SQLPlus question...

Hi All,
I am trying to create a package in Oracle 10g Express Edition as follows (the package is contained in the file newpackagefile.sql):
SQL> sqlplus username/pwd@dsn @newpackagefile.sql
But it prompts me 5 times to enter values for different variables. After I hit the "Enter" key 5 times, it creates the package successfully.
I searched the newpackagefile.sql file for the variables but cannot find them. Why do you think it prompts me for variables and how do I create the package without having it prompt me, eg., can I send it dummy parameters with the sqlplus statement in the command line?
Thanks!

Hi,
Issue the SQL*Plus command
SET DEFINE OFFbefore running the script.
Apparantly, it contains the character used to mark substitution variables ('&' by default).
<tt>SET DEFINE OFF</tt> will turn off scanning for substitution variables, and then the marker will be treated like a normal character.

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(2) create the package in the same schema as the tables, or
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AS
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Change DEFINER to CURRENT_USER in a couple of places. (Bad mistake!)

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[oracle@localhost db_1]$ export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH
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SHELL=/bin/bash
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HISTSIZE=1000
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GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/tmp/keyring-fhEFH8/socket
ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-TjFstJ2746/agent.2746
SESSION_MANAGER=local/localhost.localdomain:/tmp/.ICE-unix/2746
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SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.1.0 Production on Tue Oct 19 10:30:56 2010
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The Oracle documentation states that when a client connection request is received on the server, the Listener creates a Server Process which will work with the database instance to carry out the tasks requested by the user/client process. So far, everything good.
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>
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>
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Stop the Windows service named "OracleCMService9i".
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C:\>net start OracleCMService9i
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2. Click the Browse button for the Source... entry field and navigate to the stage directory where you unpacked
the Patch Set tar file.
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The products to be loaded will be displayed (verify ORACLE_HOME setting for this first).
4. Verify the products listed and then click on the Install button.
5. Once the installation has completed successfully, it will display End of Installation. Click on Exit and confirm
to exit the installer.
To perform a silent installation requiring no user intervention:
1. Copy the response file template provided in the response directory where you unpacked the Patch
Set tar file.
2. Edit the values for all fields labeled as "<Value Required>" according to the comments and examples
in the template.
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@cwmlite/admin/cwm2awmd.sql
exit
Execute the following script only if you have version 9.2.0.1.0 of Oracle Internet Directory installed in your ORACLE_HOME. Make sure that the database and database listener are running and that all parameters are specified prior to running the script:
$ORACLE_HOME/bin/oidpatchca.bat
-connect <Connect String>
-lsnrport <Listener Port>
-systempwd <SYSTEM Password>
-odspwd <ODS Password>
-sudn <Super-User DN>
-supwd <Super-User Password>
-dippwd <Password to register DIP Server>
Where:
connect - Database connect string
lsnrport - Database Listener port
systempwd - Password of the database 'SYSTEM' user
odspwd - Password of the database 'ODS' user
sudn - Super-user DN
supwd - Super-user Password
dippwd - New password to register Directory Integration Server. This password must conform to the password policy in the OID server
Execute the following steps only is you are using the RMAN catalog.:
rman catalog <user/passwd@alias>
upgrade catalog;
upgrade catalog;

I don't understand which instructions I have to make for oracle upgrade?
-- You have to follow all the instructions mentioned
(Just check for few if's for Cluster enabled, OID and OLAP databases. Perform these steps only if they apply)
Must I also make the 3. instruction? Connect to databse prior and drop?
-- Yes you should do
Must I also make the post install action for my database?
(startup migrate ...)
-- Yes. Do run catpatch.sql .
what means at post install actions the following:
'execute these post install actions only if you have one or more databases associated to the upgraded $oracle_homee.
-- In this step make sure you do step 1
1: Java VM and XML DB Requirements
Otherwise catpatch.sql will fail.
Do 2 and 3 only if applicable
Chandar
My database path is e:\oracle\oradata\database my oracle path is e:\oracle\ora92 have I in my case make the post install actions?

