Creating an external Table using Xml Dataset - how to include null values?

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• Creating external Tables using the EXECUTE IMMEDIATE in PL/SQL

  Hi guys,.
  
  I am trying to create an external Table using the EXECUTE IMMEDIATE in a procedure and I managed to compile and no errors were generated. But when I try to run it from sql using the exec command I get the following error:
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ERROR on line 5:
  ORA-00911: invalid character
  ORA-06512: at "GEO. TEST_DDL', line 4
  ORA-06512: at line 5
  
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  I tried to check the whole statement to create the external table, but I can't find where is the error. Surprisingly, if I simply run the command table create external on sqlplus it works, but not a procedure.
  
  If anyone can help with ideas or experience?
  
  Geoffrey Kossami

  The error means that there is an identifier somewhere that starts with a nonalphanumeric. This is a typical mistake of editing. A procedure compiles correctly is not of course because the underlying dynamic sql running is OK. Which of course only be resolved when you try to run it.

  There is certainly a problem with the text you provide to be run as a piece of dynamic sql code. You should try to watch it with dbms_output and run this code in sqlplus. But your problem is with the code you run as dynamic PL/SQL, it is not itself compilable.

  Jack

• Creating the external Table to alert log

  Hello
  
  I create an external table in oracle database 11g for the alert log file monitoring (to find the ORA errors), I used this statement to create an external table
  
  Create the directory TESTForAlertLog as 'E:\oracle\product\10.2.0\admin\db\bdump '.
  
  create table Alert_Log)
  Message varchar2 (30),
  Date of the day
  )
  (external) Organization
  type oracle_loader
  Default directory TESTForAlertLog
  (settings) access
  records delimited by newline
  fields ended by ',' possibly framed by "" "
  missing field values are null
  (
  "Message."
  'DAY' DATE 'DD MM YYYY ".
  )
  )
  location ("alert_db.log")
  )
  reject limit unlimited;
  
  Output is
  
  DAY OF MSG
  
  ORACLE V10.2.0.1.0 - Production vsnsta = 0
  ORACLE V10.2.0.1.0 - Production vsnsta = 0
  ORA-1109 marked during: ALTER DATABASE CLOSE NORMAL...
  ORA-00313: open failed for the members of the group log 1 of thread 1
  ORA-00312: thread 1 1 online journal: ' E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\db\REDO01. JOURNAL"
  ORA-27041: could not open the file
  ORA-00313: open failed for the members of the Group of newspapers wire 2 1
  ORA-00312: wire 2 1 online journal: ' E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\db\REDO02. JOURNAL"
  ORA-27041: could not open the file
  ORA-00313: open failed for the members of Group 3, Journal of thread 1
  ORA-00312: wire 3 1 online journal: ' E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\db\REDO03. JOURNAL"
  ORA-27041: could not open the file
  ORACLE V10.2.0.1.0 - Production vsnsta = 0
  ORACLE V10.2.0.1.0 - Production vsnsta = 0
  
  But I need the eyes of output like this
  
  
  DAY OF MSG
  
  ORACLE V10.2.0.1.0 - Production vsnsta = 0 lun 22 dec 13:10:48 2008
  ORACLE V10.2.0.1.0 - Production vsnsta = 0 lun 22 dec 13:10:48 2008
  ORA-1109 marked during: ALTER DATABASE CLOSE NORMAL...
  ORA-00313: open failed for the members of the group log 1 of thread 1
  ORA-00312: thread 1 1 online journal: ' E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\db\REDO01. JOURNAL"Mon dec 22 13:10:48 2008
  ORA-27041: could not open the file
  ORA-00313: open failed for the members of the Group of newspapers wire 2 1
  ORA-00312: wire 2 1 online journal: ' E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\db\REDO02. JOURNAL"Mon dec 22 13:10:48 2008
  ORA-27041: could not open the file
  ORA-00313: open failed for the members of Group 3, Journal of thread 1
  ORA-00312: wire 3 1 online journal: ' E:\ORACLE\PRODUCT\10.2.0\ORADATA\db\REDO03. JOURNAL"Mon dec 22 13:10:48 2008
  ORA-27041: could not open the file
  ORACLE V10.2.0.1.0 - Production vsnsta = 0
  ORACLE V10.2.0.1.0 - Production vsnsta = 0
  
  I need the message and time of the message occurred
  
  No idea... is it possible to get this output...
  
