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How to quickly startup/shutdown Oracle 11?
I am wondering what is the quickest way to properly startup/shutdown a Oracle DB daemon (Oracle 11.2, installed on a test machine).
I need it for C/C++ programs that use the OCI/Pro*C API.
Currently ...
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Creating oracle database physical files from migrated DB
I migrated a database from SQL Server to Oracle 11g and there doesn't seem to be any physical files created after migration.
The client requires that they receive a copy of the database so they can ...
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Oracle 11g install on Debian Wheezy does not start
I successfully installed Oracle 11g R2 on my laptop for evaluation, by mixing various sources of documentation. I saw the Oracle daemons after installation.
But I have a few problems :
After a ...
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Data Migration from Oracle to SQL Server [duplicate]
If you need to do a data migration from an Oracle database to SQL server, what approaches and technical solutions are the best practice?
Our database has about 100 million rows and a total of 52 ...
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Sudden increase in log_file_sync waits
I'm on Oracle 11gR2 with a 2 node RAC system. It's shared fiber storage to an EMC Clariion.
Last friday things went bad..fast. All of the sudden processes that normally ran fine for years became ...
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Performance Hit when upgrading to Oracle 11gr2
I am experiencing the same symptoms as noted in this question which was closed and does not have a satisfactory answer.
Original Question
We've recently upgraded from Oracle 10gR2 (10.2.0.4 ) to ...
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Enable Oracle Database options in an existing database
I want to enable Oracle Real Application Testing option in my existing database, but I couldn't find the way to do that using Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) or Database Configuration Assistant ...
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How to clone a database from one environment to a database on another environment?
OS: RHEL
DB: Oracle 11g version 11.1.0.7.0
I am trying to clone a database on one environment (environment A) to another database on a separate environment (Environment B). Environment B's database ...
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How to remove all hidden parameters from Oracle Database
How do I remove all hidden parameters from Oracle Database before upgrading? I'm using the SQL query below. So what do you recommended?
SELECT name,description from SYS.V$PARAMETER WHERE name LIKE ...
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1answer
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What's the most appropriate NLS_SORT parameter to cover all/most European languages?
I'm developing an Oracle 11g-based application which is likely to be used by clients in many different countries (mostly European). I want the program to change its NLS_SORT so that it's case ...
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User with dba privs can't login to APEX, but can from SQL*Plus
I'm using Oracle 11gR2 XE. A user with dba privileges can't log in to the APEX interface, but can from the command line with sqlplus.
I just created user:
CREATE ROLE administrators;
GRANT dba TO ...
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Duplicating a Database with RMAN
I would like to duplicate to the same server Oracle Database with RMAN. I've configured flash recovery area for Oracle Database. My database is using SPFILE as shown below.
SQL> SELECT ...
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NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT changing automatically and randomlly
I am using Oracle 11gR2. My nls_timestamp_format is changing randomly from dd-mon-rr to yyyy/mm/dd.
Does anyone have any clue why this is happening?
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Efficient way to perform approximated search?
I have to perform a join between table_a and table_b, using three fields as key being one of them the date of the event, say, both tables have id1, id2 and evnt_time for eache record.
As it happens ...
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Exporting schema data (tables, permisions) into another schema on same database
I want to take data from one schema schema1 and put it into schema2 this should be quite easy to do but i have searched through the oracle documentation and can't find a way to do it.
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Installing Oracle 11g on ubuntu 12.10 [closed]
I am installing Oracle 11g so I can work through practice excerises. I am following the installation walkthrough at link.
In the terminal when I run chown -R oracle:oinstall database
I get Operation ...
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Creating view and traverse [closed]
Creating and traverse by using n Primary Key and n foreign keys and relations? on oracle 11g
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need the most efficient way to handle unique constraint errors
I am looking for the most efficient way to solve this situation:
We are an Oracle shop. I need to load data from one table to another. My source table, which contains 30 million rows, has a person ...
