Inka, I'm not even sure that that is the reason it works in the other account.. he's still digging into why and what. As soon as I have a real answer, I'll post it to the list
Rachel --- Inka Bezdziecka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rachel, > do you know which system privilege of resource did the trick? > inka > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 1:24 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Stephane, > > if there is a new function, then it is hidden so deeply in the docs > that even I can't find it. And I'm pretty good and coming up with > "creative" search patterns. > > ANYDATA is an object, a way of storing different types of data in a > single column. You store the data type metadata with the column. > > More information on this... when the other DBA ran the PL/SQL routine > in a different account which had "resource" instead of just "connect" > privileges, it ran.... > > interesting! > > Rachel > > --- Stephane Faroult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rachel, > > > > First time I hear about the ANYDATA type but I like to share my > > ignorance and I guess it must be something akin to a C 'void *' - > ie > > a pointer to 'something'. To bind properly, Oracle needs two things > : > > a) a pointer to the start of the memory area > > b) something to tell how big this memory area is. Either it's a > 'well > > known' type, or you must use an end marker (typically, a '0' with > > character strings), or you must explicitly give a size. > > > > IMHO Oracle blows up because b) is missing. If you can insert, > there > > must be some way of telling it how large the variable is. I can't > see > > why it would be specific to an update (except if the PL/SQL engine > is > > buggy, which obviously it is, but even more so than appears to the > > eye). Are you sure that there is not some obscure new function ... > ? > > > > HTH > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Rachel Carmichael > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Inka Bezdziecka > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
