I would limit the query to output only one field and not several :-)

dirk

On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:00:34 +0100, Lau Daniels wrote:
> Dirk,
>
> It would be great if i could do sql query directly from within a
> SA-test and evaluate the response.
> For example:
> A test with:
>  "select status, DATABASE_STATUS, active_state from gv$instance where
> INSTANCE_NAME='rac-node1';" and then test for the string "active".
> Or
> select tablespace_name,used_percent from
> dba_tablespace_usage_metrics; and evaluate the percentage returned.
>
> Now I'm running a script every hour but integrated in SA would be
> great. Nice proposition ;-)
>
> Lau
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Dirk Bulinckx
> Sent: woensdag 11 december 2013 11:01
> To: Servers Alive Discussion List
> Subject: [SA-list] Database check changes
>
> Currently in SA there are several ways to check a database
>   * in SA via the SQL checker (using the old DMO libs)
>   * in SA via the Oracle checker (using the Oracle Windows libs)
>   * external COM check for SQL (2005/2008) using the current SMO libs
>   * external COM check for ODBC
>   * external COM mySQL
>
> We are thinking about converting this to 1 type of db check that is
> based on the "native" client (for Oracle - SQL - Sybase - DB2 -
> Interbase - SQLBase - mySQL - SQLite - Postgress or ODBC).  This 
> would
> require that you changing your existing db checks (the COM ones would
> still work, the internal not) and that instead of "just" checking if 
> a
> database is online (like the current SQL and Oracle check do) we 
> would
> do execute a SQL statement just as we do in the ODBC checker.
> The idea is to remove the current MS-SQL and Oracle check from SA and
> replace it by the above check, other option would be to leave the old
> checks in it and create a new check (internal or as COM check)
>
> I would like some reactions/feedback on this idea....
>
>
>
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