Oracle INSERTING into RAW with UTL_RAW.cast_to_raw - oracle

I ran into some code that was never implemented (see below).
CREATE TABLE encryption_values
(
NAME VARCHAR2(6),
VALUE NVARCHAR2(100)
);
/
insert into encryption_values
select 'key' name,
rawtohex (
rpad ('52AB32;^$!ER94988OPS3W21##=WTQ32',32,'X')
) value
from dual
union
select 'iv' name,
rawtohex (
rpad ('TY54ABCX12#÷×+==643QREVDG43AAYMN',32,'X')
) value
from dual;
I want to change the table definition from NVARCHAR2(100) to RAW(256). I tried using
UTL_RAW.cast_to_raw()
but I'm running into some syntax errors. Can someone please provide me with the correct syntax. Note I want to keep the RPAD to ensure I'm converting 32 character bytes.
I'm looking to INSERT the data into this table definition.
CREATE TABLE encryption_values
(
NAME VARCHAR2(6),
VALUE RAW(256)
);
/

You are using the wrong function, rawtohex. You must use in your case cast_to_raw from the package utl_raw
This function converts a VARCHAR2 value represented using some number
of data bytes into a RAW value with that number of data bytes. The
data itself is not modified in any way, but its datatype is recast to
a RAW datatype.
Demo
SQL> desc encryption_values
Name Null? Type
----------------------------------------- -------- ----------------------------
NAME VARCHAR2(6)
VALUE RAW(256)
SQL> insert into encryption_values
2 select 'key' name,
3 utl_raw.cast_to_raw (rpad('52AB32;^$!ER94988OPS3W21##=WTQ32',32,'X')) value
4 from dual
5 union
6 select 'iv' name,
7 utl_raw.cast_to_raw (rpad('TY54ABCX12#÷×+==643QREVDG43AAYMN',32,'X')) value
8* from dual
SQL> /
2 rows created.
SQL> select * from encryption_values ;
NAME
------
VALUE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
iv
5459353441424358313240EFBFBDEFBFBDEFBFBDEFBFBD2B3D3D3634335152455644473433414159
key
3532414233323B5E2421455239343938384F50533357323140403D5754513332

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Insert statement with blank values without defining all columns

I have a need to insert 100+ rows of data into a table that has 25 text columns.
I only want to insert some data into those columns and the rest be represented by a white space.
(Note: Text fields on PeopleSoft tables are defined as NOT NULLABLE, with a single white space character used to indicate no data instead of null.)
Is there a way to write an insert statement that does not define all the columns along with the blank space. As an example:
INSERT INTO CUST.RECORD(BUSINESS_UNIT, PROJECT_ID, EFF_STATUS, TMPL, DESCR) VALUES('TOO1','PROJ1','A','USA00','USA00 CONTRACT');
For every other column in CUST.RECORD I'd like to insert ' ' without defining the column or the space in the insert.
One way is to set a Default value in table definition like this:
CREATE TABLE CUST.RECORD(
id NUMBER DEFAULT detail_seq.NEXTVAL,
master_id varchar2(10) DEFAULT ' ',
description VARCHAR2(30)
);
Edit: for your table you can use :
alter table CUST.RECORD modify( col2 varchar2(10) default ' ' );
You do not have to supply a value for a specific column IF either condition is true:
The column is defined as nullable. That is, it was NOT defined with the 'not null' clause.
or
The column is defined with a default value
SQL> create table my_test (my_id number not null,
2 fname varchar2(10), -- nullable
3 dob date default sysdate -- default value
4 )
5 ;
Table created.
SQL> --
SQL> -- only supplying value for my_id
SQL> insert into my_test(my_id) values (1);
1 row created.
SQL> --
SQL> -- and see the results
SQL> select *
2 from my_test;
MY_ID FNAME DOB
1 12-MAR-21
1 row selected.
SQL> --
SQL> select my_id,
2 nvl(fname,'NULL'),
3 dob
4 from my_test;
MY_ID NVL(FNAME, DOB
1 NULL 12-MAR-21
1 row selected.

