Solution for IPS/HA needed.

Hi,
I need some help here.
I have to integrate an IPS into an existent redundant network. This network always has two redundant switch links. There is also a redundant pair of Checkpoint firewalls. I have to implement two ASA/IPS in front of these firewalls and keep the redundancy. I also need to use the transparent mode to reduce the implantation impact, and an active/standby failover mode.
So I decided to use the following physical topology (ignore the dots):
sw1--ips1--sw3--fw1
|....................|
|....................|
sw2--ips2--sw4--fw2
The problem with this topology is the L2 loop and STP. The SPT will block a port to avoid this loop. But the converged topology will have problems.
If the STP topology is like this one bellow, traffic from a host connect to sw1 to a host connected to sw2 will have to pass both IPS, including the standby unit.
sw1--ips1--sw3--fw1
|
|
sw2--ips2--sw4--fw2
On other side, if the STP topology is like this one bellow, traffic from fw1 to fw2 will have to pass both IPS, including the standby unit.
sw1--ips1--sw3--fw1
|
|
sw2--ips2--sw4--fw2
Moreover, if the STP topology is like one of the two bellow, I can force the topology to direct traffic to the active IPS. But the STP topology should change, if the active IPS fail.
sw1--ips1 sw3--fw1
|.......................|
|.......................|
sw2--ips2--sw4--fw2
sw1--ips1--sw3--fw1
|......................|
|......................|
sw2--ips2 sw4--fw2
Am I missing anything here? Is there any other solution for HA/IPS?
Any comment will be appreciated.
Paulo Roque
Network Engineer
SPCBrasil

Thx Robert.
I have considered a solution similar to yours, but a question raised from that solution: if I issue a 'no failover active' command to force the standby unit to become active, the STP topology should also be modified to make the traffic pass thru the new active ASA.
This STP topology change will not be automatic. And even worst, this will never happen in a situation were the ASA fails over by other reason.

