We are getting hidden double quotes for multiline char column values in Oracle sql application. How to fix this problem? Can some one help us on this?
Example:
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
BBBCC"
This is the default behavior of SQL Developer.
Whenever you copy the data from the result of the query and the value is a multiline value then it uses the double quote as a wrapper to the value but it doesn't mean that there are double quotes in the actual data.
See this:
SQLPLUS
SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS;
CUSTOMER_ID CUSTOMER_NAME
----------- --------------------------------------------------
1 tejash
Copy pasting the result from the SQL Developer:
SQL Developer
1 tejash
Now, Let's add some multiline value in the CUSTOMER_NAME column.
SQLPLUS
SQL> INSERT INTO CUSTOMERS VALUES
2 (2,
3 'TEJASH
4 SO
5 EXAMPLE');
1 row created.
SQL> SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS;
CUSTOMER_ID CUSTOMER_NAME
----------- --------------------------------------------------
1 tejash
2 TEJASH
SO
EXAMPLE
SQL> COMMIT;
Commit complete.
SQL>
Copy pasting the result from the SQL Developer:
SQL Developer
1 tejash
2 "TEJASH
SO
EXAMPLE" -- wrapped in double quotes
Related
Suppose if the table name is ABC_XYZ_123. I want to extract the integer values after _.
The output should be integer values after _.
In the above case, the output should be 123.
I have used the below sql query.
select from table_name like 'XXX_%';
But I am not getting required output. Can anyone help me with this query.
Thanks
Using REGEXP_SUBSTR with a capture group we can try:
SELECT REGEXP_SUBSTR(name, '_(\d+)$', 1, 1, NULL, 1)
FROM yourTable;
The question is somewhat unclear:
it looks as if you're looking for table names that contain number at the end, while
query you posted suggests that you're trying to select those numbers from one of table's columns
I'll stick to
Suppose if the table name is ABC_XYZ_123
If that's so, it is the data dictionary you'll query. USER_TABLES contains that information.
Let's create that table:
SQL> create table abc_xyz_123 (id number);
Table created.
Query selects numbers at the end of table names, for all my tables that end with numbers.
SQL> select table_name,
2 regexp_substr(table_name, '\d+$') result
3 from user_tables
4 where regexp_like(table_name, '\d+$');
TABLE_NAME RESULT
-------------------- ----------
TABLE1 1
TABLE2 2
restore_point-001 001
ABC_XYZ_123 123 --> here's your table
SQL>
Apparently, I have a few of them.
I have oracle 12c and trying to export query result to csv or text file but I dont want any enclosure of my data. I have tried SET SQLFORMAT csv which creates csv file but data comes in double quotes then I tried SET SQLFORMAT delimited | but that also comes with double quoted. I also tried SET MARKUP csv on delimeter | quote off it also gave me same result. I dont think MARKUP command works on 12c but it did not give me error. Here is my script:
SET SQLFORMAT delimited | ;
spool 'C:\Temp\MyResults.csv';
select 1 AS Col1, 'Data Line 1' AS Col2 from dual UNION select 2 AS Col1, 'Data Line 2' AS Col2 from dual;
spool off;
This gives me result:
"COL1"|"COL2"
1|"Data Line 1"
2|"Data Line 2"
But I want without double quotes on string data.
COL1|COL2
1|Data Line 1
2|Data Line 2
I would appreciate if someone can give me any poption.
Thanks.
I have the following working with Oracle 19 (client and server on Linux):
SQL> set markup CSV on quote off
SQL> desc t;
Name Null? Type
----------------------------------------- -------- ----------------------------
OBJECT_ID NUMBER
OBJECT_NAME VARCHAR2(128)
SQL> select * from t where rownum=1;
OBJECT_ID,OBJECT_NAME
16,TS$
SQL> set markup csv on quote on
SQL> select * from t where rownum=1;
"OBJECT_ID","OBJECT_NAME"
16,"TS$"
SQL>
We have Oracle as source and HANA 1.0 sps12 as target. We are mirroring Oracle to HANA with Informatica CDC through real-time replication. In Oracle, for many columns we have datatype as CHAR i.e. fixed length datatype. As HANA officially doesn't support CHAR datatype so we are using NVARCHAR data type instead of same. Problem we are facing is -as in Oracle CHAR datatype is of fixed length and append spaces whenever actual string is of lesser length than datatype, we have lot of extra spaces in target HANA db for such columns.
For eg. If column col1 has data type
CHAR(5)
and value as 'A', it is replicated in HANA as 'A ' i.e. 'A' appended by four extra spaces, causing lot of problems in queries and data interpretation
Is it possible to implement CHAR like datatype in HANA?
You can use RPAD function in Informatica while transferring data to Hana. Just make sure if Hana doesn't trim automatically.
So, for the CHAR(5) source column you should use:
out_Column = RPAD(input_Column, 5)
Pretty much exactly, as the documentation says:
I don't know HANA and this is more a comment than an answer, but I chose to put it here as there's some code I'd like you to see.