View and Table Column Size mismatch due to UNION

I have created View using unioned CVAS:
CREATE
OR REPLACE VIEW SAMPLEVIEW AS
SELECT
PT.CREDITPARTYACCOUNT AS PT_CREDITPARTYACCOUNT,
PT.DEBITPARTYACCOUNT AS PT_DEBITPARTYACCOUNT,
...
...
FROM
accountingevent AE
LEFT OUTER JOIN paymenttransaction PT ON (
AE.PAYMENTTRANSACTIONKEY = PT.PAYMENTTRANSACTIONKEY
)
OR (
AE.PAYMENTINSTRUCTIONKEY = PT.INCOMINGINSTRUCTIONKEY
)
WHERE
...
UNION ALL
SELECT
PT.CREDITPARTYACCOUNT AS PT_CREDITPARTYACCOUNT,
PT.DEBITPARTYACCOUNT AS PT_DEBITPARTYACCOUNT,
...
...
FROM
accountingevent AE
LEFT OUTER JOIN paymenttransaction PT ON (
AE.PAYMENTTRANSACTIONKEY = PT.PAYMENTTRANSACTIONKEY
)
WHERE
...
ORDER BY 1;
Result of
DESC SAMPLEVIEW;
PT_CREDITPARTYACCOUNT VARCHAR2(1024 CHAR)
PT_DEBITPARTYACCOUNT VARCHAR2(1024 CHAR)
...
...
AND
DESC PAYMENTTRANSACTION;
CREDITPARTYACCOUNT VARCHAR2(256 CHAR)
DEBITPARTYACCOUNT VARCHAR2(256 CHAR)
...
Data Sizes I get are 4 times the size of table column sizes.
If we remove the UNION ALL and go with single CVAS than sizes becomes equal in table and view.
This view and tables are part of large scripts so something in scripts is off which is causing this behavior.
This odd behavior is only visible with char and varchar2 datatypes.
I also checked the result of the following query:
select * from NLS_DATABASE_PARAMETERS where parameter='NLS_CHARACTERSET';
NLS_CHARACTERSET AL32UTF8
Kindly guide me on what could be wrong here which is causing this behavior.
Thanks
Which version are you testing? Here's what I get on my DB (20.2):
SQL> desc tukc
Name Null? Type
----------- ----- ------------------
OBJECT_NAME VARCHAR2(128 CHAR)
OBJECT_ID NUMBER
SQL>
SQL> create or replace view tv as
2 select t.object_name
3 from tukc t join all_objects o on (t.object_id=o.object_id)
4 union all
5 select t.object_name
6 from tukc t join all_objects o on (t.object_id=o.object_id)
7 ;
View TV created.
SQL> desc tv
Name Null? Type
----------- ----- ------------------
OBJECT_NAME VARCHAR2(128 CHAR)

Number data type column is not behaving as number

I have a table in oracle which has column recid which is of number Datar type. The table is partition table and it has partition index on it.
When I query the partition like
select * from table partition (abc)
I am able to see value for rec id =50. But when I query
select * from table partition(abc) where rec id =50,
It doesn’t give any record .
If I do type casting as
select * from table partition(abc) where cast (recid as number ) =50
I am getting records.
Please let me know what might be the issue .?
The issue exist only for one partition and rest of the partition working normal.
If it's not behaving as a number, then it's not stored as a number.
Run a DESCRIBE (DESC) on your table in either SQL Developer, SQLcl, or SQL*Plus. It will show how the REC_ID column is defined.
If it's stored as a VARCHAR2, you wil get an error on your WHERE CLAUSE predicate for REC_ID, if not every REC_ID could be treated as also a number:
ORA-01722: invalid number
Like so:
SQL> DESC employees
Name Null? Type
EMPLOYEE_ID NOT NULL NUMBER(6)
FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(20)
LAST_NAME NOT NULL VARCHAR2(25)
EMAIL NOT NULL VARCHAR2(25)
PHONE_NUMBER VARCHAR2(20)
HIRE_DATE NOT NULL DATE
JOB_ID NOT NULL VARCHAR2(10)
SALARY NUMBER(8,2)
COMMISSION_PCT NUMBER(2,2)
MANAGER_ID NUMBER(6)
DEPARTMENT_ID NUMBER(4)
SQL>
SQL> SELECT * FROM employees WHERE first_name = 50;
Error starting at line : 4 in command -
SELECT * FROM employees WHERE first_name = 50
Error report -
ORA-01722: invalid number
SQL> select * from emps_copy_num where first_name = 50;
EMPLOYEE_ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME EMAIL PHONE_NUMBER HIRE_DATE JOB_ID SALARY COMMISSION_PCT MANAGER_ID DEPARTMENT_ID
100 50 King SKING 515.123.4567 17-JUN-87 AD_PRES 24000 90
The first query fails - because not every value in that column can be simplicity cast as a number by the database.
The second query works, because I created a copy of the table where all of the first_name strings were values that COULD be cast as a number.
You probably have spaces in there somewhere, eg
SQL> create table t ( should_have_been_numeric varchar2(30));
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> insert into t values ('50 ');
1 row created.
SQL> insert into t values (' 50 ');
1 row created.
SQL> insert into t values (' 50');
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> select * from t where should_have_been_numeric = '50';
no rows selected
SQL> select * from t where cast(should_have_been_numeric as number) = 50;
SHOULD_HAVE_BEEN_NUMERIC
------------------------------
50
50
50
3 rows selected.
but as already mentioned, if you are treating strings as numbers, then there is problems ahead in terms of spurious errors, not to mention potential performance issues because the optimizer also doesn't know that these are really numbers.

