Time(0) returns decreasing value??

Hi,
On a SunOS version 5.8, my application reads the unix system time using the time(0) call and on some runs, the value is not alwasy monotonically increasing. I see a jump backwards by say 60seconds once in a while.
There is no NTP running on this machine and there is no user intervention (to change the time)
Are there are any known bugs that might cause this..we are having serious problems with this :), and the problem is not easy to replicate..
any comments ?
thanks

Hmmm,,
The effect is the same but the symptoms are not similar.
Moreover I am seeing this problem on a sun sparc.
anyways, thanks for the response, I'll keep searching / waiting..

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I have problem in an JSF Application that uses the EMP and DEPT tables .
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<af:column headerText="#{bindings.EmpView1.labels.Deptno}">
<af:selectInputText value="#{row.Deptno}"
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columns="#{bindings.EmpView1.attrHints.Deptno.displayWidth}"
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</af:column>
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How to pass a function with the same argument multiple times and return values in variables?

The problem I have is I created a function which really is some kind of database. Basically a bunch of:
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[UIX] How To: Return multiple values from a LOV

Hi gang
I've been receiving a number of queries via email on how to return multiple items from a LOV using UIX thanks to earlier posts of mine on OTN. I'm unfortunately aware my previous posts on this are not that clear thanks to the nature of the forums Q&A type approach. So I thought I'd write one clear post, and then direct any queries to it from now on to save me time.
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To meet this requirement follow these steps:
1) In your ADF BC model project, create 2 EOs for employees and departments.
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4) Create a new empty UIX page in your ViewController project called editEmployees.uix.
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<messageLovInput
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<messageTextInput
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    columns="10"
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16) Note in the UI Model you now have a new binding called DCDefaultControl. Select this, and in the property palette change the Id to DepartmentName.
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<event name="lovSelect">
    <compound>
        <set value="${bindings.DepartmentId.inputValue}" target="${sessionScope}" property="MyAppDepartmentId" />
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<event name="lovUpdate">
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        <set value="${sessionScope.MyAppDepartmentId}" target="${bindings.DepartmentId}" property="inputValue"/>
        <set value="${sessionScope.MyAppDepartmentName}" target="${bindings.DepartmentName}" property="inputValue"/>
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</event>Thats it. Now when you select a value in your LOV, it will return 2 (multiple!) values.
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3) We are relying on partial-page-refresh functionality to update multiple items on the screen.
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I hope this works for you :)
Cheers,
CM.

Thanks Chris,
It took me some time to find the information I needed, how to use return multiple values from a LOV popup window, then I found your post and all problems were solved. Its working perfectly, well, almost perfectly.
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SAP Web Service error text : The database returned a value containing an error , type CX_SY_OPEN_SQL_DB

Hello Guru's,
we are creating sales order in SAP from a quote created in .NET, through Web Service created in SAP, and consumed in .NET.
When ever a order is created in SAP for a given quote, SAP returns the sales order number to .NET.
Orders are getting created as expected, but once in a while we are getting the following error from webservice :
Web service processing error; more details in the web service error log on provider side (UTC timestamp 20140609173429; Transaction ID 4DFCEFE33301F1EBB5CE00155D0B4530)
But the problem is order is getting created in SAP for the perticular quote for which we are getting the above error and this order number is not getting returned to .NET.
Upon analysis in TCODE SRT_UTIL for the above transaction ID, has the following details , which are hardly help full to resolve the error.
----TYPE                                  CX_SY_OPEN_SQL_DB
----ERROR_TEXT                   The database returned a value containing an error
----CX_SY_NO_HANDLER
-----CLASSNAME                     CX_SY_OPEN_SQL_DB
This Exception raised by Web Service application
Could you please help in resolving this issue or alteast provide an approach for the same.
Thank you,
Suresh.

