Code to Validate email addresses
Hi, We have implemented a form that emails reports. The user has to enter his email address. However, we are finding that a lot of users are entering incorrect and invalid email addresses. Obviously, we can do nothing if they enter an incorrect (but syntactically correct) email address. What I am looking for is: 1) A definition of the syntactically correct format of an email address (from some sort of authoritative source) 2) Hopefully some pl/sql code that will validate a sting to see if it is a valid email address. If anyone can assist, I would appreciate it! Regards Oweson Flynn _ Tell me what you think, Captain, I'm all ears - Spock Certified Oracle DBA The Flynn Consultancy Tel: 082-600-7-006 Fax: (011) 782-9313 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** This message may contain information which is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by email, facsimile or telephone and return and/or destroy the original message. *** -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Oweson Flynn INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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).
RE: database consistency tools ?
Hi, Donning fire-proof suit I did a year's worth of COBOL at a large bank. I would rather walk around companies selling sandwiches than code in COBOL again! I used to be a fair 'C' programmer, with a touch of Pascal / APL and assembler (even wrote a floating point library for an 8087), and can write a tidy bit of PL/SQL ... In all the large corporates I have worked in, the Cobol departments have been incredibly structured/rigis (adding a column to a table took 6 working days, AFTER rrhe request had been filled out in triplacte and authorused ...) /end of flame Regards Oweson Flynn -- Abstinence is the thin end of the pledge. Certified Oracle DBA The Flynn Consultancy Tel: 082-600-7-006 Fax: (011) 782-9313 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: 31 August 2001 16:00 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Rachel, Whats wrong with COBOL. I programmed with it in the early 70's and last I heard the root module I write is still in use today(payroll for a Fortune 100 company). Later in life I programmed in INFORMIX 4GL on a DataPoint server. It was replaced with an IBM 360 and they never got the application to run as fast as the original. ROR mª¿ªm [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/31/01 09:27AM hm, watch your back at IOUGA next year Joe :) I am up there amongst the more seasoned members of this list. I even (sh, don't tell anyone) programmed in COBOL. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Ron Rogers INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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). *** This message may contain information which is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by email, facsimile or telephone and return and/or destroy the original message. *** -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Oweson Flynn INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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).
RE: financial problems with fatcity.com
Hi Gang, I was reading all the comments, and saw the one about 'Corporate' sponsorship ... BILL LAW of OraStaff - don't you feel this is a good opportunity .. ? (Don't you feel a moral obligation?) Regards Oweson Flynn -- A clean limerick is a contradiction in terms. Certified Oracle DBA The Flynn Consultancy Tel: 082-600-7-006 Fax: (011) 782-9313 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Lee - lerobe Sent: 30 August 2001 11:57 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Surely those of us in the UK can pay electronically (say via Credit Card)??. I've done this for other things such as DVDs (15$) etc. Lee -Original Message- Sent: 30 August 2001 09:55 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L As another UK citizen (who would pay from his own pocket) I would prefer an annual sub since the cost of currency conversion can be steep on small sums. Simon Fox Room 205, CRH 01270 533997 -Original Message- Sent: 29 August 2001 19:17 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Just had a chat to the boss, and we would happily pay $10 per month for the service, provided that there was an easy way for us to pay for it such as a credit card since we are based in England. Regards Mark -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 16:48 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L How about Corporate Sponsorship? -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 11:16 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I think that much better than voluntary contributions will be some s*u*b*s*c*r*i*p*t*i*o*n fees - like $1 per month or better $12 per year. I am sure that everybody working with Oracle and living in US or UK or other developed country can afford such fees. We will not need to charge people from developing countries - I am sure these subscription fees will generate more than $500 per month. Alex Hillman -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Hillman, Alex INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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: Haskins, Ed INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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: Mark Leith INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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). ___ This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of SchlumbergerSema. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify the SchlumbergerSema Helpdesk by telephone on +44 (0) 121 627 5600. ___ -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: FOX, Simon INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
RE: Serious Question (believe it or not)...
