Re: How do I get column name that causing ORA-01438

Anand,

We have request to Oracle for an enhancement.

The trace file although doesn't show the column name, but, you have enough information to find out. No matter, this is little bit time consuming.

Jaffar

On 2/22/07, Anand Rao <panandrao_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> hmmm ..its rather difficult even with the event setting. the trace file
> doesn't explicitly show me the column name.
>
> SQL> create table emp (col1 number(3));
>
> Table created.
>
> SQL> ALTER SESSION SET EVENTS='1438 TRACE NAME ERRORSTACK FOREVER, LEVEL
> 12';
>
> Session altered.
>
> SQL> insert into emp values (1111) ;
> insert into emp values (1111)
> *
> ERROR at line 1:
> ORA-01438: value larger than specified precision allows for this column
>
>
> SQL> ALTER SESSION SET EVENTS='1438 TRACE NAME ERRORSTACK OFF';
>
> Session altered.
>
> of course, for varchar2 columns, the error reported isn't ORA-1438 but
> ORA-01401.
>
> now, if you look at the trace file, you really need to search for the
> keyword "COL1" (the column name i used) to be actually able to find
> something. there is no clear message that shows that this column violated
> the rule.
>
> <snip>
>
> ksedmp: internal or fatal error
> ORA-01438: value larger than specified precision allows for this column
> Current SQL statement for this session:
> insert into emp values (1111)
> ----- Call Stack Trace -----
>
> <snip>
>
> In case an insert or update has more than 5,6 columns, it is a cumbersome
> task to search for each column_name i suppose.
>
> guess the easiest is SQLPlus, where the ' * ' character points to the
> column/value which violates the rule.
>
> i know this event is the probably as far as we can go...or is there
> something else?
>
> anand
>
> On 22/02/07, Mladen Gogala < mgogala_at_vmsinfo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Syed Jaffar Hussain wrote:
> > > Mladen,
> > >
> > > Yes, I do set the event to trace the culprit. The problem is that when
> > > I enable this event, Oracle is taking around 6 second to return the
> > > error msg. on the sql prompt. And ours is a very high OLTP application
> >
> > > where around 500 tps take places.
> > > We have request Oracle for an enhancement. Because, when constraints
> > > violates, Oracle do gives the constrain name and details, likewise, I
> > > would like to have so and so column in the particular table is the
> > > culprit.
> > >
> >
> > Syed, it's you who should discover the problem and fix the SQL. It's
> > done once, in a sqlplus session
> > and then turned off. It's not intended for all users.
> >
> > --
> > Mladen Gogala
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> >
> >
> >
> >
>

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Syed Jaffar Hussain
Oracle ACE
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