Thank you Bhaskar,
How can we clarify whether the error is from SAP or Web part.
I have checked ST22, but there is not entry for the perticular exception transaction ID
My exception time stamp is
-------------------START-------------6/9/2014 1:34:33 PM
Error :Web service processing error; more details in the web service error log on provider side (UTC timestamp 20140609173429; Transaction ID 4DFCEFE33301F1EBB5CE00155D0B4530)
-------------------END-------------6/9/2014 1:34:33 PM
In al11, i found the following for the perticular exception time stamp
**** Trace file opened at 20140609 133431 Eastern Daylight Time, by disp+work
**** Versions SAP-REL 720,0,500 RFC-VER U 3 1442251 MT-SL
XRFC> Begin of user trace
XRFC> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
XRFC>                                                                     <
XRFC> TRACE SOAP RUNTIME - header                                         <
XRFC>                                                                     <
XRFC> ------------------------------------------------------------------ <
XRFC> REQ_SIZE   : 2685                                                   <
XRFC> RESP_SIZE : 0                                                      <
XRFC> PARENT_ID : ROOT_CALL_ID                                           <
XRFC> TRC_KEY    : 40FCEFE3BD6EF184B5CE00155D0B4530                       <
XRFC> REQ_BASED :                                                        <
XRFC> SESSION_ID : 0003925540FCEFE3BD6EF17DB5CE00155D0B4530               <
XRFC> TS_CALL    : 20140609173408.2880000                                 <
XRFC> SY_UNAME   :                                            <
XRFC> HOSTNAME   :                                              <
XRFC> SY_SID     : PRD                                                    <
XRFC> SY_MANDT   : 300                                                    <
XRFC> SYS_NR     : 19                                                     <
XRFC> APPLSERVER :                                      <
XRFC> ISPRESCHED : X                                                      <
XRFC> DURATION   : 21810                                                  <
XRFC> NETHDRTIME : 21810                                                  <
XRFC> CALL_STATE : 2                                                      <
XRFC> ERRORTYPE : APPLFAIL                                               <
XRFC> ERRORAREA : APPL                                                   <
XRFC> CTXDP_TYPE : SOAP_RUNTIME                                           <
XRFC> SYNC_ASYNC : S                                                      <
XRFC> LOCATION   : P                                                      <
XRFC> DIRECTION : I                                                      <
XRFC> REQ_ID     : 91C57815916E421CA9F3D652FFACE9C7                       <
XRFC> RESP_ID    : 00155D0B45301EE3BBFF89A0267EB5CE                       <
XRFC> MSG_STATE : 114                                                    <
XRFC> IF_NAME_I : ZSD_CS_CREATE_SALESORDER_SERVI                         <
XRFC> IF_NS_E    : urn:sap-com:document:sap:soap:functions:mc-style       <
XRFC> IF_NAME_E : ZSD_CS_CREATE_SALESORDER_SERVI                         <
XRFC> ISSHORTCUT :                                                        <
XRFC> TRC_PATT   : WSTEST                                                 <
XRFC> TRC_SSID   : PRD_19                                                 <
XRFC> TRC_USER   :                                           <
XRFC> TRC_TS     : 20140609173409                                         <
XRFC> TRC_COUNT : 99                                                     <
XRFC> TRC_EXT    :                                                        <
XRFC> COMPLETE   : OK                                                     <
XRFC> CALLEDPROG : ZSD_CS_CREATE_SALESORDER_SERVI                         <
XRFC> SOAP_APPLI : urn:sap-com:soap:runtime:application:rfc:710           <
XRFC> CONF_ID    : 00155D0B45301EE3AEFDAD78756555CE                       <
XRFC> BIND_ID    : 00155D0B45301EE3AEFDAD787565B5CE                       <
XRFC> OP_NAME    : ZsdCsCreateSalesorder                                  <
XRFC> COMM_PATRN : Method:ZsdCsCreateSalesorder                           <
XRFC> OP_NS      : urn:sap-com:document:sap:soap:functions:mc-style       <
XRFC> REMADDRESS : 172.16.11.43                                           <
XRFC> DT_OBJ     : ZSD_CS_CREATE_SALESORDER_SERVI                         <
XRFC> MEMCONSUMP : 296291                                                 <
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XRFC> PROCCOMP   :                                                        <
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XRFC>                                                                     <
XRFC> TRACE SOAP RUNTIME - trace records                                  <
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XRFC> ------------------------------------------------------------------ <
XRFC> E SOAP_RUNTIME 20140609173429.7400000 : CL_SOAP_RUNTIME_SERVER      <
XRFC> ->EXECUTE_PROCESSING Exception handling for IF "ZSD_CS_CREATE       <
XRFC> _SALESORDER_SERVI" OP name "ZsdCsCreateSalesorder" MSG ID           <
XRFC> "91C57815916E421CA9F3D652FFACE9C7" user "STULZWEBSERV"              <
XRFC>                                                                     <
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XRFC> E SOAP_RUNTIME 20140609173429.7240000 : CL_SOAP_RUNTIME_SERVER      <
XRFC> ->EXECUTE_PROCESSING CX_SOAP_ROOT : An exception has occurred. |    <
XRFC> program: CL_SOAP_RUNTIME_ROOT==========CP include: CL_SOAP          <
XRFC> _RUNTIME_ROOT==========CM004 line: 120                              <
XRFC>                                                                     <
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XRFC> E SOAP_RUNTIME 20140609173429.7400000 : CL_SOAP_RUNTIME_SERVER      <
XRFC> ->EXECUTE_PROCESSING CX_SY_NO_HANDLER : An exception with the type <
XRFC> CX_SY_OPEN_SQL_DB occurred, but was neither handled locally, nor    <
XRFC> declared in a RAISING clause | program: SAPLSTXD include: LSTXDFDB <
XRFC> line: 200                                                           <
XRFC>                                                                     <
XRFC>                                                                     <
XRFC> E SOAP_RUNTIME 20140609173429.7400000 : CL_SOAP_RUNTIME_SERVER      <
XRFC> ->EXECUTE_PROCESSING CX_SY_OPEN_SQL_DB : The database returned a    <
XRFC> value containing an error | program: SAPLSTXD include: LSTXDFDB     <
XRFC> line: 227                                                           <
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Whats the difference between producing output and returning a value?