Do you have a site that uses SSL - I have my grimy credit-card in my hand, want to place my order now (As along as Rachel makes the front cover :) Regards Oweson Flynn -- Certified and an Oracle DBA The Flynn Consultancy Tel: 082-600-7-006 Fax: (011) 782-9313 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: 08 June 2001 00:28 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Rodd, Gotcha, but I left one little detail out. I was thinking of calling the book The Oracle Swimsuit Edition. heh heh heh I'll be in reprints until the cows come home! Ross Hannibal Mohan || -Original Message- || From: Rodd Holman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 5:59 PM || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || Subject: Re: Serious Question (believe it or not)... || || || The math isn't bad, but that is assuming that you actually || get those 10,000 copies sold. You could be left sitting || with 9,750 copies in your garage (assuming you have 250 || friends and relatives to give the others to). || It's a risk like any other investment. || || Mohan, Ross wrote: || || I'd like to see the spreadsheet on this.33% return || on 10,000 copies of a 36$ book isgoing into human || calculator mode...around an eighth of a MILLION dollars. || || Now, I wonder how much it costs you to publish each copy? || || Too bad Rachel's Dad isn't on this list! G || || || -Original Message- || || From: Hillman, Alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] || || Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 4:11 PM || || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || || Subject: RE: Serious Question (believe it or not)... || || || || || || I am sure that any of working DBA's have this money to put || || up front. I don't || || think that risk to invest in the book is more than in the || || stock market. Also || || what is the problem to hire editor (especially not || || technical). Should not be || || too expencive. Of cource it is more work, but one can get || || much more money. || || || || Alex Hillman || || || || -Original Message- || || Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 3:26 PM || || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || || || || || || self-publishing houses charge you to publish the book (yes, || || they do, that's || || how my father-in-law published his book) || || || || I also doubt that they give you much in the way of help in || || editing your || || book, so that if your English is not good (as the case of || || the author that || || Jonathan is working with) you end up with an unreadable book. || || || || || || From: Hillman, Alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] || || Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] || || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] || || Subject: RE: Serious Question (believe it or not)... || || Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 07:45:49 -0800 || || || || I would one of self-publishing houses like Technion where || || you can get 33% || || of || || sales. || || If your book is any good it will sell in the same volume as || || with any other || || publisher (not that they spend a lot of money for promotion || || any way). || || || || Alex Hillman || || || || -Original Message- || || Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 4:31 AM || || To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L || || || || || || First would be to prepare and send a synopsis to the || || 'big name' oracle publishers - O'Reilly, Wrox and the || || like.. || || || || hth || || connor || || || || --- Jim Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, || || || || I am very interested in collaborating with others in || || the writing of an || || Oracle technical book (DBA subject matter). I am || || interested in how those of || || you who have done this (ala Rachel), got started or || || made the right || || connections. I do have a somewhat literary || || background, so I know I can do || || this. || || || || Jim || || || || Jim Hawkins || || Lead SAPR/3 Oracle Database Administrator || || MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. || || 600 Pearl Drive || || St. Louis, MO 633376 || || 9636) 474-7832 || || [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) || || [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) || || || || -- || || Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: || || http://www.orafaq.com || || -- || || Author: Jim Hawkins || || INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] || || || || Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: || || (858) 538-5051 || || San Diego, California-- Public Internet || || access / Mailing Lists || || || || || || || 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
RE: Slow query
Oh No, Oh No - Be nice now ... (I can see all the 'undocumented' parameters being hauled out again ...) (Roland, that is a bit like asking 'How do I implement world peace?' or 'How do I understand women?' - we can't help make a query run faster per se - a little detail would be nice - like 'what is the query?', and 'what have you done already?' and 'what is your configuration?' (if your query is to the telephone company, trying to find my telephone number, I've already solved that one, because its at the end of my mail ...) The trite answer to your answer is 'get a faster machine, and select less data ...' With more info, we might be able to suggest some strategies! Regards Oweson Flynn -- Certified Oracle DBA The Flynn Consultancy Tel: 082-600-7-006 Fax: (011) 782-9313 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 May 2001 14:01 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hallo you DBAs; How can I make a query run faster, I have some queries and they tend to be be very slow. Roland Sköldblom -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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). *** This message may contain information which is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by email, facsimile or telephone and return and/or destroy the original message. *** -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Oweson Flynn INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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).
Multi-platform Editors - Was: Unix
Hi Roland, (DISCLAIMER - I have no interest in Pacemaker software, other than that Paul has a good product) I use an editor called CRiSP extensively - it is a GUI-based version of a character based editor called Brief (from Underware), that got bought by Borland (remember them ...). It runs under Windows, Unix, Linux It has lots and lots of features (including the ability to FTP a file from a UNIX server, allow you to edit it locally, and then FTP it back, if you really want to). But you could also edit the file directly on the server if you wanted to. It is also the only editor that I know that will allow you to highlight a COLUMN, and then do regular expression changes on the column. Unlimited Undo's, file compares, extensible etc. etc. Colouration of reserved words (including SQL) - very configurable -. Pricing is extremely good as well (GBP 150.00 for Win/Nt), and he is constantly working to improve it. You can also buy locked or Floating licenses. Works well with your favourite complier to become an IDE (allows you to compile from within the editor, picks up the output and displays the errors and highlights the offending lines) Go to www.pacemaker.co.uk and have a look - you can also download an evaluation copy there. Regards Oweson Flynn -- Certified Oracle DBA The Flynn Consultancy Tel: 082-600-7-006 Fax: (011) 782-9313 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 May 2001 16:01 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L How can I modify a Unix file in an other editor not using vi, for instance I would like to use a Windows based editor? Roland Sköldblom -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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). *** This message may contain information which is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by email, facsimile or telephone and return and/or destroy the original message. *** -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Oweson Flynn INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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).