How to select column value from a nested table

I created 1 object.
create type tab_billing as object(invoice_no number,
customername varchar2(100)
);
Now i created a table with the object as a column.
CREATE TABLE tab1 (col1 number,COL2 tab_billing);
Is there anyway I can ONLY select invoice_no from the tab1.
select col2 from tab1;
Is givng me both invoice_no and customername. Substr function is not working here.
You can query the column value's object field directly, but to avoid confusing the object name resolution steps you have to supply and use a table alias:
select t1.col2.invoice_no from tab1 t1;
This is mentioned in the documentation:
To avoid inner capture and similar problems resolving references, Oracle Database requires you to use a table alias to qualify any dot-notational reference to subprograms or attributes of objects.
Qualifying the column with the the table name isn't enough; using select tab1.col2.invoice_no from tab1 gets ORA-00904. You have to use a table alias - although, slightly bizarrely, it still works if the alias is the same as the table name, so select tab1.col2.invoice_no from tab1 tab1 (i.e. aliasing tab1 as tab1, which is normally redundant) works too.
Quick demo:
create type tab_billing as object(invoice_no number,
customername varchar2(100)
);
/
Type TAB_BILLING compiled
CREATE TABLE tab1 (col1 number,COL2 tab_billing);
Table TAB1 created.
insert into tab1 values (1, tab_billing(42, 'Test'));
1 row inserted.
select t1.col2.invoice_no from tab1 t1;
COL2.INVOICE_NO
---------------------------------------
42
You can use TREAT:
SQL> create type tab_billing as object(invoice_no number,
2 customername varchar2(100)
3 );
4 /
Type created.
SQL> CREATE TABLE tab1 (col1 number,COL2 tab_billing);
Table created.
SQL> insert into tab1 values (1, tab_billing(10, 'ten')) ;
1 row created.
SQL> select col1,
2 TREAT(col2 AS tab_billing).invoice_no as invoice_no,
3 TREAT(col2 AS tab_billing).customername as customername
4 from tab1;
COL1 INVOICE_NO CUSTOMERNAME
------ ---------- --------------------
1 10 ten