  
  Thank U very much
  
  Concerning
  
  SHAN

  Read this - he explains how:
  http://www.singleQuery.com/2007/02/read-the-alert-log-with-SQL/

• create an external table based on local drive

  Hello world

  Is it possible to create an external table and that it points to a file on my local drive?

  It is perhaps a silly question. I'm sorry.

  Thank you

  Lydiea

  In addition to the response of William Robertson (which is correct), if you do not have a way to make the server access to your local disk, you can use sql loader on your local computer to load the data into an actual table.

• Creating the external Table - length fixed

  I was responsible for importing data in fixed length of a text file in an oracle table. To do this, I create an external Table. I'm finally at the point where the script works to create the table, but when I run a statement select for ' select * from external table ', I have received only a single line/record (the first line of the text file).
  
  This is what the script looks like:
  CREATE TABLE EXT_MD
  (
  AR_SID VARCHAR2 (12),
  AR_SSN VARCHAR2 (4).
  AR_LASTNAME VARCHAR2 (29),
  AR_FIRSTNAME VARCHAR2 (27),
  AR_RACE VARCHAR2 (1).
  DATE OF AR_DOB,
  NA_LASTNAME VARCHAR2 (29),
  NA_FIRSTNAME VARCHAR2 (27),
  NA_SEX VARCHAR2 (1).
  ID_FBI_ID VARCHAR2 (9).
  AR_ARR_DATE VARCHAR (26).
  AR_PRIMARY_CHARGE VARCHAR2 (35),
  DEM_STREET_NBR VARCHAR2 (5).
  DEM_STREET_NAM VARCHAR2 (10),
  DEM_STREET_SFX VARCHAR2 (2),
  DEM_STREET_DIR VARCHAR2 (2),
  DEM_CITY VARCHAR2 (10),
  DEM_STATE VARCHAR2 (2),
  DEM_ZIP VARCHAR2 (5).
  AR_TRACK_NUM VARCHAR2 (12),
  DEM_ORI VARCHAR2 (9)
  )
  EXTERNAL ORGANIZATION
  (TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
  THE DEFAULT DIRECTORY EXT_DIR
  ACCESS SETTINGS
  (
  RECORDS DELIMITED BY NEWLINE
  BADFILE EXT_DIR: 'ext_bag.bad'
  EXT_DIR LOG file: 'ext_good.log'
  FIELDS
  MISSING FIELD VALUES ARE NULL
  (
  AR_SID(1:12) CHAR (12),
  AR_SSN(13:16) CHAR (4),
  AR_LASTNAME(17:45) TANK (29),
  AR_FIRSTNAME(46:72) TANK (27),
  AR_RACE(73:73) CHAR (1),
  AR_DOB(74:83) CHAR(10) DATE_FORMAT DATE MASK "YYYY-MM-DD"
  NA_LASTNAME(84:112) TANK (29),
  NA_FIRSTNAME(113:139) TANK (27),
  NA_SEX(140:140) CHAR (1),
  ID_FBI_ID(141:149) CHAR(9),
  AR_ARR_DATE(150:175) TANK (26),
  AR_PRIMARY_CHARGE(176:210) CHAR (35),
  DEM_STREET_NBR(211:215) CHAR (5),
  DEM_STREET_NAM(216:225) CHAR(10),
  DEM_STREET_SFX(226:227) CHAR (2),
  DEM_STREET_DIR(228:229) CHAR (2),
  DEM_CITY(230:239) CHAR(10),
  DEM_STATE(240:241) CHAR (2),
  DEM_ZIP(242:246) CHAR (5),
  AR_TRACK_NUM(247:258) CHAR (12),
  DEM_ORI(259:267) TANK (9)
  )
  )
  LOCATION ("daily.txt")
  )
  REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED;
  
