Could you please help me in a unique situation I am in. I am receiving "ORA-30511: invalid DDL operation in system triggers" when dropping sequences and procedures during logoff trigger.
I need to delete tables, sequences and procedures of users before logoff event happens. I am writing the table details in DB_OBJECTS table upon create using a separate trigger. Below is my logoff trigger - could you please help me where I am doing wrong. Dropping tables is working fine in the below code. Only Dropping sequences and procedures is giving me "ORA-30511: invalid DDL operation in system triggers" error.
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER DELETE_BEFORE_LOGOFF
BEFORE LOGOFF ON DATABASE
DECLARE
USER_ID NUMBER := SYS_CONTEXT('USERENV', 'SESSIONID');
BEGIN
FOR O IN (SELECT USER, OBJECT_NAME, OBJECT_TYPE
FROM DB_OBJECTS WHERE SID = USER_ID
AND USERNAME = USER AND SYSDATE > CREATED_DTTM) LOOP
IF O.OBJECT_TYPE = 'TABLE' THEN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TABLE ' || O.USER || '.' || O.OBJECT_NAME || ' CASCADE CONSTRAINTS';
ELSIF O.OBJECT_TYPE = 'SEQUENCE' THEN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP SEQUENCE ' || O.USER || '.' || O.OBJECT_NAME;
ELSIF O.OBJECT_TYPE = 'PROCEDURE' THEN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP PROCEDURE ' || O.USER || '.' || O.OBJECT_NAME;
END IF;
END LOOP;
EXCEPTION WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN NULL;
END;
/
That's a simple one.
Error code: ORA-30511
Description: invalid DDL operation in system triggers
Cause: An attempt was made to perform an invalid DDL operation in a system trigger. Most DDL operations currently are not supported in system triggers. The only currently supported DDL operations are table operations and ALTER/COMPILE operations.
Action: Remove invalid DDL operations in system triggers.
That's why only
Dropping tables is working fine
succeeded.
Therefore, you can't do that using trigger.
You asked (in a comment) how to drop these objects, then. Manually, as far as I can tell. Though, that's quite unusual - what if someone accidentally logs off? You'd drop everything they created. If you use that schema for educational purposes (for example, every student gets their own schema), then you could create a "clean-up" script you'd run once class is over. Something like this:
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON;
DECLARE
l_user VARCHAR2 (30) := 'SCOTT';
l_str VARCHAR2 (200);
BEGIN
IF USER = l_user
THEN
FOR cur_r IN (SELECT object_name, object_type
FROM user_objects
WHERE object_name NOT IN ('EMP',
'DEPT',
'BONUS',
'SALGRADE'))
LOOP
BEGIN
l_str :=
'drop '
|| cur_r.object_type
|| ' "'
|| cur_r.object_name
|| '"';
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (l_str);
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE l_str;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS
THEN
NULL;
END;
END LOOP;
END IF;
END;
/
PURGE RECYCLEBIN;
It is far from being perfect; I use it to clean up my Scott schema I use to answer questions on various sites so - once it becomes a mess, I run that PL/SQL code several times (because of possible foreign key constraint).
Other option is to keep a create user script(s) (along with all grant statements) and - once class is over - drop existing user and simply recreate it.
Or, if that user contains some pre-built tables, keep export file (I mean, result of data pump export) and import it after the user is dropped.
There are various options - I don't know whether I managed to guess correctly, but now you have something to think about.
I get the following error message in a stored procedure that I created:
ORA-00933: SQL command not properly ended
ORA-06512: at line 11
I have tried Googling it, but could not find anything applicable as it tells my to try to eliminate any 'ORDER BY'.
declare
cursor a_tab is
select table_name
from all_tables
where owner = 'OFFERINGWORKSPACE'
and (TABLE_NAME like 'EBA_%' or TABLE_NAME = 'SURVEY_2.0');
v_tab_name varchar2(500);
begin
open a_tab;
loop
fetch a_tab into v_tab_name;
exit when a_tab%notfound;
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'delete ' || v_tab_name;
end Loop;
close a_tab;
open a_tab;
Loop
fetch a_tab into v_tab_name;
Exit when a_tab%notfound;
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'insert into ' || v_tab_name || '(select * from OFFERINGWORKSPACE.'||v_tab_name ||')';
End Loop;
Close a_tab;
End;
There is a clue in your cursor query:
... TABLE_NAME = 'SURVEY_2.0');
The period in that breaks the database object naming rules:
Nonquoted identifiers can only contain alphanumeric characters from your database character set and the underscore (_). Database links can contain periods (.) and "at" signs (#).
so that table name must be a quoted identifier. You therefore need to quote it in your statements:
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'delete "' || v_tab_name || '"';
and
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'insert into "' || v_tab_name
|| '"(select * from OFFERINGWORKSPACE."'||v_tab_name ||"')';
db<>fiddle showing the errors from those commands (simplified to one schema, and static SQL), and how adding the double quotes fixes them.
