Re: Streams in 9i: controlling the moment when changes hit the target database

On Mar 2, 4:36 am, "Tarby777" <tarbs..._at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 1 Mar, 18:41, "Ed Prochak" <edproc..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > my first impression seems to be you are using the wrong tool for those
> > customers. Looks like they might be better off with a file sent weekly
> > applied thru sqlloader. What are the business requirements?
>
> Hi Ed,
>
> My prototype is really just a proof-of-concept as I've never used
> Streams before. The actual scenario is that there are two
> installations of my app on the same customer site, each running on its
> own 9i database. Among other things, the app allows the user to
> maintain a library of part numbers. The data relating to part numbers
> is held in 50 of the 500 tables in the schema. Changes to part numbers
> are always made in the first database only and so far they've been
> periodically copied across to the second database via a part number
> import/export routine in the app. However, it's reaching a stage where
> there are too many part numbers for that routine to handle (unless we
> rewrite it), and I've been told to look for alternative ways to keep
> the second DB in step with the first one. I want to use Streams to
> replicate those changes in the second database, where the part numbers
> are read-only.
>
> Instantaneous replication will be fine for some end-user sites, but I
> also want to be able to buffer the changes; I imagine running a once-a-
> week job to copy all the part numbers and related info from the first
> DB to the second, and my question came because I imagine that simply
> starting and stopping the Streams apply process would be one way to do
> it. What do you reckon?
>
> TIA
> Tarby

One of the real DBA types here will have to answer that. AFAIK we do not use streams in any of our Oracle instances. I was just noting the general design seemed overkill.

You did say the current design is export/import. That seems like overkill in the other direction unless you export data only. I still lean towards a simple file dump and SQLloader script. But the real gurus should speak up now and show me how dump I really am.

  Ed Received on Mon Mar 05 2007 - 11:52:05 CST