 AND "C5"='0000000003' AND "C6"='x    '))
17 rows selected.I didn't succeed to reproduce your index skip scan situation.
Best Regards
Mohamed Houri

Question about UNIQUE INDEX

Given a table with 2 columns. They are not setup as UNIQUE.
TABLE_A (
column1 NUMBER NOT NULL,
column2 NUMBER
Then, a UNIQUE INDEX is created for both of the columns
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX XX.TABLEA_U ON TABLE_A
(column1, column2)
My question is does the above UNIQUE INDEX somehow act as a UNIQUE Constraint to "column1"?
Thanks in Advance

It acts as a unique constraint on both the columns.If duplicate row is inserted you will get error like
05:40:30 sql>create unique index u_a on a (column1,column2);
05:41:07 sql>insert into a values (1,2);
1 row created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
05:41:12 sql>insert into a values (1,2);
insert into a values (1,2)
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00001: unique constraint (SYSADM.U_A) violated
05:41:15 sql>insert into a values (1,3);
1 row created.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00Anand
Edited by: Anand... on Nov 5, 2009 5:41 AM

Question about Global index and Table Partitions

I have created a global index for a partitioned table now in the future the partitions will be dropped in the table. Do I need to do anything to the global index? Does it need to be rebuilt or would it be ok if partitions get dropped in the table?

>
I have created a global index for a partitioned table now in the future the partitions will be dropped in the table. Do I need to do anything to the global index? Does it need to be rebuilt or would it be ok if partitions get dropped in the table?
>
You can use the UPDATE INDEXES clause. That allows users to keep using the table and Oracle will keep the global indexes updated.
Otherwise, as already stated all global indexes will be marked UNUSABLE.
See 'Dropping Partitions' in the VLDB and Partitioning Guide
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e25523/part_admin002.htm#i1007479
>
If local indexes are defined for the table, then this statement also drops the matching partition or subpartitions from the local index. All global indexes, or all partitions of partitioned global indexes, are marked UNUSABLE unless either of the following is true:
You specify UPDATE INDEXES (Cannot be specified for index-organized tables. Use UPDATE GLOBAL INDEXES instead.)
The partition being dropped or its subpartitions are empty

Question about the index and homepages

Hello all,
I am new to dreamweaver and I have only had my website for a couple of months now.
On my site, I have a "Home Page" button that visitors can click to return to the home URL.
My home URL is: www.djidblends.com
When users click on the "Home Page" button, they are taken to the URL: www.djidblends.com/index.html
In the past, whenever I wanted to update my regular home page, I just simply updated the index.html file in dreamweaver... and it worked for both of the URLs listed above.
However, I recently attempted to update the home page once again, and it did NOT work for both URLs.
For example, when I visit www.djidblends.com, my page is NOT updated.
When I click on the "Home Page" button, my page IS updated.
I have looked around and some people have had the same problem as me, but I haven't found a legit fix for this problem.
If anyone knows how I can fix this, I would greatly appreciate your help.
Thanks,
Bye.

On my site, I have a "Home Page" button that visitors can click to return to the home URL.
My home URL is: www.djidblends.com
When you go to http://www.djidblends.com, the server tries to open pages that are named index.htm, index.html, index.php amongst others. In this case index.html will be opened despite it not showing as such in the address bar.
When users click on the "Home Page" button, they are taken to the URL: www.djidblends.com/index.html
That is correct because the Home Page button links to index.html. The reason why it shows in the address bar as http://www.djidblends.com/index.html is because the link is within the www.djidblends.com site. If you click the Contact Information button, the address bar will correspond to the contact.html link.
In the past, whenever I wanted to update my regular home page, I just simply updated the index.html file in dreamweaver... and it worked for both of the URLs listed above.
That is correct, you are uploading the page that is linked to the menu.
However, I recently attempted to update the home page once again, and it did NOT work for both URLs.
For example, when I visit www.djidblends.com, my page is NOT updated.
When I click on the "Home Page" button, my page IS updated.
That is because the browser has a cached copy of your site and it will load the cached copy to save time. When you click the Home Button it may, but not always, refresh the page bypassing the cached version. IE may not respond immediately because it tends to hang onto the cached version of the page much longer.
I have looked around and some people have had the same problem as me, but I haven't found a legit fix for this problem.
If anyone knows how I can fix this, I would greatly appreciate your help.
The problem occurs when someone has paid a visit to your site before the updated page has been uploaded. There are ways to overcome this. For more info have a look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bypass_your_cache
Gramps

Question about the partition index

Hi, all, I have some questions about partitioned index.
And I get from oracle documents that oracle's partition index can be clarified as local partition index and global partition index.
And local partition index can be clarified as prefix local partition index and non-prefix local partition index. And I also the word "global prefix partition index".
But, I can not get what the exact meaning after I consulted many documents and notes from website.
Can anyone give me one example to cover these topic?
You help is very thankful!
Thanks and best regards!