I've just started learning Java. I am having difficulty understanding what it means to "return a value".
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To use an older and possibly more easily understood terminology. Methods can either be "functions" almost in the mathematical sense or they can be "procedures" in the sense of a process.
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T-SQL: SET Statement Using a Case Statement is not returning a value

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IS
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check the following thread
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I have the below function skeletion and trying to figure out how the select statement will compute based on the position of : in the column and add the values and return the value back to function.
Function fn_check_internalrating(p_internalrating IN VARCHAR2)
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IS
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Hi,
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(   p_internalrating   IN   VARCHAR2
,   p_delimiter            IN   VARCHAR2     DEFAULT     ':'
RETURN NUMBER
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                                              , pos + 1
                                     , 1
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What if there's a number longer than 1 digit after a delimiter, e.g. '6:78:9'?

Help with an SQL Expression - Return field value where Datetime is Min or First datetime

Hello,
I'm extracting results for a patient population.
I have 6 SQL expressions that pull back the first date for specific procedures or Medications being ordered.
These Expressions work perfect - One of the expressions return the first time a lab was ordered.
I'm using SQL that return
Min(OrderDatetime)
From OrderTable
Where
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PATID* LABID * OrderDatetime * ResultValue
Pat1*133 * 12/12/2013 11:00:pm * 77
Pat1*145 * 12/12/2013 11:45:pm * 45
Pat1*147 * 12/13/2013 12:10:AM * 78
I was to return 77
Thanks
Steve

Here is what I came up with but I'm getting an error -
Subquery returned more than 1 value. This is not permitted when the subquery follows =, !=, <,>,>= or when the subquery is used as an expression.
Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong?
SELECT LABRESULTS.ORDER_VALUE as LabResult
FROM   LABRESULTS, ORDERS_PROD, PATIENT_HSP
WHERE
"ORDERS_PROD"."CSN_ID" = "LABRESULTS"."CSN_ID" AND
"ORDERS_PROD"."ORDER_PROC_ID" = "LABRESULTS"."ORDER_PROC_ID" AND
ORDERS_PROD.ORDER_INST IN     (
                              SELECT Min(ORDERS_PROD.ORDER_INST)
                              FROM   ORDERS_PROD
                              WHERE "PATIENT_HSP"."CSN_ID" = "ORDER_PROD"."CSN_ID" AND
                              ("ORDERS_PROD"."ORDER_STATUS_C"<>4 OR
                              "ORDERS_PROD"."ORDER_STATUS_C"<>9) AND
                              "ORDERS_PROD"."FUTURE_OR_STAND" IS NULL AND
                              "ORDERS_PROD"."REASON_FOR_CANC_C" IS NULL AND
                              ("ORDERS_PROD"."PROC_CODE" = 'LAB7764' OR
                              "ORDERS_PROD"."PROC_CODE" = 'LAB7765' OR
                              "ORDERS_PROD"."PROC_CODE" = 'LAB7766' OR
                              "ORDERS_PROD"."PROC_CODE" = 'LAB7767')

