Use of cube_build_log before creating workspace

Question

Hello,
Our PL/SQL code uses the cube_build_log for error reporting. This code does not compile till the analytic workspace is created. We can make this part of the code as a dynamic SQL block. But is there any other alternative to this? Would appreciate your suggestions.
Thanks,
Satyadeep.

Answer 1

The cube_build_log is managed by a PL/SQL package named dbms_cube_log.  You can call a procedure to create this log table.  Below is an excerpt from the DBMS 11.2 doc on DBMS_CUBE_LOG:
Creating Cube Logs
To store logging information in a database table, you must create that table using the TABLE_CREATE procedure. Cube Build logs are always stored in tables. The ENABLE procedure creates the other target types for the other logs.
To create a Cube Build log:
Execute the TABLE_CREATE procedure.
The following command creates a Cube Build log with the default name of CUBE_BUILD_LOG:
EXECUTE dbms_cube_log.table_create(dbms_cube_log.type_build);