  That's what part of the log file looks like:
  
  For table EXT_MD field definitions
  Record format DELIMITED BY newline
  Data in file have same "endianness" as platform
  Rows with all null fields are accepted
  
  Fields of the Data Source:
  
  AR_SID TANK (12)
  Position of the record (1: 12)
  Cut the whites of right
  AR_SSN CHAR (4)
  Position of the record (13: 16)
  Cut the whites of right
  etc (shows the rest of the columns with similar message) then at the end of the log file
  
  Transformations of columns
  ROWID
  
  Date table EXT_MD Cache statistics
  Maximum size: 1000
  Entries: 1
  Hits: 0
  Rate: 0
  
  Assistance or management will most certainly be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
  
  Published by: zephyr223 on March 25, 2013 10:47

  Hello
  Which characters do you have in your data file that define the "line break".

  Oracle documentation:

  If DELIMITED BY NEWLINE is specified, then the actual value used is platform-specific. On UNIX platforms, NEWLINE is assumed to be "\n". On Windows NT, NEWLINE is assumed to be "\r\n".
  

  you have these 'hidden' characters in your folder or are they something else?

  Kind regards
  Harry

• Can take us backup of external table using expdp

  Can take us backup of the external table using expdp, please suggest any doc.
  
  Thanks in advance.

  Yes, this works, see this example:

  http://www.Oracle.databasecorner.com/resource, 3950,data-movement-with-external-table-and-datapump.aspx

  Werner

• How to find null values in the table

  Hi experts,
  
  my version is oracledb10g:
  
  I am doubted simple.
  
  for example:
  
  create table ex1 (e varchar2 (20));
  
  Insert ex1 (null).
  
  insert into ex1 (e)
  
  number of will be: 2
  
  I can easily find the value "e".
  
  so my question is:
  
  How can I find null values in the table and I want to remove the null values from the table.

  ADF 7 wrote:
  Hi experts,

  my version is oracledb10g:

  I am doubted simple.

  for example:

  create table ex1 (e varchar2 (20));

  Insert ex1 (null).

  insert into ex1 (e)

  number of will be: 2

  It depends on what you expect. If you issue count (*) you ask Oracle "how many lines there. If you issue a County () you ask Oracle 'how non null values for are there. "

  ADF 7 wrote:

  I can easily find the value "e".

  so my question is:

  How can I find null values in the table and I want to remove the null values from the table.

  delete from 
  where  is null;
  

  Ideally you would simply place a NOT NULL constraint on the column in question, thus prohibiting NULL values into the system (assuming that your business needs, it is that the column MUST always have a value).

• How to exclude null values?

  Hello
  How to exclude null values when populating a temporary table?
  
  Thank you
  Sollier

  Hi, Sollier,

  It depends on.
  Maybe

  WHERE   coloumn_a  IS NOT NULL
  

  If you need help, post a small example of data (CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements) and the results that you want from these data (in this case, the content of the table is filled).

• Helps to create an external table to a dashboard

  I am creating a table in an external file that will receive and organize partitions from Quiz.fla when you click on the button to submit the results.  I also want another fla file to reference the external table and pull 15 scores him and then view scores on a scrolling banner.  I want the banner to be able update dynamically (I guess it would accomplish the reloading of the banner fla every time it reaches the end of its cycle, with the first load of the image of the outer table on an onClipEvent action), how it will update while remaining open.  The main reason that I need two separate files for the quiz and the banner of the score is that they are displayed on two different monitors.  What would be the most effective way to solve this problem?  I know a little actionscript, but I don't have much experience with the call for data and functions from external fla or as files (table and function referring to the way in which the data will be organized inside the table will be in a file separate .as).

