[RESOLVED] dbms_metadata.get_ddl() issues

Question

Hi all,
I'm having a bit of an issue using the dbms_metadata package. I've never used it so possibly I'm unaware of something basic.
I'm getting diferent results in my production and dev servers, both of which have this configuration:
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.6.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
JServer Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production
I am trying to replicate the DDL for one particular schema and so tried the following:
SQL> select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('TABLE',u.table_name)
  2  from user_tables u
  3  where rownum = 1;
ERROR:
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error
LPX-00210: expected '<' instead of 'n'
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_XML", line 0
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA_INT", line 3698
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA_INT", line 4553
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 458
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 615
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 1221
ORA-06512: at line 1I tried again with hard-coding a table name and got these very scary results:
SQL> select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('TABLE','CAMPAIGN_LOOKUP','XMLUSER') FROM DUAL;
ERROR:
ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error
ORA-31605: the following was returned from LpxXSLResetAllVars in routine
kuxslResetParams:
LPX-1: NULL pointer
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_XML", line 0
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA_INT", line 3722
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA_INT", line 4553
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 458
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 615
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 1221
ORA-06512: at line 1in the above, I am logging in as the XMLUSER user and so owns the table campaign_lookup.
Next I tried getting the DDL for another schema that while still logged in as xmluser.
I'm certain that I have access read/write from the tclient table but got these results:
possibly the dbms_metadata package requires you to be loged in as the schema owner though
the oracle documentation link gives me a 404 error at the moment so I can't check.
SQL> select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('TABLE','TCLIENT','TRAVEL') from dual;
ERROR:
ORA-31603: object "TCLIENT" of type TABLE not found in schema "TRAVEL"
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SYS_ERROR", line 105
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 628
ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 1221
ORA-06512: at line 1So now I log into production:
SQL> select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('TABLE',u.table_name)
  2      from user_tables u
  3      where rownum = 1;
DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('TABLE',
  CREATE TABLE "XMLUSER"."CAMPAIGN_LOOKUP"
   (    "SCHEME_ID" VARCHAR2(30),
        "S
etc...but still can't extract DDL for another schema.
my main issue is, I can't log into production (or our implementation environment) as the schema
I want to extract due to big nasty DBAs locking it all down. however I can in dev, but get the above errors.
thoughts anyone?

Answer 1

Hi,
For your table not existing error it could be
1) Table not existing
or
2) Nonprivileged users can see the metadata of only their own objects.
SYS and users with SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE can see all objects
For other problem, there is a bug reported for your version, can search in metalink for workaround
Regards