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How to set Proxy Settings when installing Oracle 11g on Windows 7 Ultimate Edition?
I have downloaded the file - "win32_11gR2_database_1of2.zip" from oracle site.
While installing Oracle 11g, I find this window in the first place:
What to do?
What values should I put on the ...
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impdp failing with ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
I'm trying to import a dmp file provided by our dba to my dev database. I've been able to export the contents to a SQLFILE and the contents look ok. I tried importing the schema and it kept on failing ...
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Granting privileges to dbms_crypto
I'm trying to grant proper privileges for using DBMS_CRYPTO.
Whenever I call it from package it gives me error:
PLS-00201: identifier 'DBMS_CRYPTO' must be declared
User already has privileges:
...
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Oracle database uses wrong parameter file
When I try to startup my Oracle database I get the following error:
LRM-00109: could not open parameter file '/opt/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1/dbs/initjicdbaex.ora'
The /dbs directory in my ...
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What value should oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.memoryLimit be set to in the Oracle response file for a silent installation?
What happens when oracle.install.db.config.starterdb.memoryLimit is not set in the Oracle response file for a silent installation?
I noticed that when recording the response file for a silent Oracle ...
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file extension of the file types cdump, incident, trace
I need to know the file extension of the file types cdump, incident, trace, alert.
Actually I want to create files of the above types manually using mkfile command.
There are no existing files of ...
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Why is a “non-single-group group function” allowed in a subselect but not on it's own?
Why does the first query not fail with the same error as the second:
with w as (select 1 product_id, 10 units from dual union all select 2, 5 from dual)
select sum(units) from (select product_id, ...
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Error AWR Operation failed: CATPROC not valid when creating database with dbca
I have a fresh installation of Oracle 11g enterprise edition on CentOS 6, both 64 bits. I have installed Oracle and so far everything looks fine. I have already added an started a listener. The ...
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Why can't OUI detect system packages when they are already installed?
I am installing Oracle 11g 32bit on Ubuntu Linux and the OUI shows following error message on Prerequisite Checks screen -
This is a prerequisite condition to test whether the package "make-3.80" is ...
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Registry error while trying to install Oracle 11g on Win 2008 R2
I am new to Oracle and trying to install Oracle database 11g Enterprise Edition on Windows 2008 Server R2 but getting this error all the time...
It gives me error when updating registry key ...
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1answer
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What must be in place to validate a XMLTYPE against a schema?
I have a procedure that generates an XMLTYPE and I want to validate it against a schema. The problem is that there seems to be a permissions issue running createSchemaBasedXML because when I run the ...
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1answer
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List partitioning or filtering a non-partitioned table, which incurs lower cost?
Consider a list partitioned table PARTITIONED__SOURCE_TBL on column period, and non-partitioned table SOURCE_TBL also having the same columns. Assume all tables are adequately indexed.
Set 1:
...
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Shrinking the SYSTEM tablespace in Oracle
Our SYSTEM tablespace grew out of control because of the SYS.AUD$ table.
We have truncated SYS.AUD$ but the datafile is still very big (~30G).
Resize doesn't work because the file contains used data ...
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Oracle 11g R2 on CentOS 6.3, and Net Configuration Assistant
this is my first time to install Oracle 11g R2 on Linux.
I made all instructions in Oracle documentation.
But in the installation process, the Net Configuration Manager is failed.
I continued the ...
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No network ACL, yet my user can successfully connect to external server
This one's had both me and our dba scratching our heads.
We have an Oracle 11.1.0.7.0 instance, DEV, with a user who can successfully connect to our ldap server, e.g.:
DECLARE
l_session ...
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Expand sparse table with self outer join on distinct values
I have this:
g1 | g2 | x
---------+-----------+-----
New York | Monday | 210
New York | Tuesday | 258
Chicago | Monday | 30
Chicago | Wednesday | 25
LA | Thursday | 40
...