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Last week I received help on getting YTD totals on a 5 week period-to-date report. Data and solution are below.
I've got a period to date report with following columns:
week1 tots, week2 tots, week3 tots, week4 tots, week5 tot, period-to-date tots, year-to-date tots
The records for one hot dog stands looks like in the following format:
HOT_DOG_STAND_ID       WEEK_NBR               NET_SALES2             BUNS24434              PICKELS_AW38           MUSTARD_TB56           CHICKENHEADS33         PIECES_SOLD34          SCRAPS35               PIECES_UNACCOUNTED     HEAD_AVERAGE           EFFICIENCY
141                    0                      647064.59              691287.4               149142.91
141                    1                      697227.09              694887.4               139149.31
141                    2                      293067.04              344887.4               159159.91
141                    3                      693467.09              695687.5               139149.91
141                    4                      644067.09              595487.4               635149.94
141                    5                      644067.09              595487.4               635149.94
141                    7                     6897467.09            12694887.6             34139169.34                                Week nbr 0 is sum of weeks from beginning of year to the end of previous period
week 1 - 5 are the totals for each week in the period
week 7 represents the the year to date total
(totals for #7 are only for display and are not correct)
I was not concerned with PTD totals (sum of weeks 1 to 5); I simply UNION ALL'ed a second SELECT from first query summing on week 1 - 5
The client program throws error:
"unsupported case for inlining of query name in WITH clause". Googling suggest it is most likely most likely because of the UNION ALL
So I do need to get the PTD totals in a record with Week number 6.
CREATE TABLE PERIOD_DATA
   (     "HOT_DOG_STAND_ID" NUMBER NOT NULL ENABLE,
     "WEEK_DATE" DATE,
     "NET_SALES2" NUMBER,
     "BUNS24434" NUMBER,
     "PICKELS_AW38" NUMBER,
     "MUSTARD_TB56" NUMBER,
     "CHICKENHEADS33" NUMBER,
     "PIECES_SOLD34" NUMBER,
     "SCRAPS35" NUMBER,
     "PIECES_UNACCOUNTED" NUMBER
REM INSERTING into PERIOD_DATA
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('29-DEC-08','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),14301.39,13951.26,3431.13,0,3680,2484,378,818);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('05-JAN-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),14651.37,14651.37,3249.55,0,3200,2419,505,276);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('12-JAN-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),14169.89,14169.89,2463.53,0,3136,2080,474,582);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('19-JAN-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),15864.46,15864.46,3245.49,0,3472,2764,475,233);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('26-JAN-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),15961.2,15916.23,3395.51,0,3648,2838,392,418);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('02-FEB-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),19066.4,19066.4,4165.07,0,4336,3682,333,321);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('09-FEB-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),18415.74,18415.74,4024.74,0,4032,3365,482,185);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('16-FEB-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),18014,17849,3486.33,0,3840,3238,374,228);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('23-FEB-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),18671.09,18626.12,3729.42,0,3888,2970,353,565);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('02-MAR-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),17636,17636,3815,0,3424,2840,490,94);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('09-MAR-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),17235.52,17145.58,3897.42,0,3504,2928,421,155);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('16-MAR-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),15989.27,15989.27,3372.95,0,3728,3051,369,308);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('23-MAR-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),19067.69,18960.41,4152.6,0,4048,3293,442,313);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('30-MAR-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),18717.99,18717.99,3923.69,0,4408,3219,593,596);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('06-APR-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),17335.16,17335.16,3769.08,0,3928,2997,514,417);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('13-APR-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),18967.39,18967.39,4157.76,0,4144,2991,527,626);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('20-APR-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),23090.88,23090.88,4427.96,0,5544,4493,560,491);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('27-APR-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),24197.98,24132.99,4248.66,0,6680,5190,606,884);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('04-MAY-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),20202.21,20137.22,3714.68,0,7052,6170,422,460);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('11-MAY-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),18514.48,18514.48,3266.06,0,5508,4178,571,759);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('18-MAY-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),18678.68,18678.68,3814.07,0,5824,4345,633,846);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('25-MAY-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),17937.18,17937.18,3051.52,0,4844,4986,529,-671);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('01-JUN-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),17445.75,17445.75,3079.91,0,5028,4810,656,-438);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('08-JUN-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),17327.88,17327.88,3263.29,0,6112,4674,672,766);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('15-JUN-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),17241.72,16937.33,3328.27,0,5792,4490,567,735);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