On 12/29/05, nicolas.jouanin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > That's what happened actually, we were not talking of the same thing... > > If I understand correctly, we should use DbFileSystem AND > SimpleDbPersistenceManager if we want a complete DB repository.
correct. the downside is that that the repository state and workspace configuration is not easily accessible/readable any more. > > My comments: > Errors occurs when trying to insert the root folder in FSENTRY because it > tries to insert a string of length zero in field FSENTRY_NAME : in the case > of the root folder, FSENTRY_NAME is '' and FSENTRY_PATH is '/'. > So, one solution (for Oracle and may be others) could be to not split PATH > and NAME and store the complete path into a single field which would never > be '', even for the root which would be '/' in that case. The index primary > key could be then set to this column. Concerning DbFileSystem, it would only > need to be modified to stop splitting PATH and NAME , and manage this > difference. > May be there's something I don't see and splitted PATH is needed somewhere > else, but I can try to write a DbFileSystem modified to do what I explained. the reason why path and name are splitted is that it e.g. allows to easily and efficiently list child entries of a folder. have a look at the sql stmts used by DbFileSystem. cheers stefan > > Regards, > > Nicolas. > > -----Message d'origine----- > De: Stefan Guggisberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Envoyé: mercredi 21 décembre 2005 13:31 > À: jackrabbit-dev@incubator.apache.org > Objet: Re: Oracle as Persistence manager > > i assume antonis is talking of DbFileSystem whereas nicolas > is referring to SimpleDbPersistenceManager. > > to sum it up: > - using SimpleDbPersistenceManager for oracle seems to > be no problem (with the right .ddl) as no empty strings > are stored. > - DbFileSystem needs to be adapted/tweaked for oracle > because of oracle's rather peculiar and non-standard > emtpy value handling 'feature' ("" is treated as null :( > > please note that normally you don't need DbFileSystem. > using SimpleDbPersistenceManager with LocalFileSystem > is absolutely fine. > > cheers > stefan > > > > On 12/20/05, nicolas.jouanin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > May be we misunderstood one what we do each other ... > > > > I wrote oracle.ddl from mysql.dll which is the > > org.apache.jackrabbit.core.state.db package. > > > > This files contains DDL commands for creating tables: > > xxx_BINVAL > > xxx_NODE > > xxx_PROPS > > xxx_REFS > > (where xxx is ${schemaObjectPrefix}) > > > > The error message you report (ORA-01400:cannot insert NULL into > > ("RABBIT"."REP_FSENTRY"."FSENTRY_NAME")) tells that you have an error when > > trying to insert a NULL in column FSENTRY_NAME of table REP_FSENTRY, which > > doesn't correspond to the tables I have on my side ... > > > > So we are not talking about the same, or may be I missed something. Let me > > know ! > > > > Regards, > > > > Nicolas. > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De: Antonis Tsaltas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Envoyé: mardi 20 décembre 2005 14:19 > > À: jackrabbit-dev@incubator.apache.org > > Objet: Re: Oracle as Persistence manager > > > > Nicolas Jouanin wrote: > > > > >Hi, > > > > > >As i said, may be it comes from the fact that the orginial ddl file ( > > >mysql.ddl) uses CHAR type for table columns. I replaced them by VARCHAR2 > > >columns. > > >Have your tried the same, or have you let let the CHAR datatype ? > > > > > >I'll try to get back to CHAR datatype and try to run jLibrary with > it.I'll > > >tell you the result. > > > > > > > > >2005/12/20, Antonis Tsaltas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > >>nicolas.jouanin wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>>Hi, > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>I read a previous thread concerning the use of Oracle with JackRabbit > > >>>(see below for copy). > > >>> > > >>>As written, it seems not so simple to make it work. > > >>> > > >>>Nevertheless, I wrote an oracle.ddl file (attached to this email) > > >>>based on mysql.ddl where I simply replaced some data types: > > >>> > > >>>- longblob -> blob > > >>> > > >>>- char -> varchar2 (Oracle doesn't like char) > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>Then I configured repository.xml correctly and used this configuration > > >>>to run this famous jLibrary software. To my surprise it worked, and > > >>>managed to create a repository, and add some nodes : some jlibrary > > >>>folders, and some PDF documents node. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>So , it may be need some more testing ; has someone achieved to make > > >>>jackrabbit run with Oracle, let me know. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>Regards, Nicolas. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>Original message: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>Antonis Tsaltas > > >>> > > >>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>to jackrabbit-dev > > >>> > > >>> More options Dec 15 (3 days ago) > > >>> > > >>>Dear all, > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>I am trying to use oracle with jackrabbit and the steps I have followed > > >>> > > >>>are the following: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>1) I have created the ddl files needed for creating the schemas with > > >>> > > >>>oracle database similar to the existing ones and add them to the > > >>> > > >>>appropriate package in the jackrabbit jar generated after the build. > > >>> > > >>>However, when I tried to run a sample application I got nested > > >>> > > >>>exceptions during the configuration of the repository and more specific > > >>> > > >>>during the insertion of the root node due to the case that Oracle is > > >>> > > >>>treating an emptry string and null as the same and the fsname of the > > >>> > > >>>root node is empty string. