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Connect system/manager as sysdba; select a.ksppinm b.ksppstvl b.ksppstdf decode (a.ksppity, 1, boolean , 2, string , 3, number , 4, file , a.ksppity) type, a.ksppdesc from sys.x$ksppi a, sys.x$ksppcv b where a.indx = b.indx and a.ksppinm like _% escape order by name; description name, value, default,

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****************************************************** select name into :alert_loc from v$parameter where name = background_dump_destination ;

****************************************************** Set the utl_file_dir (prior to Oracle9i, you must bounce the database) ******************************************************

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****************************************************** Open the alert log file for write access ****************************************************** utl_file.fopen( :alert_loc , alertprod.log , W');

****************************************************** Write the custom message to the alert log file ******************************************************

dbms_output.put_line( invalid_application_error );

****************************************************** Close the alert log file ******************************************************

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Does Oracle use m inde or not?

One can use the inde monitoring feature to check if inde es are used b an application or not. When the MONI O ING AGE propert is set for an inde , one can quer the v$object_usage to see if the inde is being used or not. Here is an e ample: SQL> CREATE TABLE t1 (c1 NUMBER); Table created. SQL> CREATE INDEX t1_id ON t1(c1); Inde created. SQL> ALTER INDEX t1_id MONITORING USAGE; Inde altered. SQL> SQL> SELECT table_name, inde _name, monitoring, used FROM v$object_usage; TABLE_NAME INDEX_NAME MON USE
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T1 T1_IDX YES NO SQL> SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE c1 = 1; no rows selected SQL> SELECT table_name, index_name, monitoring, used FROM v$object_usage; TABLE_NAME INDEX_NAME MON USE T1 T1_IDX YES YES To reset the values in the v$object_usage view, disable index monitoring and re-enable it: ALTER INDEX indexname NOMONITORING USAGE; ALTER INDEX indexname MONITORING USAGE;

Find last N records from table

I think I have found a easy way to select last n record from a table. below is my SQL statement: select * from (select rownum a, column1,column2 ,,columnn from my_table) where a > ( select (max(rownum)-10) from my_table); where my_table is the sample table s name ; column1 to columnn are the columns in the table, you can replace 10 as the n where you want to select;

How to move tablespace to a new location

1) Take the tablespace offline ALTER TABLESPACE tablespace-name OFFLINE; 2) Use the OS to Move the tablespace to the new location

3) Run the following command: ALTER TABLESPACE tablespace-name RENAME DATAFILE OS path to old tablespacetablespace-datafile- name.dbf TO OS path to new locationtablespacedatafile-name.dbf ; 4) Take the tablespace back online
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ALTER TABLESPACE tablespace-name ONLINE; If the following error is displayed ORA-01113: file n needs media recovery ORA-01110: data file n: new location file name Issue the the following command: recover datafile new location file name ; and take the tablespace back online ALTER TABLESPACE tablespace-name ONLINE;

Simple solution for ORA-12638: Credential retrieval failed

If the Oracle client was installed using the domain administrator account instead of the local administrator, the following message could be displayed when trying to connect: ORA-12638: Credential retrie al failed From the wording of the error message one could think that this error means that he is using the wrong password but this is not the case. To solve this: 1) Go to /oracle home/network/admin and open sqlnet.ora 2) Search for SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES= (NTS) and change it to SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES= (NONE) 3) Save the file and try to connect, this should work