Hi,
Local index search by partition.
Local Indexes: A local index is an index on a partitioned table which is partitioned in the exact same manner as the underlying partitioned table. Each partition of a local index corresponds to one and only one partition of the underlying table.
Global Partitioned Indexes: A global partitioned index is an index on a partitioned or non-partitioned table which is partitioned using a different partitioning-key from the table. Global-partitioned indexes can only be partitioned using range partitioning. For example, a table could be range-partitioned by month and have twelve partitions, while an index on that table could be range-partitioned using a different partitioning key and have a different number of partitions.
Global Non-Partitioned Indexes: A global non-partitioned index is essentially identical to an index on a non-partitioned table. The index structure is not partitioned.
Maybe this links help you:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/oracle9i/datasheets/partitioning.html
http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/f?p=4950:8:12026637104196321871::NO::F4950_P8_DISPLAYID,F4950_P8_CRITERIA:678824574412
http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/f?p=4950:8:::::F4950_P8_DISPLAYID:1612281449571
Cheers

Spatial Index problems - Newbie here

Hello,
I am pretty new to Oracle and have had an issue pop up. I was able to solve it but I am wondering what the issue really is so I can have a better understanding of how Oracle works.
I am trying to run a spatial index on a table which contains partitions, here is the code I was running.
CREATE INDEX "xxx_ADMIN"."CODED_PART_CODE_SIDX" ON "xxx_ADMIN"."CODED_PART_CODE" ("GEOMETRY")
INDEXTYPE IS "MDSYS"."SPATIAL_INDEX" LOCAL (
PARTITION "PART_v1234" PARAMETERS ('tablespace=xxx_coded_part_code sdo_rtr_pctfree=0 pctincrease=0 layer_gtype=POINT'),
PARTITION "PART_v2345" PARAMETERS ('tablespace=xxx_coded_part_code sdo_rtr_pctfree=0 pctincrease=0 layer_gtype=POINT'),
PARTITION "PART_v3456" PARAMETERS ('tablespace=xxx_coded_part_code sdo_rtr_pctfree=0 pctincrease=0 layer_gtype=POINT'),
PARTITION "PART_OTHER" PARAMETERS ('tablespace=xxx_coded_part_code sdo_rtr_pctfree=0 pctincrease=0 layer_gtype=POINT')) ;
commit;
This never seems to work but when I change the name of the partitions to start with a 'd' instead of a 'v' (PART_v1234 becomes PART_d1234) everthng works just fine.
Any idea why this happens?
Any help would be appreciated,
Tom

Well the first thing you need to learn about Oracle is basic concepts such as when asking a question about Spatial to post in the forum that discusses Spatial.
This group, Advanced Queuing is totally unrelated to Spatial.

Oracle spatial Indexing

Hi Guru's
I am newby to Oracle spatial. Working as Database Admin.
I want information about spatial indexing like creation, maintenence ..etc.
It would be a great help if you can refer any relevant documents, articles or presentations.
Thanks in advance
Cheers
Antony

Welcome Antony
First place to start is the user documentation:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/html/B14255_01/toc.htm
start reading on the indexing here:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/html/B14255_01/sdo_intro.htm#sthref98
As an alternative/added value the Pro Oracle Spatial book is also a very good reference.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/spatial/htdocs/pro_oracle_spatial.html
there is also a second version for 11g.
For the maintenance, certainly from a DBA point of view, it is worthwhile looking at Radius Check. The lightweight free version offers an easy overview on the geometry tables, their metadata and their spatial indexes.
The professional version also gives Checks for invalid geometries with fixing capabilities.
On the Oracle Spatial Download page (http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/spatial/htdocs/spatial_partners_downloads.html), you can find the link second at the top to the webpage of Radius Check (http://www.1spatial.com/products/radius_check/index.php).
Good Luck
Luc
Edited by: lucvanlinden on Nov 14, 2008 8:45 AM

