How to check in Oracle if table is read only? - oracle

I would like to make an ORACLE table read only. It is possible using:
ALTER TABLE table1 READ ONLY;
However when table1 is already read only, then altering table is causing error.
So the question is how to check if table1 is read only, and if it isn't then
then to make it read only.

Check user_tables:
select read_only
from user_tables
where table_name = 'TABLE1'

You may use dynamic SQL to execute the ALTER only if necessary, avoiding errors if the table already is read-only:
DECLARE
vCheck VARCHAR2 (3);
BEGIN
BEGIN
SELECT read_only
INTO vCheck
FROM user_tables
WHERE table_name = 'TABLE1';
EXCEPTION
WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND
THEN
vCheck := 'YES'; -- Avoid ALTER in case of TABLE1 not existing
END;
--
IF vCheck = 'NO'
THEN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'ALTER TABLE TABLE1 READ ONLY';
END IF;
END;

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Dropping constraints in a PL/SQL loop

I get following error when I am attempting to disable constraints from hr.employees table
Error:
Error report -
ORA-02250: missing or invalid constraint name
ORA-06512: at line 14
02250. 00000 - "missing or invalid constraint name"
*Cause: The constraint name is missing or invalid.
*Action: Specify a valid identifier name for the constraint name.
Following is the code
DECLARE
CURSOR C1 IS SELECT CONSTRAINT_NAME FROM USER_CONSTRAINTS WHERE TABLE_NAME ='EMPLOYEES';
v_con_name VARCHAR2(20);
SQL_STATMENT VARCHAR2(100);
BEGIN
SQL_STATMENT := 'ALTER TABLE HR.EMPLOYEES DISABLE CONSTRAINT :A';
OPEN C1;
LOOP
FETCH C1 INTO v_con_name;
EXIT WHEN C1%NOTFOUND;
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE SQL_STATMENT USING v_con_name;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_con_name);
END LOOP;
CLOSE C1;
END;
/
When I comment following line
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE SQL_STATMENT USING v_con_name;
Scripts execute successfully and provide following results
EMP_LAST_NAME_NN
EMP_EMAIL_NN
EMP_HIRE_DATE_NN
EMP_JOB_NN
EMP_SALARY_MIN
EMP_EMAIL_UK
EMP_EMP_ID_PK
EMP_DEPT_FK
EMP_JOB_FK
EMP_MANAGER_FK
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Hence I understand that the cursor construct is fetching the desired constraints name and also outside of this plsql block, I could successfully alter employees table by disabling these constraints.
Please note that I have logged in as HR schema in Oracle 11g R2 XE database
I am not sure why I am getting the missing or invalid constraint name.. thanks to help me here.
You can't use bind variables for the names of database objects (or for DDL in general). You will need to build the entire ALTER statement by concatenating the name. Try something like this:
declare
k_tablename constant user_constraints.table_name%type := 'EMPLOYEES';
begin
for r in (
select constraint_name
, 'alter table ' || c.table_name || ' disable constraint ' || c.constraint_name as sql_statement
from user_constraints c
where table_name = k_tablename
)
loop
execute immediate r.sql_statement;
dbms_output.put_line('Disabled constraint ' || k_tablename || '.' || r.constraint_name);
end loop;
end;
/
Why don't you use this script to generate the DISABLE script?
SELECT 'ALTER TABLE '||OWNER||'.'||TABLE_NAME||' DISABLE CONSTRAINT '||CONSTRAINT_NAME||';' STMNT
FROM DBA_CONSTRAINTS
WHERE
R_CONSTRAINT_NAME IN
(SELECT CONSTRAINT_NAME
FROM DBA_CONSTRAINTS
WHERE CONSTRAINT_TYPE IN ('P','U')
AND OWNER = 'HR'
AND TABLE_NAME IN
(
'EMPLOYEES'
));
Somewhat simpler (& working) then the original attempt:
SQL> create table test (id number constraint pk_test primary key,
2 ime varchar2(20) constraint ch_ime check (ime in ('little', 'foot')));
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> begin
2 for c1 in (select table_name, constraint_name
3 from user_constraints
4 where table_name = 'TEST')
5 loop
6 execute immediate 'alter table ' || c1.table_name ||
7 ' disable constraint ' || c1.constraint_name;
8 end loop;
9 end;
10 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select constraint_name, status From user_constraints where table_name = 'TEST';
CONSTRAINT_NAME STATUS
------------------------------ --------
CH_IME DISABLED
PK_TEST DISABLED
SQL>