('22-JUN-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),16625.83,16625.83,3485.18,0,5408,4319,761,328);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('29-JUN-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),17002.84,17002.84,3091.09,0,5664,4369,544,751);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('06-JUL-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),16339.19,16274.2,3075.3,0,4784,3440,697,647);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('13-JUL-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),17165.12,16885.14,3458.03,0,4320,3296,640,384);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('20-JUL-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),17029.77,16899.79,3198.91,0,4448,3449,645,354);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('27-JUL-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),16596.89,16596.89,3015.54,0,4624,3288,665,671);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('03-AUG-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),16468.58,16468.58,2981.35,0,2224,3495,564,-1835);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('10-AUG-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),18625.48,18550.5,3524.44,0,4856,3482,578,796);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('17-AUG-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),24538.54,24323.55,5580.71,0,5260,3771,608,881);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('24-AUG-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),18081.37,18081.37,3533.45,0,5980,3080,553,2347);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('31-AUG-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),17183.25,17183.25,3487.12,0,2544,3262,615,-1333);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('07-SEP-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),17688.41,17575.29,3424.17,0,4800,3480,591,729);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('14-SEP-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),18211.29,18211.29,3806.32,0,3968,3104,527,337);
Insert into PERIOD_DATA (HOT_DOG_STAND_ID,WEEK_DATE,NET_SALES2,BUNS24434,PICKELS_AW38,MUSTARD_TB56,CHICKENHEADS33,PIECES_SOLD34,SCRAPS35,PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) values (141,to_timestamp('21-SEP-09','DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM'),16809.21,16744.22,3014.61,0,4128,3124,710,294);
SELECT HOT_DOG_STAND_ID
, DECODE(TRUNC(week_date , 'iw') ,
         to_date('24-AUG-09' , 'dd-mon-rr') , 1 ,
         to_date('24-AUG-09' , 'dd-mon-rr') + 7 , 2 ,
         to_date('24-AUG-09' , 'dd-mon-rr') + 14 , 3 ,
         to_date('24-AUG-09' , 'dd-mon-rr') + 21 , 4 ,
         to_date('24-AUG-09' , 'dd-mon-rr') + 28 , 5 , 0) AS week_nbr
, SUM(NET_SALES2)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     AS net_sales2
, SUM(BUNS24434 ) BUNS24434
, SUM(PICKELS_AW38) PICKELS_AW38
, SUM(MUSTARD_TB56) MUSTARD_TB56
, SUM(CHICKENHEADS33) CHICKENHEADS33
, SUM(PIECES_SOLD34) PIECES_SOLD34
, SUM(SCRAPS35) SCRAPS35
, SUM(PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) * - 1 PIECES_UNACCOUNTED
   /*--== Head average net_sales / chickenusage*/
, CASE
      WHEN NVL( SUM(ChickenHeads33) / 8 , 0) = 0 THEN 0
      ELSE ROUND(SUM(net_sales2) / ( SUM(ChickenHeads33) / 8 ) , 2)
   END AS Head_average
   /*--=== Efficiency =   (ChickenUsage - scrappedDiv8 - unaccountedDiv8) / ChickenUsage) * 100*/
, CASE
      WHEN NVL(SUM(ChickenHeads33) / 8 , 0) = 0 THEN 0
      ELSE ROUND((((SUM(ChickenHeads33) / 8 ) - ( SUM(scraps35) / 8 ) - (SUM(pieces_unaccounted) / 8 )) / (SUM(ChickenHeads33) / 8 )) * 100 , 2)
   END AS efficiency
FROM period_data per
WHERE week_DATE BETWEEN TRUNC(TO_DATE( '24-AUG-09' , 'DD-MON-YY') , 'IY') AND TRUNC(TO_DATE( '24-AUG-09' , 'DD-MON-YY') , 'IW') + 6 + 7 * 4
GROUP BY hot_dog_stand_id
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      to_date('24-AUG-09' , 'dd-mon-rr') , 1 ,
      to_date('24-AUG-09' , 'dd-mon-rr') + 7 , 2 ,
      to_date('24-AUG-09' , 'dd-mon-rr') + 14 , 3 ,
      to_date('24-AUG-09' , 'dd-mon-rr') + 21 , 4 ,
      to_date('24-AUG-09' , 'dd-mon-rr') + 28 , 5 ,
      0)
ORDER BY DECODE(TRUNC(week_date , 'iw') , to_date('24-AUG-09' , 'dd-mon-rr') , 1 , to_date('24-AUG-09' , 'dd-mon-rr') + 7 , 2 , to_date('24-AUG-09' , 'dd-mon-rr') + 14 , 3 , to_date('24-AUG-09' , 'dd-mon-rr') + 21 , 4 , to_date('24-AUG-09' , 'dd-mon-rr') + 28 , 5 , 0);The following was the successful solution: see: Need help getting YTD total
VARIABLE   start_date     VARCHAR2 (11);
EXEC        :start_date := '24-AUG-2009';
     SELECT HOT_DOG_STAND_ID
     ,      NVL (CASE
               WHEN week_date >= TO_DATE( :start_date, 'DD-MON-YYYY')
               AND   week_date < TO_DATE( :start_date, 'DD-MON-YYYY') + 35
               THEN 1 + FLOOR ( (week_date - TO_DATE( :start_date, 'DD-MON-YYYY'))
                                         / 7
               ELSE 0
                  END
             , 7
             )          AS week_nbr
, SUM(NET_SALES2)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     AS net_sales2
, SUM(BUNS24434 ) BUNS24434
, SUM(PICKELS_AW38) PICKELS_AW38
, SUM(MUSTARD_TB56) MUSTARD_TB56
, SUM(CHICKENHEADS33) CHICKENHEADS33
, SUM(PIECES_SOLD34) PIECES_SOLD34
, SUM(SCRAPS35) SCRAPS35
, SUM(PIECES_UNACCOUNTED) * - 1 PIECES_UNACCOUNTED
   /*--== Head average net_sales / chickenusage*/
, CASE
      WHEN NVL( SUM(ChickenHeads33) / 8 , 0) = 0 THEN 0
      ELSE ROUND(SUM(net_sales2) / ( SUM(ChickenHeads33) / 8 ) , 2)
   END AS Head_average
   /*--=== Efficiency =   (ChickenUsage - scrappedDiv8 - unaccountedDiv8) / ChickenUsage) * 100*/
, CASE
      WHEN NVL(SUM(ChickenHeads33) / 8 , 0) = 0 THEN 0
      ELSE ROUND((((SUM(ChickenHeads33) / 8 ) - ( SUM(scraps35) / 8 ) - (SUM(pieces_unaccounted) / 8 )) / (SUM(ChickenHeads33) / 8 )) * 100 , 2)
   END AS efficiency
FROM period_data per
WHERE week_DATE BETWEEN TRUNC(TO_DATE( '24-AUG-09' , 'DD-MON-YY') , 'IY') AND TRUNC(TO_DATE( '24-AUG-09' , 'DD-MON-YY') , 'IW') + 6 + 7 * 4
GROUP BY hot_dog_stand_id
,           ROLLUP (
           CASE
               WHEN week_date >= TO_DATE( :start_date, 'DD-MON-YYYY')
               AND   week_date < TO_DATE( :start_date, 'DD-MON-YYYY') + 35
               THEN 1 + FLOOR ( (week_date - TO_DATE( :start_date, 'DD-MON-YYYY'))
                                         / 7
               ELSE 0
             END          -- week_nbr
ORDER BY week_nbr
;Thanks in advance .