Questions about Indexing and Using an Indexing POA

Although I have only about 50 users, at least 15 of them have in excess of 100,000 messages in their accounts and the POA (version 7.0.2) is regularly slowing to a crawl. (I just know that plans for revolution are fomenting!) I have embarked on a campaign to reduce these accounts by archiving everything off to get mail accounts down to 3000 or fewer pieces. I have achieved user buy-in, but have worked on only a few users so far.
In another closely related thread, it was suggested to me that the PO speed issues relate to broken indexes. And I suspect that given so many messages, the indexes were never getting fully rebuilt with the default QF POA settings. I am trying to fix that situation in addition to reducing mail account sizes. So, I have set up a second POA on another server and dedicated it to the indexing task. The /qfinterval is set for 1 hour, other /qf switches at default. The POA-QF does no mail delivery, but it does do nightly user upkeep.
The POA-QF seems to be steadily working away and making progress at reducing the number of unindexed messages. However, I have questions about what I am seeing and what more I can do:
1. Is the progress I am seeing real progress? For example I have a user with over 100,000 messages to be indexed and every time I check the logs, the count drops by about 500 messages per hourly QF cycle. I assume that if I just let it keep running, it will eventually get caught up and fixed. Not only with this user, but with all the others as well. Will my patience (and theirs) be rewarded? Are there any gotchas I need to prepare for?
2. One user has recently had virtually all of her messages successfully moved to archive. I can see them in the Archive, and do not see them in the online account. However, now over a week later, QF still shows >130,000 items still left to index for that user. The POA-QF is making slow, steady progress reducing that number, but why is this user's QF count still so high? Does it just need more time, or is there something amiss for this user?
3. I may want to rebuild indexes for single users from scratch. I have seen the TID 3105742 which tells how to do this: Essentially you turn off mail delivery functions, and make some other switch changes to dedicate the POA to indexing for just a single user, and then you let the POA rebuild the indexes. The implication of that scenario is that the POA is now enjoying exclusive access to the user's databases.
If I want to use my secondary POA-QF to rebuild a user's index from scratch, does the main POA have to be offline and the user out of GWise? That is, Does the QF process require exclusive access in order to rebuild indexes from scratch?
Thanks for any thoughts or suggestions.
Peter Smick

pgsmick wrote:
> 1. Is the progress I am seeing real progress? For example I have a user with
> over 100,000 messages to be indexed and every time I check the logs, the count
> drops by about 500 messages per hourly QF cycle. I assume that if I just let
> it keep running, it will eventually get caught up and fixed. Not only with
> this user, but with all the others as well. Will my patience (and theirs) be
> rewarded? Are there any gotchas I need to prepare for?
Set this switch for this indexing POA - /qflevel=999 - this will index
everything in one run. It will take a long time, but with no qflevel switch you
are indeed only indexing 500 messages at a time, and if the user has that much
mail, it might never really catch up.
>
> 2. One user has recently had virtually all of her messages successfully moved
> to archive. I can see them in the Archive, and do not see them in the online
> account. However, now over a week later, QF still shows >130,000 items still
> left to index for that user. The POA-QF is making slow, steady progress
> reducing that number, but why is this user's QF count still so high? Does it
> just need more time, or is there something amiss for this user?
>
This is odd, because really the index count should drop to nothing, but with the
above switch this might get resolved as well.
> 3. I may want to rebuild indexes for single users from scratch. I have seen
> the TID 3105742 which tells how to do this: Essentially you turn off mail
> delivery functions, and make some other switch changes to dedicate the POA to
> indexing for just a single user, and then you let the POA rebuild the indexes.
> The implication of that scenario is that the POA is now enjoying exclusive
> access to the user's databases.
Not really - the POA is not enjoying exclusive access to the user's database,
the indexer is just avoiding an attempt to index anything else.
> If I want to use my secondary POA-QF to rebuild a user's index from scratch,
> does the main POA have to be offline and the user out of GWise? That is, Does
> the QF process require exclusive access in order to rebuild indexes from
> scratch?
No - QF never requires exclusive access. That said, you may find that an
extremely vigorous QF can cause slowdowns for the user.
Danita
Novell Knowledge Partner
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