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1answer
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Oracle: How to gather stats in a logical standby database?
I have a Primary and a (logical) Standby Database. The Schema 'APP' gets synced.
Now a User has performance issues running a query against some tables in this 'APP' schema of the Standby Database. On ...
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Defining constraints in `CREATE TABLE` statements
Recently I have been using a Database Abstraction Layer built by a Python web-framework called web2py (click for their DAL syntax). They include the option to include your constraints within the ...
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1answer
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Enforce data integrity with a recursive table
I have an existing oracle 11g database schema that works with a web application. I am planning an expansion to the application so a web service can do data operations on the database. As part of the ...
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Completely uninstall Oracle server on Linux
I have searched lot in Google for how to uninstall Oracle on Linux, but I can't figure it out.
I think that I need to reinstall the server because I get a lot of errors when I try to startup the ...
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Create Oracle ASM Disks Without Installing Oracle
I have been asked to setup workstations (VMs) for an instructor's Oracle 11g R2 Workshop. I am finding the documentation that was downloaded from the Oracle Academy site extremely underwhelming. I am ...
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1answer
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How to find the schema name of a data pump dmp file?
I have been given a DMP data pump export file to import into my local Oracle instance. I've tried running this command line:
impdp full=Y directory=DATA_PUMP_DIR dumpfile=MyDumpFile.dmp ...
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1answer
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Specify Server for DBMS_Scheduler Job in Policy Managed RAC
A unit test requires a dbms_scheduler job to run on the same RAC node as the unit test is being run from. I know that with an Admin managed database this could be done by creating a service that ...
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1answer
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Blocking incoming database links
Let's say there is an Oracle database A and another Oracle database B. Our database is A.
Is there a way to block database links from B to A?
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“ORA-01950: no privileges on tablespace 'SYSTEM' ” : What error is it?
Earlier I created a user :
SQL>create user suhail identified by password
SQL>User created.
SQL>Grant create session,create table to suhail;
SQL>Grant Succeeded.
but when I login as ...
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Oracle 11g R2 - same query sometimes fast, sometimes slow
I have a simple update query on a table with about 100 rows in it:
UPDATE RESULTS_DATA
SET IMAGE_BLOB=:myBlob
WHERE MEASUREMENT_INDEX=:mIndex
AND BATCH_ID=:batchId
AND SYSTEM_ID=:sysId
...
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“ORA-01017: invalid username/password” : Why is that?
What is the difference between the two :
SQLPLUS / AS SYSDBA
and
SQLPLUS
Enter user-name: SYSDBA
Enter password:
If I use the first command I get connected and see the prompt SQL> but upon ...
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1answer
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Update field1.table1 based on compound join between table1 and table2 - Oracle
I want to run update statement on Oracle 11g, but it fails with the following error:
SQL Error: ORA-01427: single-row subquery returns more than one row
01427. 00000 - "single-row subquery ...
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1answer
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Logging and saving user activity
Database:Oracle 11gR2
OS: Windows 2008 Server R2
I'm not trained DBA, just have to run things on an Oracle database temporarily, which is used to perform OLAP processes.
I need to automatize user ...
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ORA-00990 error while trying to grant priviliges: Why is that? [closed]
After creating a user named suhail I am trying to grant that user some privileges. But I am getting an error saying missing or invalid privilege . Why is that ?
C:\Windows\system32>SQLPLUS / AS ...
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1answer
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Unable to start Oracle Database Server : Get an error as I try to start it
I just installed Oracle Database Express Edition 11g Release 2 for windows.It created a short cut icon on the desktop :
but as I click this icon I see this dialog box :
What is it ? How do I ...
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Global locking for multi-master Oracle GoldenGate replication
This is a very complex scenario, but I figured a state-of-the-art challenge might interest some of the many high-end users of dba.se.
Problem
I'm working on an intercontinental data replication ...