UPDATE ... RETURNING does not return new value

Hi all,
I've created the following objects in Oracle DB 10.2.0.3.0:
CREATE TABLE TAB1
     ID          NUMBER          PRIMARY KEY,
     EDITED_AT     DATE,
     VALUE          VARCHAR2(64)
CREATE SEQUENCE S_TAB1
     INCREMENT BY 1
     START WITH 1;
CREATE TRIGGER T_TAB1_BIE
BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON TAB1
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
     IF INSERTING THEN
          SELECT S_TAB1.NEXTVAL INTO :NEW.ID FROM DUAL;
     END IF;
     :NEW.EDITED_AT := SYSDATE;
END;
/Then I tried to do the following in SQL Plus:
SQL> insert into tab1(value) values('ddd');
1 row created.
SQL> commit;
Commit complete.
SQL>
SQL> select * from tab1;
        ID EDITED_AT           VALUE
         1 27.03.2008 17:01:24 ddd
SQL>
SQL> declare dt date; val varchar2(64);
2 begin update tab1 set value = 'ddd' where id = 1 returning edited_at, value into dt, val;
3 dbms_output.put_line('txt = ' || dt || ', ' || val);
4 end;
5 /
txt = 27.03.2008 17:01:24, ddd
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
SQL> select * from tab1;
        ID EDITED_AT           VALUE
         1 27.03.2008 17:02:12 ddd
SQL>As it can be seen Returning clause of an Update statement does not return a new date, i.e. 27.03.2008 17:02:12, that was updated by the trigger, it returns an old one - 27.03.2008 17:01:24. Please advise me why Database returns an old value? I do believe that UPDATE ... RETURNING ... statement should return new, generated by the trigger, value.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Yerzhan.

you need to explicitly include the column in your UPDATE statement SET clause that you expect to return the result you want it to be. here's what i think what happened even though you have a trigger the first statement that was processed was your update statement. at the time of the update it has to return the current values to the returning clause that is the values on the table. now comes next the trigger which gives edited_at column a new value. when the trigger got fired the process don't return anymore to the UPDATE RETURNING statement. it's like each sequence of codes does not executes in parallel.
SQL> CREATE TABLE TAB_1
    2 (
    3   ID NUMBER PRIMARY KEY,
    4   EDITED_AT DATE,
    5   VALUE VARCHAR2(64)
    6 );
Table created.
SQL> CREATE SEQUENCE S_TAB1
    2   INCREMENT BY 1
    3   START WITH 1;
Sequence created.
SQL> CREATE TRIGGER T_TAB1_BIE
    2 BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON TAB_1
    3 FOR EACH ROW
    4 BEGIN
    5   IF INSERTING THEN
    6    SELECT S_TAB1.NEXTVAL INTO :NEW.ID FROM DUAL;
    7   END IF;
    8   :NEW.EDITED_AT := SYSDATE;
    9 END;
   10 /
Trigger created.
SQL> insert into tab_1(value) values('ddd');
1 row created.
SQL> commit;
SQL> select * from tab_1;
          ID EDITED_AT            VALUE
           1 28-mar-2008 10:31:18 ddd
SQL> declare dt date; val varchar2(64);
    2 begin update tab_1 set value = 'ddd', edited_at = sysdate
    3        where id = 1 returning edited_at, value into dt, val;
    4 dbms_output.put_line('txt = ' || dt || ', ' || val);
    5 end;
    6 /
txt = 28-mar-2008 10:32:39, ddd
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select * from tab_1;
          ID EDITED_AT            VALUE
           1 28-mar-2008 10:32:39 ddd
SQL>