Here's a table whose column is of a CHAR datatype:
SQL> create table test (col char(10));
Table created.
SQL> insert into test values ('abc');
1 row created.
Column's length is 10 (which you already know):
SQL> select length(col) from test;
LENGTH(COL)
-----------
10
But, if you TRIM it, you get a better result, the one you're looking for:
SQL> select length( TRIM (col)) from test;
LENGTH(TRIM(COL))
-----------------
3
SQL>
So: if you can persuade the mirroring process to apply TRIM function to those columns, you might get what you want.
[EDIT, after seeing Lars' comment and re-reading the question]
Right; the problem seems to be just the opposite of what I initially understood. If that's the point, maybe RPAD would help. Here's an example:
SQL> create table test (col varchar2(10));
Table created.
SQL> insert into test values ('abc');
1 row created.
SQL> select length(col) from test;
LENGTH(COL)
-----------
3
SQL> insert into test values (rpad('def', 10, ' '));
1 row created.
SQL> select col, length(col) len from test;
COL LEN
---------- ----------
abc 3
def 10
SQL>
I'm watching a Script in Oracle and I see something I don't recognize
REM INSERTING into database1."Users"
SET DEFINE OFF;
Insert into database1."Users" ("id","right") values ('1','R');
I'm looking for documentation about "set define off" and it's literally writing "disable the parsing of commands to replace substitution variable with their values"
I don't really understand what they want to say.
Can anyone help me?
By default, SQL Plus treats '&' as a special character that begins a substitution string. This can cause problems when running scripts that happen to include '&' for other reasons:
SQL> insert into customers (customer_name) values ('Marks & Spencers Ltd');
Enter value for spencers:
old 1: insert into customers (customer_name) values ('Marks & Spencers Ltd')
new 1: insert into customers (customer_name) values ('Marks Ltd')
1 row created.
SQL> select customer_name from customers;
CUSTOMER_NAME
------------------------------
Marks Ltd
If you know your script includes (or may include) data containing '&' characters, and you do not want the substitution behaviour as above, then use set define off to switch off the behaviour while running the script:
SQL> set define off
SQL> insert into customers (customer_name) values ('Marks & Spencers Ltd');
1 row created.
SQL> select customer_name from customers;
CUSTOMER_NAME
------------------------------
Marks & Spencers Ltd
You might want to add set define on at the end of the script to restore the default behaviour.
Here is the example:
SQL> set define off;
SQL> select * from dual where dummy='&var';
no rows selected
SQL> set define on
SQL> /
Enter value for var: X
old 1: select * from dual where dummy='&var'
new 1: select * from dual where dummy='X'
D
-
X
With set define off, it took a row with &var value, prompted a user to enter a value for it and replaced &var with the entered value (in this case, X).
I have a sequence named WCOMP_SEQ in oracle to generate auto increment column ON WCOMP table. When I insert a row to WCOMP table in SQLPlus, the row inserted and I can get the auto increment value using
SELECT WCOMP_SEQ.currval FROM dual
But when I ran insert a row using Database Class in CodeIgniter, the row inserted but when I ran the query above to get auto increment value I got Exception:
Exception: Undefined Index currval in E:...
How to fix this?
There is a way to get the value automatically assigned to a column: it is the RETURNING clause.
So, here is my sequence:
SQL> select emp_seq.currval from dual
2 /
CURRVAL
----------
8140
SQL>
I'm going to use it in an INSERT statement:
SQL> var seqval number
SQL> insert into emp
2 (empno, ename, deptno, sal, job)
3 values
4 (emp_seq.nextval, 'JELLEMA', 50, 4575, 'PAINTER')
5 returning empno into :seqval
6 /
1 row created.
SQL>
I returned the EMPNO into a SQL*Plus variable which I can print, and it has the same value as CURRVAL:
SQL> print :seqval
SEQVAL
----------
8141
SQL> select emp_seq.currval from dual
2 /
CURRVAL
----------
8141
SQL>
Your next question is, "does CodeIgniter support the RETURNING sysntax?" I have no idea, but I suspect it does not. Most non-Oracle frameworks don't.
There is always the option to wrap the INSERT statement in a stored procedure, but that's an architectural decision whoch many people dislike.
You can not fetch the SEQUENCE current value without issuing NEXTVAL (see here). So, if you do not want to increment the sequence value (by using NEXTVAL), you should instead query USER_SEQUENCES.
Something like this:
select Sequence_Name
, Last_Number
from user_sequences
where sequence_name = 'WCOMP_SEQ'
/
SEQUENCE_NAME LAST_NUMBER
------------- -----------
WCOMP_SEQ 20
Hope this helps.
In order to get currval on the sequence you will need to have at least one reference to the corresponding nextval for the sequence in the current user session. This is what causes it to set the currval value which would belong to the session.
If you are using it outside, it defeats the purpose which value could it return if there were other sessions active.