Frank Kulash wrote:
Hi,
There's probably a way to get both the year-to-date and the period_to_date totals using ROLLUP, but I don't know what that is.I replaced your WITH statement with
--== ABBREVS: beginning-of-week, period-week-nbr, beginning-of-period, beginning-of-period-last-year
with report_dates as
select '24-AUG-09' gamedate, '239' week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bow, '25-AUG-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 1 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '25-AUG-09' gamedate, '240' week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bow, '25-AUG-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 1 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '26-AUG-09' gamedate, '241' week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bow, '25-AUG-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 1 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '27-AUG-09' gamedate, '242' week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bow, '25-AUG-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 1 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '28-AUG-09' gamedate, '243' week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bow, '25-AUG-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 1 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '29-AUG-09' gamedate, '244' week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bow, '25-AUG-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 1 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '30-AUG-09' gamedate, '245' week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bow, '25-AUG-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 1 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '31-AUG-09' gamedate, '246' week_nbr, '31-AUG-09' bow, '01-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 2 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '01-SEP-09' gamedate, '247' week_nbr, '31-AUG-09' bow, '01-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 2 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '02-SEP-09' gamedate, '248' week_nbr, '31-AUG-09' bow, '01-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 2 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '03-SEP-09' gamedate, '249' week_nbr, '31-AUG-09' bow, '01-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 2 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '04-SEP-09' gamedate, '250' week_nbr, '31-AUG-09' bow, '01-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 2 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '05-SEP-09' gamedate, '251' week_nbr, '31-AUG-09' bow, '01-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 2 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '06-SEP-09' gamedate, '252' week_nbr, '31-AUG-09' bow, '01-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 2 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '07-SEP-09' gamedate, '253' week_nbr, '07-SEP-09' bow, '08-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 3 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '08-SEP-09' gamedate, '254' week_nbr, '07-SEP-09' bow, '08-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 3 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '09-SEP-09' gamedate, '255' week_nbr, '07-SEP-09' bow, '08-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 3 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '10-SEP-09' gamedate, '256' week_nbr, '07-SEP-09' bow, '08-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 3 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '11-SEP-09' gamedate, '257' week_nbr, '07-SEP-09' bow, '08-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 3 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '12-SEP-09' gamedate, '258' week_nbr, '07-SEP-09' bow, '08-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 3 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '13-SEP-09' gamedate, '259' week_nbr, '07-SEP-09' bow, '08-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 3 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '14-SEP-09' gamedate, '260' week_nbr, '14-SEP-09' bow, '15-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 4 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '15-SEP-09' gamedate, '261' week_nbr, '14-SEP-09' bow, '15-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 4 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '16-SEP-09' gamedate, '262' week_nbr, '14-SEP-09' bow, '15-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 4 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '17-SEP-09' gamedate, '263' week_nbr, '14-SEP-09' bow, '15-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 4 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '18-SEP-09' gamedate, '264' week_nbr, '14-SEP-09' bow, '15-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 4 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '19-SEP-09' gamedate, '265' week_nbr, '14-SEP-09' bow, '15-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 4 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '20-SEP-09' gamedate, '266' week_nbr, '14-SEP-09' bow, '15-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 4 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '21-SEP-09' gamedate, '267' week_nbr, '21-SEP-09' bow, '22-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 5 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '22-SEP-09' gamedate, '268' week_nbr, '21-SEP-09' bow, '22-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 5 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '23-SEP-09' gamedate, '269' week_nbr, '21-SEP-09' bow, '22-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 5 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '24-SEP-09' gamedate, '270' week_nbr, '21-SEP-09' bow, '22-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr , 5 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '25-SEP-09' gamedate, '271' week_nbr, '21-SEP-09' bow, '22-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 5 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '26-SEP-09' gamedate, '272' week_nbr, '21-SEP-09' bow, '22-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 5 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '27-SEP-09' gamedate, '273' week_nbr, '21-SEP-09' bow, '22-SEP-08' bow_ly, 9 per_nbr, 5 per_week_nbr, '24-AUG-09' bop, '25-AUG-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '28-SEP-09' gamedate, '274' week_nbr, '28-SEP-09' bow, '29-SEP-08' bow_ly, 10 per_nbr, 1 per_week_nbr, '28-SEP-09' bop, '29-SEP-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '29-SEP-09' gamedate, '275' week_nbr, '28-SEP-09' bow, '29-SEP-08' bow_ly, 10 per_nbr, 1 per_week_nbr, '28-SEP-09' bop, '29-SEP-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '30-SEP-09' gamedate, '276' week_nbr, '28-SEP-09' bow, '29-SEP-08' bow_ly, 10 per_nbr, 1 per_week_nbr, '28-SEP-09' bop, '29-SEP-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual union all
select '01-OCT-09' gamedate, '277' week_nbr, '28-SEP-09' bow, '29-SEP-08' bow_ly, 10 per_nbr, 1 per_week_nbr, '28-SEP-09' bop, '29-SEP-08' bop_ly, '29-DEC-08' boy, '29-DEC-07' boy_ly from dual
)which allowed me to substitute (see the func DDL below):
, nvl( case
              when week_date < dates.bop then 0
              else fnc_get_per_week_nbr(week_date)
            end
        , 7) as week_nbrThis is where i got stuck but I'm sure I was on right track
with report_dates as
--=== INSERT WITH CLAUSE FROM ABOVE ===---
SELECT HOT_DOG_STAND_ID
         --== when week_date < beginning of period then week nbr = 0 to representing beginning of year to end of previous period
       , nvl( case
              when week_date < dates.bop then 0
              else fnc_get_per_week_nbr(week_date)
            end
        , 7) as week_nbr
, SUM(NET_SALES2)   NET_SALES2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  AS net_sales2
, SUM(BUNS24434 ) BUNS24434
, SUM(PICKELS_AW38) PICKELS_AW38
, max(sum(net_sales2)) over partition by( ??? where week_nbr in (1,2,3,4,5) net_sales2_ptd
, max(sum(BUNS24434)) over partition by( ??? where week_nbr in (1,2,3,4,5) BUNS24434_ptd
, max(sum(PICKELS_AW38)) over partition by( ??? where week_nbr in (1,2,3,4,5) PICKELS_AW38_ptd
FROM period_data per
inner join report_dates dates on dates.game_date = TO_DATE( '26-AUG-09' , 'DD-MON-YY')
WHERE week_DATE BETWEEN dates.boy AND to_date(dates.bow, 'dd-mon-yy') + 6
GROUP BY hot_dog_stand_id
,    ROLLUP (
              case
              when week_date < dates.bop then 0
              else fnc_get_per_week_nbr(week_date)
            end
ORDER BY week_nbr
;As a footnote, in my live database, reports_tables is a table, so I cleaned up main SELECT with the referenced function:
create or replace FUNCTION fnc_get_per_week_nbr(dte IN date)
RETURN number IS
out_week_nbr number;
BEGIN
--== ABBREVS: beginning-of-week, period-week-nbr, beginning-of-period, beginning-of-period-last-year
with report_dates as
            ---== Replace with Select statements to have sample data for func ==--
select per_week_nbr into out_week_nbr from report_dates where game_date = dte;
     return out_week_nbr;
END fnc_get_per_week_nbr;
Without the correct desired results, I can't be sure if this is right.
Your results were correct, totals and all. Thank you.
There was a lot of unnecessary dividing by 8 going on.
x / 8 = 0 if and only if x = 0, so there's no need to divide by 8 when testing for division by 0.
(a/8) / (b/8) = a / b, so there's no need to divide by 8 at all when computing efficiency.
thanks I had missed that.