MessageChoice does not return correct value

Hi
I am problem with MessgeChoiceBean's improver beharior
For the first time it retunrs blank and subsequently In one page if I select Yes, it returns No.
In another page it does not return any thing for the first two selections. And I reciev flip values.
I ran VO outside, VO is returning correct values.
MessageChoice attributes and associated PPR:
Data Type: Varchar2
Initial Value: N
Pick List view Definition: oracle.apps.xxx.docs.common.lov.server.YesNoVO
Pick List View Instance: YesNoVO3
Pick List Display Attribute: Meaning
Pick List Value AttributeL LookupCode
ActionType: firePartialAction
Event: handleNewLocationFlagChange
Parameter Name: newLocationFlag
Parameter Value: ${oa.CustomerInfoVO1.NewShipToLocationFlag}
ProcessParameterForm Code:
if ("handleNewLocationFlagChange".equals(event))
String newLocationFlag = pageContext.getParameter("newLocationFlag");
Serializable[] parameters = { ""+newLocationFlag};
Class[] paramTypes = { String.class};
am.invokeMethod("handleNewLocationFlagChange", parameters, paramTypes);
VO definition:
select LOOKUP_CODE,MEANING
FROM ONLINE_DOCS_LOOKUPS
WHERE ONLINE_DOCUMENT_CODE = 'ALL'
AND LOOKUP_TYPE = 'YESNO'
ORDER BY ATTRIBUTE1
View output:
LOOKUP_CODE     MEANING
N     No
Y     Yes
I have quite a bit number of columns to change render property.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
Prasad

Your question is not clear, are you saying the values in the messageChoiceBean is not displayed properly. As far as I can see from the definition the poplist picks the values from a lookup(Yes, No) values and has a PPR action associated with it. Did you check what this method handleNewLocationFlagChange is doing in the AM ?

Is that posible: return a value and AFTER THAT calculate next one?

I would like for better performance have a functionality to, first, return a value (prepared already), after that calculate a next one for next call.
Is that any way to perform it some how in PL/SQL?
After some time I have guess the next way:
Have a table with current and next value
On request read and return next.
To update have a trigger on select to move the next value to the current and calculate the next-to-current into the 'next' column.
Thus, I would need to have 'init'-procedure to set: table, if not exist; trigger, if not exist; set current (the first one) and next one into that table.
It just a plan; I am not sure if all doable.
But it seems kind of heavy.
Is it possible to have it simpler?

- I do not ask you to judg my task, processing, reasonability or an idea of sequence implementation.
That's the beauty of the forums - you get that extra help without having to ask!
Also I am not asking to help me in anything!
I do not have any assignment and do not need to anyone resolve my requirements!
Of course you are asking for help when you post on the forums; that is what they are here for.
And to get the best help you need to respond to the questions of the people that are trying to help you. You never responded to what both ramin and gaverill ask you above:
What is your objective? What problem are you trying to solve? Why is it not 'acceptable' to simply calculate the 'next' value when you need it?
For some reason you think using the DBMS_SCHEDULER is 'helpful' but you don't seem to realize that a job is going to be asynchronous to whatever else you are doing. Your code may need a value before the job is finished computing it.
Without knowing the PROBLEM you are trying to solve no one can help you find the most appropriate solution. And using a custom table to roll your own sequence generator is almost ALWAYS the wrong thing to do for both performance and scalability reasons.

Vanilla dashboard prompt returns no values

Hi,
An existing simple dashboard prompt, which worked perfectly before, has now stopped returning any values for a text field from the time dimension, though other dimensions work normally on the same prompt.
The behaviour is that the prompt drops but never displays any values to select, clicking search gives similar lack of values.
Creating an analysis on the same dimension member shows that values exist, and functionality here seems entirely normal.
Recreating the dashboard prompt does not fix this, and certain other dimensions (though not all) also manifest this behaviour.
The version of OBIEE is 11.1.1.6.5
Anyone experienced this, have we run into a bug?
(Edit => Sorry - meant to add that identical repository and same OBIEE version installed on a local client does not manifest the same behaviour with identical looking data though different version of underlying database which in this case is sqlserver)
thanks for any help,
Robert.
Edited by: Robert Angel on Jan 24, 2013 1:53 AM

Hi,
the client tried changing a repository setting that they had suspicions about by reloading a new version of the repository, this action would clear the caches would it not?
regards,
Robert.

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