Monthly Archives: September 2011

Duplicate table over database link

The old-style approach would be CREATE TABLE T AS SELECT * FROM T@L, where T is the table you want to duplicate and L the database link pointing to the remote database

If you want to keep more info about the structure of t, the constraints, the indexes, you may use Datapump. Here it is…


SQL> var n number
SQL> exec :n := dbms_datapump.open('IMPORT','TABLE','L')

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SQL> print n
         N
----------
        28

SQL> exec dbms_datapump.metadata_filter(:n,'SCHEMA_LIST','''SCOTT''')

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SQL> exec dbms_datapump.metadata_filter(:n,'NAME_LIST','''T''')

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SQL> exec dbms_datapump.start_job(:n)

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> desc t
 Name              Null?    Type
 ----------------- -------- ------------
 X                 NOT NULL NUMBER

This is utterly simple. If you mess up with the link name, global name, syntax, and so on, you may end up with orphan jobs in DBA_SCHEDULER_JOBS. There is some metalink note on dropping the underlying tables (Note 336914.1) but first log off, get a coffee, and they may vanish after a few minutes.

Generate network graph from command line

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I recently wrote on gnuplot, today I tried another command line utility to generate graphs, graphviz, version 2.24.0 on AIX5L.

Pretty straightforward syntax :

(
  echo "digraph Emp {"
    sqlplus -s -L scott/tiger << EOF
      set pages 0 lin 120 hea off feed off
      select 
        ename ||'->'|| 
        (select ename from emp where empno=e.mgr) || ';' 
      from emp e where mgr is not null;
EOF
  echo "}"
)| neato -Tpng | uuencode Emp.png | mailx laurentschneider@example.com

(or neato -Tpng -o Emp.png to save locally, or -Tps|lp, etc…)

On using ROWID

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I have been challenged to assert the safety of rowid in a sql statement.

Against all my beliefs, it is not safe to assume ROWID is consistent over one sql statement. If the ROWID changes, and you use ROWID in your query, you may get inconsistent results.

Obviously I would not write such a post without a test case


create table t(x, y) partition by hash(x) partitions 32 enable row movement
as select rownum, rownum from dual connect by level<30;

select sum(y) from t;
SUM(Y)
------
   435

Sum[1..29]=435

Let’s write the query with a slow function using rowid


create or replace function f(r rowid) return number is 
  n number; 
begin 
  select y into n from t where rowid=r; 
  sys.dbms_lock.sleep(1); 
  return n; 
end;
/
select sum(f(rowid)) from t;
SUM(F(ROWID))
-------------
          435

Elapsed: 00:00:29.12

The query took 29.1 seconds for 29 rows and returned the same result.

Let’s update the partition key during the select


select sum(f(rowid)) from t;
... hurry up to a new session ...


update t set x=x+1;
commit;

back to your session you will have something inconsistent


...
SUM(F(ROWID))
-------------
            5

Elapsed: 00:00:02.04

Not only the query was faster than the expected 29 seconds, but it is also inconsistent.

Probably not a bug, rowid is just not constant within the same transaction.

Toad 11 is out!

send graph per mail from sqlplus

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How to send a graph with a single command from your database to your mail in Unix?

I tried this (gnuplot is available for Solaris, AIX and most Unix derivates) :

echo '
  set hea off pages 0 feed off
  prom set title "salaries of EMP"
  prom unset key
  prom unset xtics
  prom unset xlabel
  prom set term png
  prom 
  prom plot "-" with circle 
  select row_number() over (order by sal),sal from emp;
  prom e
  prom quit
' | 
  sqlplus -s scott/tiger | 
    gnuplot | 
      uuencode emp.png | 
        mailx email@example.com

The picture is sent as attachment.

If you want to embed your png in an HTML mail, use sendmail

/usr/sbin/sendmail -t <<EOF
To: email@example.com
From: email@example.com
Subject: EMP
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="FILEBOUNDARY"

--FILEBOUNDARY
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="MSGBOUNDARY"

--MSGBOUNDARY
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Disposition: inline

<html><body>Below a graph...<br/>
<img src="cid:png"/><br/></body></html>
--MSGBOUNDARY--
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Sendmail syntax and more tips on : Sending Emails With Sendmail – Part 3

On the number of installed components

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I recently posted about network ~~fained~~ fine grained security. More precisely, I posted about the new requirement to have XDB to be able to send a mail or do a nslookup on 11g.

What option should you install on your database ?


SQL> select COMP_NAME,VERSION from DBA_REGISTRY;

COMP_NAME                                VERSION
---------------------------------------- ----------
Oracle Database Catalog Views            11.2.0.2.0
Oracle Database Packages and Types       11.2.0.2.0

What else do you need? If you have java, you will need a java pool. If you have xdb, you will need a xdb schema. The more options you install, the more bugs you will get, the bigger the dictionary will be, the more memory you will need.

But in my experience the worst part of having java, xdb, olap and family installed on your database is that every upgrade will take you hours instead of minutes ! That’s for me a sufficient argument to stick to catalog and catproc (the top base components listed above).

how to run UTL_TCP, UTL_SMTP and the like in 11g

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After we upgrade a db to 11g someone complained about an ORA-24248: XML DB extensible security not installed

I thought, it should be easy to revert to 10g mechanism. Probably wrong after reading Marco :
The default behavior for access control to network utility packages has been changed to disallow network operations to all nonprivileged users. This default behavior is different from, and is incompatible with, previous versions of Oracle Database.

I do not want to install XDB to send mail. Sounds like an overkill…

Ok, as an hard core dba I created a wrapper in the sys schema, something you probably should not do !

ex:
10g


SQL> conn scott/tiger
Connected.
SQL> select utl_inaddr.GET_HOST_ADDRESS('localhost') from dual;
UTL_INADDR.GET_HOST_ADDRESS('LOCALHOST')
--------------------------------------------------
127.0.0.1

after upgrade
11g


SQL> conn scott/tiger
Connected.
SQL> select utl_inaddr.GET_HOST_ADDRESS('localhost') from dual;
select utl_inaddr.GET_HOST_ADDRESS('localhost') from dual
       *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-24248: XML DB extensible security not installed
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_INADDR", line 19
ORA-06512: at "SYS.UTL_INADDR", line 40
ORA-06512: at line 1

My workaround to “disable” Fine-Grained Access to External Network Services


SQL> conn / as sysdba
SQL> create or replace function my_utl_inaddr_GET_HOST_ADDRESS(HOST VARCHAR2) return VARCHAR2 is begin return utl_inaddr.GET_HOST_ADDRESS; end;
  2  /

Function created.

SQL> grant execute on my_utl_inaddr_GET_HOST_ADDRESS to scott;

Grant succeeded.
SQL> conn scott/tiger
Connected.
SQL> select sys.my_utl_inaddr_GET_HOST_ADDRESS('localhost') from dual;
SYS.MY_UTL_INADDR_GET_HOST_ADDRESS('LOCALHOST')
--------------------------------------------------
127.0.0.1

If you want to use the recommended way of granting access to utl_tcp and the like, check note 453756.1

Do not upgrade 11.2.0.1 to 11.2.0.1

How to change the connection string of the Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 11g repository

Laurent Schneider

Oracle Certified Master