ORA-6508 using Citrix/NT2000, Forms 6.0.8
Hi, (I apologise for cross-posting, but we are totally stuck ...) Our Environment: Oracle 7.3.4 database (on Solaris) Forms 6.0.8 Citrix 1.8 Metaframe (on Win NT/2000 sp1) We get 'ORA-06508 PL/SQL: could not find program unit being called' errors on a regular basis recently. We are trying very hard to isolate the cause, without much luck. We cannot re-produce the error consistently, and cannot cause it to happen on demand - it seems to happen at random. We have checked - all stored program units (in the database) are valid and accessible. It has only been happening (or at least, it has only been noticed), since we upgraded to Developer/6 and Citrix 1.8. (At least the upgrade to Oracle 8 hasn't happened yet, so IT can't be blamed ...) We THINK that it only seems to happen when in a Citrix session - nobody can recall it occurring using a 'direct' connection. It happens in various forms, and other users can use those forms simultaneously, without an error occurring. We have been investigating things like the timeouts, memory leaks (in Citrix) but without luck. We logged a TAR, but as we can't give them a reproducible case, they have closed it. Citrix say it's an Oracle problem. Microsoft say 'change to SQL Server' (just joking ...) Anybody got any ideas / had a similar experience? Regards Oweson Flynn -- Certifiable - Oracle DBA Developer The Flynn Consultancy Tel: 082-600-7-006 Fax: (011) 782-9313 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** This message may contain information which is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by email, facsimile or telephone and return and/or destroy the original message. *** -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Oweson Flynn INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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).
RE: date format ?
Just something to consider, if he goes ahead with this request: How would you distinguish between the 11 of February 1999 ( 1121999 ) and the 1st of December 1999 ( 1121999 )? If he is prepared to enter both digits of the month (at least) then this could result ion a non-ambigous date - my examples above would be 11 of February 1999 ( 11021999 ) and the 1st of December 1999 ( 1121999 - the 'leading' zero on the 1st has been dropped ) Regards Oweson Flynn -- Certified Oracle DBA The Flynn Consultancy Tel: 082-600-7-006 Fax: (011) 782-9313 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: 30 April 2001 05:00 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Mohammad, This really depends on the front end tool you are using. Is it Oracle Forms? You can probably use a trigger in the form to allow your client to do this. I haven't programmed Forms in awhile, and can't give detailed directions. This kind of ridiculous request is exactly the reason I don't work on user interfaces anymore. Jared On Sunday 29 April 2001 01:50, MOHAMMAD AMER wrote: hi oracle gurus, my client is very weird,he wants to enter the date in the format 'dd-mm-' without pressing space instead of delimiters,e.g. he presses '991999' and wants oracle to change it to '09-09-1999' .!!! Can I do it for him? If anyone knows how,I'll be very grateful. stucked with date formats Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jared Still INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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). *** This message may contain information which is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by email, facsimile or telephone and return and/or destroy the original message. *** -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Oweson Flynn INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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).
I'll just go and kill myself - was Metalink Response ....FYI
Patrice, DO YOU REALLY THINK I'D BE PLUGGING AWAY AT A Database if I could accurately predict the markets ... I'd be on the beach, with a one young beauty to bring me cocktails on my left, and another on my right to rub in the suntan lotion (Don't tell my wife about this fantasy ...) In my humble opinion (FWIW - and I haven't put any money behind it) I don't think we have seen the bottom yet. We have had a BULL economy for the last 15? years - the last major(?) fall was in 1986 - October if I remember, but there have only been a couple of scares since then (remember the Asian flu?), but nothing major. I hope we are just starting a short period of consolidation, and then the world markets will start expanding again, but my gut feel (and you should see the size of my gut ...) is that this may be the start of a much longer (3 - 5 years) recession ... So now that I've cheered you up, I'll just go and jump out the window (unfortunately I'm in the basement of the office block - the worst I'll probably do is hurt my ego) Sorry - I'm having a rough day ... Regards Oweson Flynn -- Certified (and an) Oracle DBA -- CERTIFIED is very appropriate in the circumstances ... The Flynn Consultancy Tel: 082-600-7-006 Fax: (011) 782-9313 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Patrice J Sent: 04 April 2001 14:20 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Speaking of cost-cutting, anyone have any idea when Oracle will bottom out on the stock market? I am wondering whether now would be a good time to invest... I think we are getting close to that now, but I say that every day lately and the stock seems to be dropping further every few days. Pat. *** This message may contain information which is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by email, facsimile or telephone and return and/or destroy the original message. *** -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Oweson Flynn INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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).