Does oracle have a solution for what i need?

Can anyone help because i am confused about Oracles offerings!
In my organisation where use Staffware v9 (now TIBCO, and not the iprocess engine) as the workflow backbone. Relatively simple process maps with background steps calling SQL code to perfom updates and return case data variable settings and foreground steps mapping to oracle forms. v9 is client server with limited API set so uses DDL calls with parameter passing and timers to communicate, but used the better API interfaces in the past. Currently on Oracle 10g at the moment, plans to go to 11g, but not holding my breath on this as we would need some infrastructure changes.
The client server nature of the TIBCO product and the fact that it uses flat files for transactional processing means that it is no longer suitable for our needs, and i want to replace it with an alternative. As we are an oracle shop, a suitable oracle product would be ideal, but unlike the (admittedly sparse) documentation on the old oracle workflow, the new stuff confuses the hell out of me as it seems so wrapped up with SOA concepts (something we are NOT interested in at the moment) and with the addition of some what conflicting BPM and BAM tools as well, there also seems no clear direction. TIBCO also want a lot of money to go to the new product
What i need is a tool to do the following
1) define users, access levels, group work queues with membership and supervisors
2) graphical process designer that can define PL/SQL interface steps, make available foreground tasks in the appropriate queues with APIs to access from the forms environment
3) workflow process management objects like
- decision based process routing on rule or data values
- sub procedure definitions
- external event APIs to control flow and update case data
- branching, joining and wait joins
- rules engines and dynamic process definition nice to have, but not critical
4) operational API for case starting, event issue, audit trail access etc.
5) APIs and repository held in the database
6) externally accessible database structure (ie: makes sense in sql) for reporting/management
I have worked with workflow systems for way too many years (years ago i was even on the Staffware advisory panel) so well up on how these systems work, and think that all of the above is pretty basic stuff, but (maybe just getting old) i cannot see how oracle are meeting what i see as the basics
any ideas?

