RE: Anyone Using Kronos?

That's where we were getting the error, too. It would upgrade from 4.3 to 5.2 without any problems, but when it got to the 6.0 upgrade.sql script, it would error. The problem is that there is an anonymous PL/SQL block in that script that does no error checking. So if there's anything wrong, it will just abort and not tell you anything. You can see it in the log. When I tried to talk to Kronos support, they told me that they don't expect there to be any errors and if there are, then we'd have to send them a copy of our database and some money and they'd look at it. I tried to get to a developer, but they won't let you in that far. The response was always "Do it our way or pay us to do it for you". One thing that you must do is to grant execute on dbms_redefinition to tkcsowner. That upgrade.sql anonymous PL/SQL block calls it several times. The objective of that PL/SQL block is simply to change the datatypes to national character set datatypes (char to nchar, varchar2 to nvarchar2, clob to nclob). Because there are some tables with varchar2(4000) fields that can't be changed to nvarchar2(4000), they have special code in there to catch them and change them to nclobs instead. They do it all with dynamic SQL instead of just writing the individual alter table statements and running through them like most vendors do.  

Scott Canaan '88 (Scott.Canaan_at_rit.edu)

(585) 475-7886

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From: Jeffrey Beckstrom [mailto:JBECKSTROM_at_gcrta.org] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 1:21 PM To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org; M Rafiq; Scott Canaan Subject: RE: Anyone Using Kronos?  

We are getting an ORA-00900: invalid SQL statement. This is an upgrade from 4.3 to 6.0. Error occurs during the 6.0 phase. We just tried a 4.3 to 5.2 upgrade and that part works. The 5.2 to 6.0 gave the error again. Kronos is stumped.

>>> M Rafiq <rafiq9857_at_hotmail.com> 9/26/08 12:23 PM >>>
Jeffrey,  

What was the issue you identfied during kronos upgrade. I am expecting upgrade of kronos database from 8.1.7 to 10.2.0.3 for Kronos v6 upgrade in foreseebale future.  

Regards
Rafiq    

Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 07:24:01 -0400
From: JBECKSTROM_at_gcrta.org
To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org; srcdco_at_rit.edu Subject: Re: Anyone Using Kronos?

We are in the midst of a v4.3 to v6 upgrade as well. We have been having problems with the upgrade.sql script getting an "invalid sql statement" error. We have just identified the problem. Is this the same error you are getting?  

Jeffrey Beckstrom
Database Administrator
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority 1240 W. 6th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44113

>>> "Scott Canaan" <srcdco_at_rit.edu> 9/8/08 4:23 PM >>>

   I'm looking for anyone else that is using Kronos. We are trying to upgrade from Workforce Central v5.1 to v6.0 and have been having problems. They have a script, called upgrade.sql that has an anonymous PL/SQL block in it that does a lot of dynamic SQL. That block aborts part way through as they are trying to convert all of their text fields from varchar2 to nvarchar2 (and char to nchar and clob to nclob). There is no exception processing in the block and I'm having trouble determining which table it is aborting on. We are creating the test database by cloning from production. The vendor says that we have to copy production to test via export / import to do the upgrade successfully. My answer to that is that if we can't successfully upgrade a clone of production, then how can we upgrade production?

   My question is: Has anyone successfully done this upgrade?  

We are on Oracle 10.2.0.4 Enterprise Edition, upgraded from 9.2.0.6 just prior to the Kronos upgrade. I know that this is a bit off-topic, but hopefully someone here has done this and can help point me in the right direction.  

Thank you,  

Scott Canaan '88 (Scott.Canaan_at_rit.edu)

(585) 475-7886

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