Significance of object_version_number in table ota_attempts

Hi All,
I'm using oracle 11.5.10
Can somebody explain me about the significance of the column object_version_number in the table ota_attempts.
I searched in eTRM and it says version control parameter.
How to check how it gets updated with which value, while users take the course in OLM
I need this details to assist me in debugging an error in OLM
Any pointers on this will be really helpful
Regards,
Mohan

I seriously doubt what is being informed above as answer to the question 'what is object_version_number', is correct.
Object_version_number, or popularly known as OVN in HRMS tables is a column whose concept is independent of any specific table. That is, almost all the tables in HRMS contain this column and has the same purpose. The purpose being maintain the integrity of data being shown to the end user.
When a new record is created in the table the value stored in this column is 1. When the same record is updated the value increases to 2. Let us say there are two users accessing the same data at the same point of time, i.e. both of them have fetched the record with OVN = 2. Now if first user makes a modification in the record and saves changes, OVN is changed to 3. Now if at this point of time the second user, who is looking at the stale data, makes some change in the same record and tries to save it, application compares the OVN present in the table ( =3 ) and currently fetched (=2). If this does not match, it gets to know that there has been some modification made to the record after being fetched by the current user. At this point of time it throws an error saying that the object you are trying to modify is not valid, please requery.
Thus the sole purpose of OVN is to maintain integrity of the data in the application. It is same for any table when this column exists. It has got absolutely nothing to do with learning object or its version.
You can query the triggers present on this table. The WHO trigger (which is named like Table_name_WHO), contains the code to maintain this column whenever an insert./update is made to the table.

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e.sal
from dept d,
emp e
where d.deptno = e.deptno
and (e.empno, e.sal) in ( select e2.empno, e2.sal
from emp e2
where e2.deptno = d.deptno
and rownum < 3
order by e2.sal desc)
order by d.deptno, e.sal desc
This works fine if I remove the order by clause in the subquery.
In case the order by clause is still there it give me a error
or "invalid relational operator" on the order by clause in the
subquery. WHY !!!!!!
Thanks
Monish

The version of Oracle you are using may or may not be part of
your problem. The syntax is not valid in any version.
If you are using a newer version, you can try re-writing it like
this:
SELECT   deptno, dname, empno, ename, sal
FROM     (SELECT d.deptno, d.dname,
                 e.empno, e.ename, e.sal,
                 RANK () OVER
                      (PARTITION BY d.deptno
                       ORDER BY e.sal DESC) rk
          FROM   dept d, emp e
          WHERE d.deptno = e.deptno)
WHERE    rk < 3
ORDER BY deptno, sal DESC;
    DEPTNO DNAME               EMPNO ENAME             SAL
        10 ACCOUNTING           7839 KING             5000
        10 ACCOUNTING           7782 CLARK            2450
        20 RESEARCH             7788 SCOTT            3000
        20 RESEARCH             7902 FORD             3000
        30 SALES                7698 BLAKE            2850
        30 SALES                7499 ALLEN            1600
6 rows selected.
If you are using an older version, you can try re-writing it
like this:
SELECT d.deptno, d.dname,
        e.empno, e.ename, e.sal
FROM    dept d, emp e
WHERE   d.deptno = e.deptno
AND     3 >
        (SELECT COUNT (*) + 1
         FROM   dept d2, emp e2
         WHERE d2.deptno = e2.deptno
         AND    d2.deptno = d.deptno
         AND    e2.sal > e.sal)
ORDER BY d.deptno, e.sal DESC;The second solution will produce the same results as the first
and will work in newer versions as well, but will run
significantly slower on large tables.

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