I agree workflow is not SOA (Service Orientated Architecture). Oracle's strategic direction is BPEL / BPM, and Oracle workflow is moving to end of life.
BPEL is part of SOA Suite but you do have the option to buy standalone, it does have a prerequisite of weblogic suite though.
Although Oracle markets the product SOA Suite it does not mean you you have to develop a SOA architecture, you can still develop point to point interfaces as you do in workflow. SOA Suite just enables you get more reuse out of your existing systems, and future developments. If you want you can keep you workflow develop as it and integrate BPEL / SOA Suite with it.
Im sure you are very skilled in workflow but these skills are becomming very hard to find. They require strong PL/SQL skills and typically don't work with any other application or database without doing some customization. The fact that there is limited documentation shows that it is going to be difficult to upskill developers.
For the functionality Oracle provides in its BPM and SOA Suite I would say it is cheap, especially against our competitors. Also the more you buy the cheaper it gets.
cheers
James

Need solution for multiple Firewire needs

My new 27" 2011 imac will arrive next Monday. I'm now trying to define and solve all potential hurdles.
I seek recommendations on how to best solve my need to attach 2 original firewire cables, into this imac that only comes with 1 firewire 800 input. Both connectors are critical to my work. One connector will turn hard to the right for about six feet to connect to my Digi02 audio interface. The other cable connects and turns hard to the left for 15 feet to connect to my Epson 2200 art printer. Both of the outboard equipment need the original firewire.
I have considered daisy chaining the audio interface and the printer. Except they are on opposite sides of my studio, and I prefer NOT to use a 25 foot firewire cable between such critical peices of hardware.
A better possibility may be a firewire hub, although it will probably also need adaptors for the different versions of firewire i need. That seems rather inelegant. Another possibility would be to get one USB to firewire adaptor and one firewire to 800 adaptor. Do these USB to firewire adaptors work OK?
Anyway, which of these methods would you recommend as my best choice? Are there other choices i haven't mentioned here?

