RE: Case of the Missing Rows

From: Weiss, Rick <rweiss_at_state.mt.us>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:08:51 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0053C326.20030128090851@fatcity.com>

Dan:  

Thanks, I think I got through it, here's what I've found (explanations would be greatly appreciated)  

1. Created table as before from Designer/2000 scripts with indexes and constraints
2. SQLLDR to create initial data list
3. SELECT COUNT(*) FROM TB - yields 88640 rows
4. RENAME TB TO TB_HOLD (takes indexes along)
5. SELECT COUNT(*) FROM TB_HOLD - yields only 87257 rows (ahhh nuts)
6. TRUNCATE TABLE TB_HOLD
7. CREATE TB AS SELECT * FROM TB_HOLD - two empty tables
8. SQLLDR into TB
9. SELECT COUNT(*) FROM TB - yields 88640 rows
10. INSERT INTO TB_HOLD (SELECT * FROM TB) - inserts 88640 rows
11. ANALYZE both tables COMPUTE STATISTICS
12. SELECT COUNT(*) FROM TB - yields 88640 rows
13. SELECT COUNT(*) FROM TB - yields 88640 rows
14. EXP - both tables now export 88640 rows

What in the world is going on??  

Great puzzler for the group to mull over  

No jobs scheduled except for RMAN level 0 on Friday mornings@ 5:30 and other daily level 1 cumulatives and a weekly full DB export on Fridays @ 2:30  

Rick Weiss
Oracle DBA

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 7:45 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Rick,

    Try the following to see which rows are missing. It the same rows are missing each time, perhaps there is a common thread. If not, well....  

    After Step 2, do a create table as select or sql*plus copy. This will create a backup version. Do a count(*) from each to make sure the numbers agree.

    After Step 4, select * from table1 minus select * from backup_copy to locate the missing rows.  

Dan Fink

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 4:54 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

I have a recurring, repeatable problem I was wondering about its cause.

Oracle 9.2.0.1 on W2K Professional (SP2) Dell Optiplex workstation Pentium 4

Step 1 - I do an SQLLDR process that loads 88640 rows to a table Step 2 - SQL*Plus session - SELEC COUNT(*) from the table returns 88640 rows

Step 3 - Do an EXP on the table (to allow fall back to this point) - only exports 87257 rows
Step 4 - SQL*Plus session again - SELEC COUNT(*) from the table returns 87257 rows

No one else has access to the database. There are no unusual entries in the alert log.
There is nothing I have found in the UDUMP or BDUMP directories that would help.

Has anyone else experienced this??

Thanks

Rick Weiss

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