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On 2/22/07, Syed Jaffar Hussain <sjaffarhussain_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> > > Sr. Oracle DBA
> > > Video Monitoring Systems
> > > 1500 Broadway
> > > New York City, NY 10036
> > > Phone: (212) 329-5201
> > > Email: mgogala_at_vmsinfo.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Syed Jaffar Hussain
> Oracle ACE
> 8i,9i & 10g OCP DBA
>
> http://jaffardba.blogspot.com/
> http://www.oracle.com/technology/community/oracle_ace/ace1.html#hussain
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> "Winners don't do different things. They do things differently."
>
-- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-lReceived on Thu Feb 22 2007 - 05:27:38 CST
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