What to do when Enterprise Manager is not able to connect to the database instance (ORA-28001) If you are trying to connect to the Oracle enterprise Manger and you get the following errors: Enterprise Manager is not able to connect to the database instance. And in t Enterprise Manager is not able to connect to the database instance. And in the Agent connection to instance section: Status: Failed Details: ORA-28001: the password has expired (DBD ERROR:
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OCISessionBegin) One of the reasons could be that the password for the SYSMAN user is expired. However, changing the password alone will not solve this issue. Several additional steps are required in order to make Oracle Enterprise Manager connect: Before you start: Verify that ORACLE_HOME, ORACLE_SID environment variables are set. If not, set them using as environment variables or open a command line and type SET ORACLE_SID=<The database SID> 1. Stop the dbconsole: emctl stop dbconsole (dos and Unix) or using the windows services stop the OrcleDBConsole<The database SID>. 2. Connect to the database as a user with DBA privilege with SQL*Plus and run the following command: alter user s sman identified b <the new password> ; 3. Verify that the new password works SQL> connect s sman/<the new password> 4. Go to ORACLE_HOME/<HostName_SID>/sysman/config and save a backup of the emoms.properties file. a) Open the file emoms.properties and search for: oracle.s sman.eml.mntr.emdRepPwd=<some encrypted value> Replace the encrypted value with the new password value b) Search for oracle.s sman.eml.mntr.emdRepPwdEncr pted=TRUE and change TRUE to FALSE c) Save and close emoms.properties 5. Restart the dbconsole: emctl start dbconsole (dos and Unix) or using the windows services start the OrcleDBConsole<The database SID>. 6. Open emoms.properties again and Search for:
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a)oracle.s sman.eml.mntr.emdRepPwd= verify that the password is encrypted b) oracle.s sman.eml.mntr.emdRepPwdEncr pted= verify that the value is set to TRUE 7. Refresh Oracle Enterprise Manager
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Display BAD Index

select owner|| .'||index_name|| STATUS= ||status status from dba_indexes where status= UNUSABLE union all select owner|| .'||index_name|| DOMIDX_STATUS= ||domidx_status status from dba_indexes where domidx_status= IDXTYP_INVLD union all select owner|| .'||index_name|| DOMIDX_OPSTATUS= ||domidx_opstatus status from dba_indexes where domidx_opstatus= FAILED union all select owner|| .'||index_name|| FUNCIDX_STATUS= ||funcidx_status status from dba_indexes where funcidx_status= DISABLED /
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Steps to create Stand

1. Shutdown Normal the primary database

by Database

2. Copy all of the tablespace datafiles to the standby datafile directory Note: This may take a long time depending on datafile size and network traffic OS>COPY <drive>:OracleORADATA<sid>*.dbf <drive>:OracleORADATASTANDBY*.* OS>COPY *.arc <drive>:OracleORADATASTANDBYArchive*.* 3. Ensure the following INIT.ORA parameters are set on the primary DB: LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST = <drive>:OracleORADATA<sid>Archive LOG_ARCHIVE_FORMAT = LOG%s%t.ARC LOG_ARCHIVE_START = TRUE 4. StartUp the primary DB with archive logging turned on SVRMGRL>connect internal SVRMGRL>startup mount <sid>; SVRMGRL>alter database archivelog;
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SVRMGRL>archive log start; SVRMGRL>alter database open; . create a standby control file SVRMGRL>alter database create standby controlfile as <drive>:OracleORADATASTANDBYstandbycf.ctl ; MOVE standbycf.ctl control01.ctl COPY control01.ctl control02.ctl COPY control01.ctl control03.ctl . Update and/or Create TNSNAMES.ora and LISTENER.ora files to include standby db . Copy the OracleAdmin<sid> directory to the corresponding standby db directory . Modify the init.ora file as follows: DB_NAME must remain the same as the primary database s entry STANDBY_ARCHIVE_DEST = <drive>:OracleORADATASTANDBYArchive LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST = <drive>:OracleORADATASTANDBYArchive LOCK_NAME_SPACE = STANDBY DB_FILE_NAME_CONVERT = ( <drive>:OracleORADATA<sid> ,'<drive>:OracleORADATASTANDBY ) LOG_FILE_NAME_CONVERT = ( <drive>:OracleORADATA<sid>Archive ,'<drive>:OracleORADATASTANDBYArchive ) . Use ORADIM to create StandBy Oracle DB service . Copy the password file PWD<sid>.ora to PWDSTANDBY.ora . SVRMGRL>Connect sys/change_on_install@standby . SVRMGRL>STARTUP NOMOUNT pfile=OracleSTANDBYAdminPFileinit.ora; . SVRMGRL>ALTER DATABASE MOUNT STANDBY DATABASE; . SVRMGRL>ALTER DATABASE RENAME FILE old_name TO new_name ; . Copy over any archive log files . SVRMGRL>RECOVER STANDBY DATABASE; . SVRMGRL> <Ret> | FILENAME | AUTO | CANCEL
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