How many rows inserted into table by create table statement

Is there a way to count how many rows inserted into table by
Create table tbl1 as select * from tbl2;
statement which performed from PL\SQL function (execute immediate)?
When I'm using SQL%ROWCOUNT the result is 1.
Thanks.
You can try this. As mentioned in my comment you need to do it as followed. Remember that you need again to use Execute immediate else you get an issue that tab1 is undefined.
DECLARE
vsql VARCHAR2 (200);
cnt NUMBER;
BEGIN
vsql := 'create table tbl1 as select * from employee';
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE vsql;
vsql := 'select count(1) from tbl1';
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE vsql INTO cnt;
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (cnt);
END;
You can do one thing. You can first create an empty table tbl1 from tbl2. Then insert data using SELECT and then use- SQL%ROWCOUNT.
CREATE TABLE tbl1 AS SELECT * FROM tbl2 WHERE 1=2;
INSERT INTO tbl1 SELECT * FROM tbl2;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ('No. of rows inserted in TBL2 from TBL1 = ' || SQL%ROWCOUNT);

Create table if it does not exist, and enter one row after creating

I need to create a table if it does not exist, and when it is created add a single row to it.
I'm new to oracle and PL/SQL so I basically need an equivalent of the following T-SQL:
IF OBJECT_ID('my_table', 'U') IS NULL
BEGIN
CREATE TABLE my_table(id numeric(38,0), date datetime)
INSERT INTO my_table
VALUES (NULL, 0)
END
if you want to check table creation
DECLARE count NUMBER;
BEGIN
count := 0;
SELECT COUNT(1) INTO count from user_tables WHERE table_name= 'MY_TABLE';
IF COL_COUNT = 0 THEN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'create table ....';
END IF;
END;
/
A checking for DML .please note you have to sepcify your pk columns and values.
DECLARE count NUMBER;
BEGIN
count := 0;
SELECT COUNT(1) INTO count from MY_TABLE WHERE id= 0 and name='Something';
IF COL_COUNT = 0 THEN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'insert into MY_TABLE (id,name) values(0,''something'') ';
END IF;
END;
/
also note I recomand to specify columns when you insert into a table
Another approach is to use exception logic. I changed field names and types according to Oracle rules
declare
eAlreadyExists exception;
pragma exception_init(eAlreadyExists, -00955);
begin
execute immediate 'CREATE TABLE my_table(id number, dateof date)';
execute immediate 'INSERT INTO my_table VALUES (NULL, sysdate)';
exception when eAlreadyExists then
null;
end;
but may be it is not a good idea to create tables dynamically
In my opinion, you should not be creating objects on the fly. You should think about your design before implementing it.
Anyway, if you really want to do it this way, then you need to do it programmatically in PL/SQL (ab)using EXECUTE IMMEDIATE.
However, I would prefer the CTAS i.e. create table as select if you want to create a table ta once with a single row. For example,
SQL> CREATE TABLE t AS SELECT 1 id, SYSDATE dt FROM DUAL;
Table created.
SQL> SELECT * FROM t;
ID DT
---------- ---------
1 29-MAY-15
SQL>
The table is created permanently.
If you are looking for a temporary table, which you could use to store session specific data , then look at creating Global temporary table.
From documentation,
Use the CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE statement to create a temporary
table. The ON COMMIT clause indicates if the data in the table is
transaction-specific (the default) or session-specific
You can use NOT EXISTS with select statement:
IF NOT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM my_table) THEN
CREATE TABLE my_table(id NUMBER, date date);
COMMIT;
INSERT INTO my_table(id, date) values (NULL, O);
COMMIT;
END IF;
UPDATE
According to the comment, I cannot use Exist directly in PL/SQL. So this is another way to do it:
begin
select case
when exists(select 1
from my_table)
then 1
else 0
end into l_exists
from dual;
if (l_exists = 1)
then
-- anything
else
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'CREATE TABLE my_table(id NUMBER, date date)';
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'INSERT INTO my_table(id, date) values (NULL, O)';
end if;
end;