  I currently work in AS2, since I had almost no experience with AS3.

  Please mark this thread as answered, if it is closed.

• steps to create the new table using existing metadata

  Hi all
  
  
  That's what I want to achieve,
  
  I want to create a procedure that will take an input parameter as a table name lets say 'EMP ',.
  This procedure checks if this table exists or not?
  If they don't exist
  It will create a new table with the name _dummy join the existing table name (ex: new table will be EMP_DUMMY).
  and new table should have the same structure of the table, indexes, and constraints on the EMP table.
  
  
  NB: It should not be created using select as create table EMP_DUMMY select * from EMP where = condition false;
  
  
  
  Can someone help me please how to achieve this?

  Please, don't post duplicate discussions.

  Check your thread previous stored procedure to create a new table with the existing table structure to further discussions

• Create a temporary table using EXECUTE IMMEDIATE

  Hello

  I need to create a report more complex which must have three different queries. I use a determined IF clause that the query that uses the report, according to the parameters.

  I want to write the output to a csv file, so I created a PROCEDURE.

  The first package of the procedure has the three SQL and the IF clause in order to determine the query that the report uses and stores the query code in a variable (v_sql), which is passed to the PROCEDURE that needs to write to the output of the report.

  I tried to create a table with data from the request in order to make a LOOP and exit, something like this:

  WRITE_FILE (errBUFF of the PROCEDURE	OUT VARCHAR2,
  	retCODE	OUT VARCHAR2,
  	v_sql	IN VARCHAR2)

  IS

  Contor

  NUMBER;

  BEGIN

  	EXECUTE IMMEDIATE v_sql;
  	SLIDE G
  	IS
  	Select * from XXROR_REG_MF_TBL;
  	--
  	-initialization
  	--
  	retCode: = 0;
  	errBUFF: = NULL;
  	Contor: = 0;

  	--
  	-cursor
  	--

  	FOR X IN G
  	LOOP
  	APPS. FND_FILE.
  	PUT_LINE)
  	APPS. FND_FILE. OUTPUT,
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  I should mention that v_sql is something like:

  CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE ACEs (SELECT * of the double);

  I can't really do that, so I was wondering if you have any suggestions

  Thank you

  Claudiu

  Hello

  I don't think you need a table at all. You can set the cursor based on the SQL passed as parameter

  https://docs.Oracle.com/database/121/LNPLS/dynamic.htm#LNPLS629

  Concerning

  Marcus

• Create an external table to import csv to dynamic action

  Hello
  
  I'm trying to import data from a csv file into a table. The csv is located on the server and I try to do an external table to copy its contents to the master data table.
  I can't even save the code, without this error:

  PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "CREATE" when expecting one of the following:
  ( begin case declare exit for goto if loop mod null pragma raise return select update
  while with <an identifier> <a double-quoted delimited-identifier> <a bind variable>
  << continue close current delete fetch lock insert open rollback savepoint set sql execute
  commit forall merge pipe purge

  It works very well in the SQL Developer.

  CREATE TABLE  "DATA_CSV" 
     (     "C1" VARCHAR2(255), 
       "C2" VARCHAR2(255), 
       "C3" VARCHAR2(255), 
       "C4" VARCHAR2(255), 
       "C5" VARCHAR2(255), 
       "C6" VARCHAR2(255), 
       "C7" VARCHAR2(255), 
       "C8" VARCHAR2(255), 
       "C9" VARCHAR2(255), 
       "C10" VARCHAR2(255), 
       "C11" VARCHAR2(255), 
       "C12" VARCHAR2(255), 
       "C13" VARCHAR2(255), 
       "C14" VARCHAR2(255), 
       "C15" VARCHAR2(255), 
       "C16" VARCHAR2(255), 
       "C17" VARCHAR2(255), 
       "C18" VARCHAR2(255), 
       "C19" VARCHAR2(255), 
       "C20" VARCHAR2(255)
     )
      ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
      (
        TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
        DEFAULT DIRECTORY FTP_FOLDER
        ACCESS PARAMETERS (
          records delimited BY newline
          fields terminated BY ';'
          optionally enclosed BY '"'
          lrtrim
          missing field VALUES are NULL
        )
      LOCATION ('foo.csv')
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  Skirnir                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