Oracle: how to drop a subpartition of a specific partition

I am using an oracle 11 table with interval partitioning and list subpartitioning like this (simplified):
CREATE TABLE LOG
(
ID NUMBER(15, 0) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY
, MSG_TIME DATE NOT NULL
, MSG_NR VARCHAR2(16 BYTE)
) PARTITION BY RANGE (MSG_TIME) INTERVAL (NUMTOYMINTERVAL (1,'MONTH'))
SUBPARTITION BY LIST (MSG_NR)
SUBPARTITION TEMPLATE (
SUBPARTITION login VALUES ('FOO')
, SUBPARTITION others VALUES (DEFAULT)
)
(PARTITION oldvalues VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE('01-01-2010','DD-MM-YYYY')));
How do I drop a specific subpartitition for a specific month without knowing the (system generated) name of the subpartition? There is a syntax "alter table ... drop subpartition for (subpartition_key_value , ...)" but I don't see a way to specify the month for which I am deleting the subpartition. The partition administration guide does not give any examples, either. 8-}
You can use the metadata tables to get the specific subpartition name:
SQL> insert into log values (1, sysdate, 'FOO');
1 row(s) inserted.
SQL> SELECT p.partition_name, s.subpartition_name, p.high_value, s.high_value
2 FROM user_tab_partitions p
3 JOIN
4 user_tab_subpartitions s
5 ON s.table_name = p.table_name
6 AND s.partition_name = p.partition_name
7 AND p.table_name = 'LOG';
PARTITION_NAME SUBPARTITION_NAME HIGH_VALUE HIGH_VALUE
--------------- ------------------ ------------ ----------
OLDVALUES OLDVALUES_OTHERS 2010-01-01 DEFAULT
OLDVALUES OLDVALUES_LOGIN 2010-01-01 'FOO'
SYS_P469754 SYS_SUBP469753 2012-10-01 DEFAULT
SYS_P469754 SYS_SUBP469752 2012-10-01 'FOO'
SQL> alter table log drop subpartition SYS_SUBP469752;
Table altered.
If you want to drop a partition dynamically, it can be tricky to find it with the ALL_TAB_SUBPARTITIONS view because the HIGH_VALUE column may not be simple to query. In that case you could use DBMS_ROWID to find the subpartition object_id of a given row:
SQL> insert into log values (4, sysdate, 'FOO');
1 row(s) inserted.
SQL> DECLARE
2 l_rowid_in ROWID;
3 l_rowid_type NUMBER;
4 l_object_number NUMBER;
5 l_relative_fno NUMBER;
6 l_block_number NUMBER;
7 l_row_number NUMBER;
8 BEGIN
9 SELECT rowid INTO l_rowid_in FROM log WHERE id = 4;
10 dbms_rowid.rowid_info(rowid_in =>l_rowid_in ,
11 rowid_type =>l_rowid_type ,
12 object_number =>l_object_number,
13 relative_fno =>l_relative_fno ,
14 block_number =>l_block_number ,
15 row_number =>l_row_number );
16 dbms_output.put_line('object_number ='||l_object_number);
17 END;
18 /
object_number =15838049
SQL> select object_name, subobject_name, object_type
2 from all_objects where object_id = '15838049';
OBJECT_NAME SUBOBJECT_NAME OBJECT_TYPE
--------------- --------------- ------------------
LOG SYS_SUBP469757 TABLE SUBPARTITION
As it turns out, the "subpartition for" syntax does indeed work, though that seems to be a secret Oracle does not want to tell you about. :-)
ALTER TABLE TB_LOG_MESSAGE DROP SUBPARTITION FOR
(TO_DATE('01.02.2010','DD.MM.YYYY'), 'FOO')
This deletes the subpartition that would contain MSG_TIME 2010/02/01 and MSG_NR FOO. (It is not necessary that there is an actual row with this exact MSG_TIME and MSG_NR. It throws an error if there is no such subpartition, though.)
Thanks for the post - it was very useful for me.
One observation though on the above script to identify the partition and delete it:
The object_id returned by dbms_rowid.rowid_info is not the object_id of the all_objects table. It is actually the data_object_id. It is observed that usually these ids match. However, after truncating the partitioned table several times, these ids diverged in my database. Hence it might be reasonable to instead use the data_object_id to find out the name of the partition:
select object_name, subobject_name, object_type
from all_objects where data_object_id = '15838049';
From the table description of ALL_OBJECTS:
OBJECT_ID Object number of the object
DATA_OBJECT_ID Object number of the segment which contains the object
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14258/d_rowid.htm
In the sample code provided in the above link, DBMS_ROWID.ROWID_OBJECT(row_id) is used instead to derive the same information that is given by dbms_rowid.rowid_info. However, the documentation around this sample mentions that it is a data object number from the ROWID.
Examples
This example returns the ROWID for a row in the EMP table, extracts
the data object number from the ROWID, using the ROWID_OBJECT function
in the DBMS_ROWID package, then displays the object number:
DECLARE object_no INTEGER; row_id ROWID; ... BEGIN
SELECT ROWID INTO row_id FROM emp
WHERE empno = 7499; object_no := DBMS_ROWID.ROWID_OBJECT(row_id); DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('The obj. # is
'|| object_no); ...

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