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>2) Next I tried to allow nullable values for the fsname as this will > > >>> > > >>>only be the case for the root node and there will be no manual updates > > >>> > > >>>to the repository. At this point it failed again when it tried to add > an > > >>> > > >>>entry '/meta' in fsentries table when it was checking if the parent of > > >>> > > >>>this node exists (which is root node '/' ). There it performs the > > >>> > > >>>following query: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>select 1 from REP_FSENTRY where FSENTRY_PATH = '/' and > > >>> > > >>>FSENTRY_NAME is null > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>which is in oracle equivalent with this: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>select 1 from REP_FSENTRY where FSENTRY_PATH = '/' and > > >>> > > >>>FSENTRY_NAME='' > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>and then it tries to insert the root node again but there is the > logical > > >>> > > >>>constraint: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>create unique index ${schemaObjectPrefix}FSENTRY_IDX on > > >>> > > >>>${schemaObjectPrefix}FSENTRY > > >>> > > >>> (FSENTRY_PATH, FSENTRY_NAME). > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>Are there any suggestion or does anyone know if jackrabbit can work > fine > > >>> > > >>>with oracle db server? > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>Thanx > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Stefan Guggisberg > > >>> > > >>>to jackrabbit-dev > > >>> > > >>> More options Dec 15 (3 days ago) > > >>> > > >>>hi antonis > > >>> > > >>>- Show quoted text - > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>well there's no reason why that shouldn't be the case in general. > > >>> > > >>>but because of oracle's rather exotic and non-standard 'feature' of > > >>>treating > > >>> > > >>>empty values as null you will probably have to write some oracle > > >>> > > >>> > > >>specific > > >> > > >> > > >>>code :( > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>cheers > > >>> > > >>>stefan > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>>Thanx > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>Hi Nicolas, > > >> > > >>I tried to do what you described in your mail from scratch, but the > > >>exception that I received during configuration of the repository is the > > >>following, which is due to Oracle's aproach of treating NULL and empty > > >>string in the same way (for the root node tries to insert '/' as path > > >>and '' as name where it fails): > > >> > > >>org.apache.jackrabbit.core.config.ConfigurationException: File system > > >>initialization failure.: failed to initialize file system: failed to > > >>create folder entry: /: ORA-01400: cannot insert NULL into > > >>("RABBIT"."REP_FSENTRY"."FSENTRY_NAME") > > >>: failed to initialize file system: failed to create folder entry: /: > > >>ORA-01400: cannot insert NULL into > ("RABBIT"."REP_FSENTRY"."FSENTRY_NAME") > > >> > > >> at > > >>org.apache.jackrabbit.core.config.FileSystemConfig.init( > > >>FileSystemConfig.java:61) > > >> at > > >>org.apache.jackrabbit.core.config.RepositoryConfig.init( > > >>RepositoryConfig.java:250) > > >> at > > >>org.apache.jackrabbit.core.config.RepositoryConfig.create( > > >>RepositoryConfig.java:136) > > >> at > > >>org.apache.jackrabbit.core.config.RepositoryConfig.create( > > >>RepositoryConfig.java:78) > > >> at > > >>org.apache.jackrabbit.core.jndi.BindableRepository.init( > > >>BindableRepository.java:122) > > >> at > > >>org.apache.jackrabbit.core.jndi.BindableRepository.create( > > >>BindableRepository.java:110) > > >> at > > >>org.apache.jackrabbit.core.jndi.RegistryHelper.registerRepository( > > >>RegistryHelper.java:57) > > >> at > ed.doc.mgt.test.RepositoryManager.<init>(RepositoryManager.java:82) > > >> at > > >>ed.doc.mgt.test.RepositoryManager.configRep(RepositoryManager.java:465) > > >> at > ed.doc.mgt.test.RepositoryManager.main(RepositoryManager.java:443) > > >>Caused by: org.apache.jackrabbit.core.fs.FileSystemException: failed to > > >>initialize file system: failed to create folder entry: /: ORA-01400: > > >>cannot insert NULL into ("RABBIT"."REP_FSENTRY"."FSENTRY_NAME") > > >> > > >> at > > > >>org.apache.jackrabbit.core.fs.db.DbFileSystem.init(DbFileSystem.java:344) > > >> at > > >>org.apache.jackrabbit.core.config.FileSystemConfig.init( > > >>FileSystemConfig.java:55) > > >> ... 9 more > > >>Caused by: org.apache.jackrabbit.core.fs.FileSystemException: failed to > > >>create folder entry: /: ORA-01400: cannot insert NULL into > > >>("RABBIT"."REP_FSENTRY"."FSENTRY_NAME") > > >> > > >> at > > >>org.apache.jackrabbit.core.fs.db.DbFileSystem.createDeepFolder( > > >>DbFileSystem.java:1256) > > >> at > > >>org.apache.jackrabbit.core.fs.db.DbFileSystem.verifyRoodExists( > > >>DbFileSystem.java:1225) > > >> at > > > >>org.apache.jackrabbit.core.fs.db.DbFileSystem.init(DbFileSystem.java:338) > > >> ... 10 more > > >>Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: ORA-01400: cannot insert NULL into > > >>("RABBIT"."REP_FSENTRY"."FSENTRY_NAME") > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Yes I have done that. However, the error does not seem to be relevant to > > that. > > > > > >