  
  

• Create an external table fails

  I'm trying to map a trace file in an external table ' but I get the error message "missing the key word."
  

  set verify off
  
  create or replace directory 'TRACE_DIR' as '/db_home/oracle/product/diag/rdbms/test/dtms_t/trace';
  
  column id new_value os_user;
  SELECT sys_context('USERENV', 'OS_USER') id FROM DUAL;
  
  BEGIN
        EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'alter session set tracefile_identifier = &os_user' ; 
  END;
  /
  
  column tracefile_loc new_value tracefile
  select SUBSTR(tracefile_loc,INSTR(tracefile_loc,'/',-1)+1) tracefile_loc
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                      from v$process where addr = (select paddr from v$session
                                                   where sid = (select sid from v$mystat
                                                                where rownum = 1
                                                               )
                                                  )
                ) || '.trc' tracefile_loc
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  /
  
  jbrock@ddtms_t> CREATE TABLE trace_ext
    2                     (line varchar2(80)
    3                     )
    4       ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
    5       (
    6         TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
    7         DEFAULT DIRECTORY trace_dir
    8         ACCESS PARAMETERS
    9         (
   10           records delimited by newline
   11           missing field values are null
   12           ( line
   13           )
   14         )
   15         LOCATION (&&tracefile)
   16       )
   17       REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED;
         LOCATION (ddtms_t_ora_9101_JBROCK.trc)
                                              *
       
  ERROR at line 15:
  ORA-00905: missing keyword

  Hello

  JimmyB wrote:

  ... jbrock@ddtms_t> CREATE TABLE trace_ext
  2                     (line varchar2(80)
  3                     )
  4       ORGANIZATION EXTERNAL
  5       (
  6         TYPE ORACLE_LOADER
  7         DEFAULT DIRECTORY trace_dir
  8         ACCESS PARAMETERS
  9         (
  10           records delimited by newline
  11           missing field values are null
  12           ( line
  13           )
  14         )
  15         LOCATION (&&tracefile)
  16       )
  17       REJECT LIMIT UNLIMITED;
  LOCATION (ddtms_t_ora_9101_JBROCK.trc)
  *
  
  ERROR at line 15:
  ORA-00905: missing keyword
  

  The location must not be single-quotes? For line 15, try

  LOCATION ('&&tracefile')
  

• How to implement 'Null value replace' inside a RTF

  Hello

  This is my area:

  <? for-each - group:current-group(); / RP_CURRENCY? >

  <? If: RP_CURRENCY = "ABOVE"? >

  <? for-each - group:current-group(); / RPT_DESCRIPTION? >

  <? If: RPT_DESCRIPTION = 'debit card '? >

  <? sum (current - group () / RP_CI_EQUIVALENT_CALC)? >

  <? end if? >

  <? end for each group -? >

  <? end if? >

  <? end for each group -? >

  If this field does not always reach the sum, and then returns a NULL value. I need it to return 0 instead, but I think I'm this overload since RTF are not flexible.

  I tried to reach '+ 0' at the end and it works when its null, but if the number is not null, then it adds a 0 to the result rather than adding it.

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• How to avoid null values in file sqlldr

  Hello
  
  I'm insterting given in the table to a txt file. I avoid nulls inserted into the table using sqlldr. Please give me a solution

  Please give me a solution

  place NOT NULL constraint on the column