I have the following code in PLSQL:
Declare
tablename varchar2(20):='emp';
drop_stmt varchar2(2000);
begin
drop_stmt:='drop table :1 ;';
--dbms_output.put_line(drop_stmt);
execute immediate drop_stmt using tablename;
end;
Results in:
ORA-00903:invalid table name
ORA-06512: at line 8
However when I run:
drop table emp ;
it just successfully runs. What may be the cause of this error?
You must use this one:
drop_stmt:='drop table '||tablename; -- without ";" at the end of string
--dbms_output.put_line(drop_stmt);
execute immediate drop_stmt;
I have fifty tables in a database, in that I need only six tables.
How can I delete remaining tables by one single query?
You can generate a list of DROP TABLE commands with the query below:
SELECT 'DROP TABLE ' || table_name || ';' FROM user_tables;
After that you remove your six tables you want to keep and execute the other commands. Or you add a WHERE table_name NOT IN (...) clause to the query.
Hope it helps.
Use something like this, as there is no direct command or way in oracle to do this
begin
for rec in (select table_name
from all_tables
where table_name like '%ABC_%'
)
loop
execute immediate 'drop table '||rec.table_name;
end loop;
end;
/
To expand on the answer,
for Oracle 10 versions and later, dropped tables are not deleted permanently, but moved to recycled bin. To truly delete tables need to add optional parameter PURGE.
Expanding on the accepted answer :
SELECT 'DROP TABLE ' || table_name || ' PURGE ;' DB_DEATH FROM user_tables;
First Run this query with table names that you want to keep.
SELECT CONCAT( 'DROP TABLE ', GROUP_CONCAT(table_name) , ';' )
AS statement FROM information_schema.tables
WHERE table_schema = 'mydatabase' AND table_name not in ('table1', 'table2', 'table3');
This query will give you DROP table query.
Select from the list on the left all the tables you want to drop. Drag and drop them in your worksheet. Select Object Name from the pop-up window
Press the Edit menu and select Replace.
Type in the find field the comma symbol ,
Type in the replace field the following text ;\ndrop table . Note that there is a space after the word table. Replace all.
Type drop table before your first table and ; after your last one.
You are ready to drop your tables.
DECLARE
TYPE bulk_array is table of ALL_TABLES.TABLE_NAME%type;
array bulk_array;
BEGIN
SELECT OWNER ||'.'|| TABLE_NAME BULK COLLECT
INTO array
FROM ALL_TABLES
WHERE TABLE_NAME LIKE '%%';--HERE U WILL PUT YOUR CONDITIONS.
FOR i IN array.FIRST..array.LAST LOOP
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TABLE '|| array(i) || ' PURGE'; --Specify PURGE if you want to drop the table and release the space associated
END LOOP;
END;
If the tables you want to keep are keep_tab1, keep_tab2, etc. or start with ASB..
use regexp_like. Here just to show an example with regexp_like
The loop continues even when an error occurs dropping one of the tables.You may
have to run this script multiple times as errors may occur when dropping a primary table without having dropped the referential tables first.
begin
for rec in (
select table_name from user_tables
where not
regexp_like(table_name, 'keep_tab1|keep_tab2|^ASB')
)
loop
begin
execute immediate 'drop table '||rec.table_name;
exception when others then
dbms_output.put_line(rec.table_name||':'||sqlerrm);
end;
end loop;
end;
Am I correct in understanding that CREATE OR REPLACE basically means "if the object exists, drop it, then create it either way?"
If so, what am I doing wrong? This works:
CREATE TABLE foo (id NUMBER,
title VARCHAR2(4000) DEFAULT 'Default Title')
And this doesn't (ORA-00922: missing or invalid option):
CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE foo (id NUMBER,
title VARCHAR2(4000) DEFAULT 'Default Title')
Am I doing something stupid? I don't seem to be able to find much documentation about this syntax.
This works on functions, procedures, packages, types, synonyms, trigger and views.
Update:
After updating the post for the third time, I'll reformulate this:
This does not work on tables :)
And yes, there is documentation on this syntax, and there are no REPLACE option for CREATE TABLE.