A question about the impact of SQL*PLUS SERVEROUTPUT option on v$sql

Hello everybody,
SQL> SELECT * FROM v$version;
BANNER
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
PL/SQL Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
CORE    11.2.0.1.0 Production
TNS for Linux: Version 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 11.2.0.1.0 - Production
SQL>
OS : Fedora Core 17 (X86_64) Kernel 3.6.6-1.fc17.x86_64I would like to ask a question about the SQL*Plus SET SERVEROUTPUT ON/OFF option and its impact on queries on views such as v$sql and v$session. Here is the problem
Actually I define three variables in SQL*Plus in order to store sid, serial# and prev_sql_id columns from v$session in order to be able to use them later, several times in different other queries, while I'm still working in the current session.
So, here is how I proceed
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON; -- I often activate this option as the first line of almost all of my SQL-PL/SQL script files
SET SQLBLANKLINES ON;
VARIABLE mysid NUMBER
VARIABLE myserial# NUMBER;
VARIABLE saved_sql_id VARCHAR2(13);
-- So first I store sid and serial# for the current session
BEGIN
    SELECT sid, serial# INTO :mysid, :myserial#
    FROM v$session
    WHERE audsid = SYS_CONTEXT('UserEnv', 'SessionId');
END;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
-- Just check to see the result
SQL> SELECT :mysid, :myserial# FROM DUAL;
    :MYSID :MYSERIAL#
       129   1067
SQL> Now, let's say that I want to run the following query as the last SQL statement run within my current session
SELECT * FROM employees WHERE salary >= 2800 AND ROWNUM <= 10;According to Oracle® Database Reference 11g Release 2 (11.2) description for v$session
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e25513/dynviews_3016.htm#REFRN30223]
the column prev_sql_id includes the sql_id of the last sql statement executed for the given sid and serial# which in the case of my example, it will be the above mentioned SELECT query on the employees table. As a result, right after the SELECT statement on the employees table I run the following
BEGIN
    SELECT prev_sql_id INTO :saved_sql_id
    FROM v$session
    WHERE sid = :mysid AND serial# = :myserial#;
END;
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> SELECT :saved_sql_id FROM DUAL;
:SAVED_SQL_ID
9babjv8yq8ru3
SQL> Having the value of sql_id, I'm supposed to find all information about cursor(s) for my SELECT statement and also its sql_text value in v$sql. Yet here is what I get when I query v$sql upon the stored sql_id
SELECT child_number, sql_id, sql_text
FROM v$sql
WHERE sql_id = :saved_sql_id;
CHILD_NUMBER   SQL_ID          SQL_TEXT
0              9babjv8yq8ru3    BEGIN DBMS_OUTPUT.GET_LINES(:LINES, :NUMLINES); END;Therefore instead of
SELECT * FROM employees WHERE salary >= 2800 AND ROWNUM <= 10;for the value of sql_text I get the following value
BEGIN DBMS_OUTPUT.GET_LINES(:LINES, :NUMLINES);Which is not of course what I was expecting to find in v$sql for the given sql_id.
After a bit googling I found the following thread on the OTN forum where it had been suggested (well I think maybe not exactly for the same problem) to turn off SERVEROUTPUT.
Problem with dbms_xplan.display_cursor
This was precisely what I did
SET SERVEROUTPUT OFFafter that I repeated the whole procedure and this time everything worked pretty well as expected. I checked SQL*Plus documentation for SERVEROUTPUT
and also v$session page, yet I didn't find anything indicating that SERVEROUTPUT should be switched off whenever views such as v$sql, v$session
are queired. I don't really understand the link in terms of impact that one can have on the other or better to say rather, why there is an impact
Could anyone kindly make some clarification?
thanks in advance,
Regards,
Dariyoosh