The guy is totally correctin his review.
That is how FireWire works. The FireWire bus will run only as fast as the slowest device on the bus. So as soon as plug in a FW400 device, everything is then clocked down to 400FW.
If you need to have both FW800 and FW400 devices running at their native speeds you need two FW busses each with their own controller.
Because of the limited expansion capability of the iMac, I don't see any way for you to get around this limitation.
If you get a Mac Pro then you could use a FW PCIe card for the second bus and controller.
Allan

TA24002 My 500 GB can't verify nor repair. I have photoshop work that I need to recover. I would like to know which erase option would be the best solution for this problem.

My 500 GB can't verify nor repair. I have photoshop work that I need to recover. I would like to know what option would be the best solution for this problem?

You appear to have two issues: 1) a hard drive that is not working properly and 2) files you wish to recover.
Re 1) you need to answer Kappy's questions.
Re 2) does the drive load and can you see your photo files? If so can you copy them to another drive?
Do you not have a backup of the photo files?

Need solution for the following sync error: "iTunes could not sync calendars to the iPad "iPad name" because an error occurred while sending data from the iPad"

Need solution for the following sync error: "iTunes could not sync calendars to the iPad "iPad name" because an error occurred while sending data from the iPad"

I want to add that I deleted all the old back-ups and created a new back-up without any issues except sync problem.

Is Oracle Text the right solution for this need of a specific search!

Hi ,
We are on Oracle 11.2.0.2 on Solaris 10. We have the need to be able to do search on data that are having diacritical marks and we should be able to do the serach ignoring this diacritical marks. That is the requirement. Now I got to hear that Oracle Text has a preference called BASIC_LEXER which can bypass the diacritical marks and so solely due to this feature I implemented Oracle Text and just for this diacritical search and no other need.
I mean I set up preference like this:
ctxsys.ctx_ddl.create_preference ('cust_lexer', 'BASIC_LEXER');
ctxsys.ctx_ddl.set_attribute ('cust_lexer', 'base_letter', 'YES'); -- removes diacritics
With this I set up like this:
CREATE TABLE TEXT_TEST
NAME VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)
--created Oracle Text index
CREATE INDEX TEXT_TEST_IDX1 ON TEXT_TEST
(NAME)
INDEXTYPE IS CTXSYS.CONTEXT
PARAMETERS('LEXER cust_lexer WORDLIST cust_wl SYNC (ON COMMIT)');
--sample data to illustrate the problem
Insert into TEXT_TEST
   (NAME)
Values
   ('muller');
Insert into TEXT_TEST
   (NAME)
Values
   ('müller');
Insert into TEXT_TEST
   (NAME)
Values
   ('MULLER');
Insert into TEXT_TEST
   (NAME)
Values
   ('MÜLLER');
Insert into TEXT_TEST
   (NAME)
Values
   ('PAUL HERNANDEZ');
Insert into TEXT_TEST
   (NAME)
Values
   ('CHRISTOPHER Phil');
COMMIT;
--Now there is an alternative solution that is there, instead of thee Oracle Text which is just a plain function given below (and it seems to work neat for my simple need of removing diacritical characters effect in search)
--I need to evaluate which is better given my specific needs -the function below or Oracle Text.
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION remove_dia(p_value IN VARCHAR2, p_doUpper IN VARCHAR2 := 'Y')
RETURN VARCHAR2 DETERMINISTIC
IS
OUTPUT_STR VARCHAR2(4000);
begin
IF (p_doUpper = 'Y') THEN
   OUTPUT_STR := UPPER(p_value);
ELSE
   OUTPUT_STR := p_value;
END IF;
OUTPUT_STR := TRANSLATE(OUTPUT_STR,'ÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿ', 'AAAAAACEEEEIIIINOOOOOOUUUUYaaaaaaceeeeiiiinoooooouuuuyy');
RETURN (OUTPUT_STR);
end;
--now I query for which name stats with a P%:
--Below query gets me unexpected result of one row as I am using Oracle Text where each word is parsed for search using CONTAINS...
SQL> select * from text_test where contains(name,'P%')>0;
NAME
PAUL HERNANDEZ
CHRISTOPHER Phil
--Below query gets me the right and expected result of one row...
SQL> select * from text_test where name like 'P%';
NAME
PAUL HERNANDEZ
--Below query gets me the right and expected result of one row...
SQL> select * from text_test where remove_dia(name) like remove_dia('P%');
NAME
PAUL HERNANDEZMy entire need was only to be able to do a search that bypasses diacritical characters. To implement Oracle Text for that reason, I am wondering if that was the right choice! More so when I am now finding that the functionality of LIKE is not available in Oracle Text - the Oracle text search are based on tokens or words and they are different from output of the LIKE operator. So may be should I have just used a simple function like below and used that for my purpose instead of using Oracle Text:
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Thanks,
OrauserN

