From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Wed Feb 2 10:40:03 2005 Return-Path: Received: from air891.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j12Ge2A5023812 for ; Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:40:03 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air891.startdedicated.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j12Ge2em023808 for ; Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:40:02 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 695C46C863; Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:39:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02066-08; Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:39:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id D5A306C8E9; Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:39:06 -0500 (EST) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6603.0 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: RE: Different default 8i/9i column lengths when selecting pseudo columns... Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:36:20 -0500 Message-ID: <7E412C164E6ECB468834A39F31E6E0D406689035@mbs06dc.na.aarp.int> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Different default 8i/9i column lengths when selecting pseudo columns... Thread-Index: AcUJLNZjXYKWZKKUReCcCsuVbB4FFgAAXgQQAANc4BA= From: "Marquez, Chris" To: "Lex de Haan" , , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Feb 2005 15:36:20.0976 (UTC) FILETIME=[F1D31F00:01C5093C] X-archive-position: 15678 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: CMarquez@aarp.org Precedence: normal Reply-To: CMarquez@aarp.org X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p9 (Debian) at avenirtech.net X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on air891.startdedicated.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,HOT_NASTY autolearn=ham version=2.60 X-Spam-Level: Lex >>not relying on...version-specific tool behavior=20 >>explicitly telling the tool how you want to see your results? I would agree 100%, but the script owner asked me "look into" the Oracle difference. So let just stop this logical thought right there. :O| >>- Change CURSOR_SHARING to EXACT. Yup...had this issue with another database...but not the issue this time. Tom >>I just tried this in my 817 and 9203=20 >>queries return a row like your 817 example - that is 5 chars in length. >>Maybe you have a glogin.sql script... The glogin.sql was the first place I looked...using the default 9i glogin.sql script? AND I competed the difference between my 8i and 9i glogin.sql scripts only 4 diff's and I set or tried setting the equal...no help!? Thanks for the test...I'm going to test on a different set of servers? Chris Marquez Oracle DBA HEYMONitor(tm) - heymonitor.com "Oracle Monitoring & Alerting Solution" -----Original Message----- From: Lex de Haan [mailto:lex.de.haan@naturaljoin.nl]=20 Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 8:56 AM To: thomas.mercadante@labor.state.ny.us; Marquez, Chris; oracle-l@freelists.org Subject: RE: Different default 8i/9i column lengths when selecting pseudo columns... one more idea comes to mind: are you using cursor sharing, by any chance? see Metalink, bug 2092801, for an issue that might hit you ... the workarounds listed in that bug are: - Use the FORMAT command to set explicit column widths. - Change CURSOR_SHARING to EXACT. - Flush the shared pool. cheers, =20 Lex. =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Kyte Seminar: http://www.naturaljoin.nl/events/seminars.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- =20 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Mercadante, Thomas F Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 14:40 To: 'CMarquez@aarp.org'; oracle-l@freelists.org Subject: RE: Different default 8i/9i column lengths when selecting pseudo columns... Chris, I just tried this in my 817 and 9203 databases and get different results than you. Both my queries return a row like your 817 example - that is 5 chars in length. Maybe you have a glogin.sql script that is setting a column length for you in 92 but not in 817? Tom -----Original Message----- From: Marquez, Chris [mailto:CMarquez@aarp.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 5:19 PM To: oracle-l@freelists.org Subject: Different default 8i/9i column lengths when selecting pseudo columns... Different default 8i/9i column lengths when selecting pseudo columns... This is the issue... =3D20 =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D= 3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D20 8.1.7 SQL*Plus=3D20 = =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D= 3D=3D3D=3D3D SQL> select 'xxxxx' from dual; 'XXXX ----- xxxxx =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D= 3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D20 9.2.0 SQL*Plus=3D20 = =3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D= 3D=3D3D=3D3D=3D20 SQL> select 'xxxxx' from dual; 'XXXXX' -------------------------------- xxxxx How do I change the default behavior in 9i to "stop" the column at the end of the last character of the pseudo columns (like 8i default)? Thanks Chris Marquez Oracle DBA HEYMONitor(tm) - heymonitor.com "Oracle Monitoring & Alerting Solution" -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l