>
and also v$session page, yet I didn't find anything indicating that SERVEROUTPUT should be switched off whenever views such as v$sql, v$session
are queired. I don't really understand the link in terms of impact that one can have on the other or better to say rather, why there is an impact
Hi Dariyoosh,
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON has the effect of executing dbms_output.get_lines after each and every statement. Not only related to system view.
Here below what Tom Kyte is explaining in this page:
Now, sqlplus sees this functionality and says "hey, would not it be nice for me to dump this buffer to screen for the user?". So, they added the SQLPlus command "set serveroutput on" which does two things
1) it tells SQLPLUS you would like it <b>to execute dbms_output.get_lines after each and every statement</b>. You would like it to do this network rounding after each call. You would like this extra overhead to take place (think of an install script with hundreds/thousands of statements to be executed -- perhaps, just perhaps you don't want this extra call after every call)
2) SQLPLUS automatically calls the dbms_output API "enable" to turn on the buffering that happens in the package.Regards.
Al

Oracle 9i Support for multi language is not working.. Giving question mark

HI,
We have an application which uses oracle 9i as the database. Riight now we are supporting only english and there is a requirement to support multiple languages like korean, chineese and japaneese.
But we are planning to migrate one part of the application to support multi languages. Means it may affect around 10 tables but with huge data. Totally we have around 100 tables.
How to enable the database for supporting multiple langugages.?
Is there any way to enable only the few tables supporting multiple languages. Because if we change the database level parameters for supporting languages, we may need to migrate entire tables. this will be a huge task.
Even if want to set the parameters for supporting multiple languages.. how to set it. Is it possible set it in the existing database or do we need to re-create the table with these prameters.
I have read in some documentation, that we can create table columns with nVarchar2 for supporting multi languages. I have created it. but if i copy some other language characters into those columns, it is giving question mark.
Is it possible to do search using text in native langugage like chineese..
Could somebody guide me on the above clarificationa and what would be the best approach..
Thanks in advance
Jino
Regards,
Jino George
Ext: 6520

You should not use any more Oracle 9.0.1 but at least Oracle 9.2.0.8 to get some extended support if you really cannot upgrade to 10g.
I don't have any Oracle 9.x database available but I've run successfully following test with Oracle 10.2.0.1 in character mode under Linux:
oracle@pbell:~$ export NLS_LANG=AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8
oracle@pbell:~$ sqlplus / @nls
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Fri Aug 29 17:29:56 2008
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
SQL> drop table t;
Table dropped.
SQL> select * from v$nls_parameters where parameter like '%SET%';
PARAMETER
VALUE
NLS_CHARACTERSET
WE8ISO8859P1
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET
AL16UTF16
SQL> create table t ( data nvarchar2(100));
Table created.
SQL> insert into t values(unistr('\76EE\7684\5730'));
1 row created.
SQL> select * from t;
DATA
目的地Try to make sure you have the right NLS_LANG setting on the client side (under Windows this is a registry setting).

How can I allow users to access SQLPLUS?

Hi everyone,
I have been charged with the task of creating an Oracle server on a CentOS VM. Installation and configuration is complete and SQL is working fine for the database admin user "oracle." I copied the environment variables to the .bashrc file for "oracle" and SQLPLUS starts without a hitch.
Here is where I need a little guidance...
I need to create basic Linux user accounts that will have access to the database, so they can then in turn log into their SQLPLUS accounts. The problem is, all of the database files and software are in located in the user "oracle's" directory. This means that no one but "oracle" and root have access to these files because they are the only ones with proper permissions.
Before I put a ton of time into this, I thought I would pose these questions to the Oracle Linux community:
1) Could I enable a specific Linux group (ex. "Oracle Users") to have access to the main database folder or possibly all folders along the path? I am hoping this would allow any users I put in the group access to the folders, and essentially the SQLPLUS application. (here is ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1)
2) If that is not an option, will I need to make a completely new database and locate it in a location that all users can access?
I understand that my first idea may not be the SAFEST method, but this is only for a small class of students learning how to use SQL and writing queries. There will be no sensitive information at risk. This would be a quick fix until I learned more about Oracle and how to use it.
Thank you everyone.