One of the nice things about the syntax is that you can be sure that a CREATE OR REPLACE will never cause you to lose data (the most you will lose is code, which hopefully you'll have stored in source control somewhere).
The equivalent syntax for tables is ALTER, which means you have to explicitly enumerate the exact changes that are required.
EDIT:
By the way, if you need to do a DROP + CREATE in a script, and you don't care for the spurious "object does not exist" errors (when the DROP doesn't find the table), you can do this:
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TABLE owner.mytable';
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF sqlcode != -0942 THEN RAISE; END IF;
END;
/
There is no create or replace table in Oracle.
You must:
DROP TABLE foo;
CREATE TABLE foo (....);
CREATE OR REPLACE can only be used on functions, procedures, types, views, or packages - it will not work on tables.
Following script should do the trick on Oracle:
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'drop TABLE tablename';
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF sqlcode != -0942 THEN RAISE;
END IF;
END;
-- To Create or Replace a Table we must first silently Drop a Table that may not exist
DECLARE
table_not_exist EXCEPTION;
PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT (table_not_exist , -00942);
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE('DROP TABLE <SCHEMA>.<TABLE NAME> CASCADE CONSTRAINTS');
EXCEPTION WHEN table_not_exist THEN NULL;
END;
/
Does not work with Tables, only functions etc.
Here is a site with some examples.
A usefull procedure for oracle databases without using exeptions (under circumstances you have to replace user_tables with dba_tables and/or constrain the tablespace in the query):
create or replace procedure NG_DROP_TABLE(tableName varchar2)
is
c int;
begin
select count(*) into c from user_tables where table_name = upper(tableName);
if c = 1 then
execute immediate 'drop table '||tableName;
end if;
end;
If you are doing in code then first check for table in database
by using query
SELECT table_name
FROM user_tables
WHERE table_name = 'XYZ'
if record found then truncate table otherwise create Table
Work like Create or Replace.
You can use CORT (www.softcraftltd.co.uk/cort). This tool allows to CREATE OR REPLACE table in Oracle.
It looks like:
create /*# or replace */ table MyTable(
... -- standard table definition
);
It preserves data.
So I've been using this and it has worked very well: - it works more like a DROP IF EXISTS but gets the job done
DECLARE
VE_TABLENOTEXISTS EXCEPTION;
PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT(VE_TABLENOTEXISTS, -942);
PROCEDURE DROPTABLE(PIS_TABLENAME IN VARCHAR2) IS
VS_DYNAMICDROPTABLESQL VARCHAR2(1024);
BEGIN
VS_DYNAMICDROPTABLESQL := 'DROP TABLE ' || PIS_TABLENAME;
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE VS_DYNAMICDROPTABLESQL;
EXCEPTION
WHEN VE_TABLENOTEXISTS THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(PIS_TABLENAME || ' NOT EXIST, SKIPPING....');
WHEN OTHERS THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(SQLERRM);
RAISE;
END DROPTABLE;
BEGIN
DROPTABLE('YOUR_TABLE_HERE');
END DROPTABLE;
/
Hope this helps
Also reference:
PLS-00103 Error in PL/SQL Developer
'Create or replace table' is not possible. As others stated, you can write a procedure and/or use begin execute immediately (...). Because I don't see an answer with how to (re)create the table, I putted a script as an answer.
PS: in line of what jeffrey-kemp mentioned: this beneath script will NOT save data that is already present in the table you are going to drop. Because of the risk of loosing data, at our company it is only allowed to alter existing tables on the production environment, and it is not allowed to drop tables. By using the drop table statement, sooner or later you will get the company police standing at your desk.
--Create the table 'A_TABLE_X', and drop the table in case it already is present
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE
'
CREATE TABLE A_TABLE_X
(
COLUMN1 NUMBER(15,0),
COLUMN2 VARCHAR2(255 CHAR),
COLUMN3 VARCHAR2(255 CHAR)
)';
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -955 THEN -- ORA-00955: object name already used
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TABLE A_TABLE_X';
END IF;
END;
I would do something like this
begin
for i in (select table_name from user_tables where table_name = 'FOO') loop
execute immediate 'drop table '||i.table_name;
end loop;
end;
execute immediate 'CREATE TABLE FOO (id NUMBER,
title VARCHAR2(4000)) ';
If this is for MS SQL.. The following code will always run no matter what if the table exist already or not.
if object_id('mytablename') is not null //has the table been created already in the db
Begin
drop table mytablename
End
Create table mytablename (...