If all you need is LIKE functionality and you do not need any of the complex search capabilities of Oracle Text, then I would not use Oracle Text. I would create a function-based index on your name column that uses your function that removes the diacritical marks, so that your searches will be faster. Please see the demonstration below.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> CREATE TABLE TEXT_TEST
2    (NAME VARCHAR2(255 BYTE))
3 /
Table created.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> Insert all
2 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('muller')
3 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('müller')
4 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('MULLER')
5 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('MÜLLER')
6 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('PAUL HERNANDEZ')
7 into TEXT_TEST (NAME) Values ('CHRISTOPHER Phil')
8 select * from dual
9 /
6 rows created.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION remove_dia
2    (p_value   IN VARCHAR2,
3      p_doUpper IN VARCHAR2 := 'Y')
4    RETURN VARCHAR2 DETERMINISTIC
5 IS
6    OUTPUT_STR VARCHAR2(4000);
7 begin
8    IF (p_doUpper = 'Y') THEN
9       OUTPUT_STR := UPPER(p_value);
10    ELSE
11       OUTPUT_STR := p_value;
12    END IF;
13    RETURN
14       TRANSLATE
15         (OUTPUT_STR,
16          'ÀÁÂÃÄÅÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýÿ',
17          'AAAAAACEEEEIIIINOOOOOOUUUUYaaaaaaceeeeiiiinoooooouuuuyy');
18 end;
19 /
Function created.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> show errors
No errors.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> CREATE INDEX text_test_remove_dia_name
2 ON text_test (remove_dia (name))
3 /
Index created.
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> set autotrace on explain
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> select * from text_test
2 where remove_dia (name) like remove_dia ('mü%')
3 /
NAME
muller
müller
MULLER
MÜLLER
4 rows selected.
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 3139591283
| Id | Operation                   | Name                      | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT            |                           |     1 | 2131 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   1 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| TEXT_TEST                 |     1 | 2131 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 2 |   INDEX RANGE SCAN          | TEXT_TEST_REMOVE_DIA_NAME |     1 |       |     1   (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   2 - access("SCOTT"."REMOVE_DIA"("NAME") LIKE "REMOVE_DIA"('mü%'))
       filter("SCOTT"."REMOVE_DIA"("NAME") LIKE "REMOVE_DIA"('mü%'))
Note
   - dynamic sampling used for this statement (level=2)
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2> select * from text_test
2 where remove_dia (name) like remove_dia ('P%')
3 /
NAME
PAUL HERNANDEZ
1 row selected.
Execution Plan
Plan hash value: 3139591283
| Id | Operation                   | Name                      | Rows | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT            |                           |     1 | 2131 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   1 | TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| TEXT_TEST                 |     1 | 2131 |     2   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|* 2 |   INDEX RANGE SCAN          | TEXT_TEST_REMOVE_DIA_NAME |     1 |       |     1   (0)| 00:00:01 |
Predicate Information (identified by operation id):
   2 - access("SCOTT"."REMOVE_DIA"("NAME") LIKE "REMOVE_DIA"('P%'))
       filter("SCOTT"."REMOVE_DIA"("NAME") LIKE "REMOVE_DIA"('P%'))
Note
   - dynamic sampling used for this statement (level=2)
SCOTT@orcl_11gR2>

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GROUPNAME
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vender
recruiter
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