It certainly is rather a question for the General Database forum, though I doubt you will get a lot of happy replies for such a basic question.
You can use / as sysdba OS authentication through SSH or using the server console, provided the user's account belongs to the "dba" user group. For remote connection through sqlnet you need create a $ORACLE_HOME/dbs/orapw$SID password file.
If you would like to know more about this:
Connecting / as sysdba is used for OS authentication. It ignores password credentials stored in the database and allows any user belonging to the OSDBA system group to connect to the database. Connections as sysdba will always connect to the SYS schema of the database, regardless of any username or password specified. Using OS authentication relies on the BEQ protocol, which connects to the database directly, without using the Oracle Listener process.
The "oinstall" group will give access to the database software repository. There could be different oracle home installations, each with a different oracle user/owner like "oracle_prod1" and "oracle_prod2", but both users must be able to read/write the shared oraInventory, in which case both users must have read and write access to the oraInventory directory, hence the oinstall group.

System and Object privileges question

hello everyone.
I was really making it a priority to really understand both system and object privileges for users. I have setup a couple of 'sandboxes' at home and have done lots of testing. So far, it has gone very well in helping me understand all the security involved with Oralce (which, IMHO, is flat out awesome!).
Anyway, a couple of quick questions.
As a normal user, what view can I use to see what permissions I have in general? what about permissions on other schemas?
I know I can do a:
select * from session_privs
which lists my session privileges.
What other views (are they views/data dictionary?) that I can use to see what I have? Since this is a normal user, they don't have access to any of the DBA_ views.
I'll start here for now, but being able to see everything this user has, would be fantastic.
Cheers,
TCG

Sorry. should have elaborated more.
In SQLPLUS, (logged in while logged into my Linux OS), I am working to try and get sqlplus to display the results of my query so it is easy to read. Right now, it just displays using the first 1/4 or 1/3 of the monitor screen to the left. Make sense? So it does not stretch the results out to utilize the full screen. it is hard to break down and read the results because they are "stacked" on top of each other.
Would be nice if I could adjust sqlplus so the results are easier to read.
HTH.
Jason

A DBA question

Hi,
This is a database question.
I am using JDeveloper 10.1.3.4 and got an error when entering a WHERE clause in the definition of a view object:
SQL Query Error Message: ORA-00904: "LDAPUID": invalid identifierI figure the cause of this problem lies in the database tables because I can connect to the database schema from the Connection Navigator, and can see the table descriptions of all the three tables in the Structure tab, but can not see any rows in any of the three tables on the Data tab. (I can query the tables and get expected returns in sqlplus, though).
I have three tables in the schema, with foreign key constraints. When inserting rows into the empty tables, I use saved scripts that contain the INSERT command lines, such as
INSERT INTO BILL VALUES ('LDAP_UID', 'FIRST_NAME', 'LAST_NAME', ....);The saved scripts contain up to more than 20,000 lines. When these scripts are run (such as SQL> @fill_bill.sql), in addition to the "1 row created" lines, I also saw long lines flashing by on the screen. These must be some error messages. But they flashed by too fast I could not catch any of them.
Is there any way to capture the messages in a log file so I can examine them afterwards. Or somehow have the execution of the sql script halted automatically upon encountering a culprit INSERT statement in the script so that I can see which line has what problem?
Thanks a lot!
Newman

Hi, Shay:
The column name in the table is LDAP_UID. In the entity object the name of the attribute for the column is LdapUid. The WHERE clause I used is: LdapUid=lower(:TheCurrentUser). I clicked Test button to test the WHERE clause. When the error pops up, I clicked the Help button and the explanation is:
View Object SQL Query Statement
    This area displays the view object SQL, to the line where the error occurred. For view objects,
    this is the view object's query. For view links, it is the destination view object's query, as
    modified by the view link's WHERE clause. In either case, null is passed in for all parameters
    (such as WHERE clause parameters in a view object or source attributes in a view link). This explanation made me think that the test query did not receive any return.
Again, is there a way to capture the errors in a log file when executing the sql INSERT statements?
Thanks!
Newman

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