Get the count of each table

I was trying to create a procedure to fetch the total count of rows of all tables corresponding to a schema.
I am proceeding with a cursor which store the total list of tables and and the same is iterate further. Even though the functionality is not tested.The procedure creation compiled with the following errors.
create or replace
PROCEDURE PROC_TABLE_COUNT
AS
table_count NUMBER;
CURSOR total_tables
IS
SELECT table_name FROM dba_tables WHERE owner = 'OWNER_NAME';
BEGIN
FOR i IN total_tables
LOOP
SELECT COUNT (*) INTO table_count FROM dba_tables db where db.table_name = i.table_name;
END LOOP;
END PROC_TABLE_COUNT;
1)Error(7,6): PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
2)Error(7,33): PL/SQL: ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
3)Error(11,1): PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
4)Error(11,76): PL/SQL: ORA-00904: "I"."TABLE_NAME": invalid identifier
5)Error(11,76): PLS-00364: loop index variable 'I' use is invalid
Question 1:
Is the error 2(at dba_tables) is due to the grant being denied? By right clicking on the procedure name ,I tried to assign the privilege to debug and execute. But still the error persists.
Question 2:
Regarding the invalid identifier. Why is this error coming?
UPDATE:
As per one of the valuable comment I have changed the query and the compile error is gone. Now there is an issue in the logic.
create or replace procedure proc_tab_count as
table_count NUMBER;
CURSOR total_tables
IS
SELECT table_name FROM user_tables;
BEGIN
FOR i IN total_tables
LOOP
SELECT COUNT (*) INTO table_count FROM user_tables WHERE db.table_name = i.table_name; --Wrong logic here
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line(i.table_name||'-COUNT:'||table_count);
END LOOP;
end proc_tab_count;
output is coming like:
Table1 -COUNT:1
Table2 -COUNT:1
Table3 -COUNT:1
Table3 -COUNT:1
Table4 -COUNT:1
Table5 -COUNT:1
Guess, you want to count rows in all your tables, and we need a dynamic SQL here.
EXCEUTE IMMEDIATE is used to frame the dynamic SQL making the OWNER.TABLE_NAME dynamic.
create or replace procedure proc_tab_count as
table_count NUMBER;
CURSOR total_tables
IS
SELECT table_name FROM user_tables;
BEGIN
FOR i IN total_tables
LOOP
/* Handle Exceptions */
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'SELECT COUNT (*) FROM '|| i.table_name INTO table_count;
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line(i.table_name||'-COUNT:'||table_count);
EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS
THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Error while Querying '||i.table_name||'-Error:'||SQLERRM);
END;
END LOOP;
end proc_tab_count;
I'm not so sure that the accepted answer works. Does user_tables contain owner? Otherwise, it's spot on.
Anyway. Another approach using SYS_REFCURSOR:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE proc_table_count
CURSOR total_tables IS
SELECT table_name
FROM user_tables
ORDER BY table_name;
table_count NUMBER;
v_sql VARCHAR2(100);
v_cursor SYS_REFCURSOR;
BEGIN
FOR i IN total_tables
LOOP
BEGIN
v_sql := 'SELECT COUNT (*) FROM '||i.table_name;
OPEN v_cursor FOR v_sql;
FETCH v_cursor INTO table_count;
CLOSE v_cursor;
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line(i.table_name||'-COUNT:'||table_count);
EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS
THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('Error while Querying '||i.table_name||'-Error:'||SQLERRM);
END;
END LOOP;
end proc_tab_count;

Oracle - determining whether a table exists

How do you determine in oracle whether a table exists?
On a script file, I wanted to delete a table only if it exists.
Thanks!
http://www.dba-oracle.com/bk_check_table_exists.htm
There are various solutions given here. The simplest ones:
SQL> desc mytable
Or just try to drop and catch the exception:
begin
execute immediate 'drop table TABLE1';
exception when others then null;
end;
Oracle has an all_tables table, you could query that to see.
Maybe something like this:
declare
v_tab_count number := 0;
begin
select count(*)
into v_tab_count
from all_tables
where table_name = 'MY_TABLE';
if v_tab_count > 0 then
execute immediate 'drop table my_table';
else
dbms_output.put_line('The table isn''t there! maybe you deleted it already?');
end if;
exception
when others then
dbms_output.put_line( sqlerrm);
end if;
/
I know I commented earlier on someone else's post that I didn't like using execute immediate for this, but I'd forgotten that it's the only way to perform a drop table from PL/SQL.
You can query USER_TABLES for TABLE_NAME = 'YOUR_TABLE_NAME' :-)

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