OT: Submitting a URL to Search engines
Hi, I have been roped into creating a web page for my daughter's school! So I am learning lots about HTML at a huge rate. The actual creation of the site will be fun (I hope). But I will need to make all the search engines aware of the URL of the new site. - How do I do this? I have seen ISPs offering to 'submit your URL to 100/200 search engines', but they normally want a fee for it - How can I do this myself? - Must I do it manually, or can I create some sort of procedure/script to do it? - Where do I get a list of all these search engines - I can only think of the top 5 or 6 like Yahoo and Google! Any assistance / stories / experiences would be much appreciated. Regards Oweson Flynn -- Certified Oracle DBA The Flynn Consultancy Tel: 082-600-7-006 Fax: (011) 782-9313 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message may contain information which is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by email, facsimile or telephone and return and/or destroy the original message. *** -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Oweson Flynn INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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).
Re: WHERE Clause of Forms Block fails to find record!!!!
Hi, What was the datatype of the Flock ID ? I remember having a similar problem a couple of years ago (it was forms 4.5 if I remember correctly), and the datatype in the form was char (I think), which then ended up being padded with spaces ... HTH Regards Oweson Flynn -- Certified Oracle DBA The Flynn Consultancy Tel: 082-600-7-006 Fax: (011) 782-9313 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 4:41 PM Sorry if this end up being a duplicate posting, but it did not show up in either my ORACLE-L digest or my Developer list messages yesterday so I assumed the post was "missing in action".. I'm posting this to both the Database and Developer Lists in the hopes that someone has seen this at either the Form or Database level. We have a form in an application (Forms 6.0) designed to allow the user to create and update records in a table called FLOCKS. To create a new record, the user enters a new Flock ID and is presented with a blank record in the form to update and eventually save. The user can update an existing FLOCK record by entering the desired Flock ID. The form will look up the record and present the existing information in the form and allow it to be modified. Under the hood, the user is actually entering the Flock ID into a text item in a CONTROL block. The WHEN-VALIDATE-ITEM trigger checks a number of things, including whether or not a record for the specified Flock ID already exists. If it exists, the variable :GLOBAL.NEW_FLOCK is set to "N", otherwise it is set to "Y". After the validation is complete and the variable is set, the default block navigation takes the user to the DETAIL block. The WHEN-NEW-BLOCK-INSTANCE trigger then fires with the following code: if :global.new_flock = 'N' then execute_query; else clear_block(NO_COMMIT); end if; In the Property Palette of the DETAIL block the Database "Where" clause is specified as "FLOCK_ID = :CONTROL.FLOCK_ID" so that the EXECUTE_QUERY built-in will populate the block with the one (and only one) matching record. About 2 weeks ago, one of the application users called me to report a problem accessing one of the FLOCK records using this form. She kept receiving a "FRM-40401: Query returned no records." error for one and (so far) only one record in the table. Using the debugger, I was able to verify that the WHEN-VALIDATE- ITEM trigger was correctly locating the record in question and setting the :GLOBAL.NEW_FLOCK record as expected. However, when the EXECUTE_QUERY built-in executed, the FRM-40401 error popped up. It seemed that the WHERE clause in the Block Properties was failing to find the record. SQL*PLUS, as well as several other forms were able to locate and display or list the record contents with no problem - but they did not use the WHERE clause property of a data block. The situation arose on a production database running Oracle 8.1.5 Standard Edition on NT 4.0, but the same record worked fine on my testbed machine (Personal Oracle 8.0.4 on NT Workstation). Over the last 2 weeks, Oracle Support has come up dry in terms of giving me any rational explanation for this. Under pressure to get the problem fixed, I discovered that deleting the record and copying the same record from my testbed back to the server did not resolve the problem, but deleting the record and asking the user to re-enter the details worked. Problem solved, but by the time the TAR finally made it through the triage process and a knowledgeable Analyst started working on it, I could no longer reporoduce the problem. The TAR is now soft closed and if the same error happens again, I have a short list of things to poke at in the database. On the Forms side, has anyone had a similar problem appear in the WHERE clause of a Block, and on the Database side has anyone run into a situation where a query for a record (specifically part of a Forms Application) has failed even though the records exists? --- Gary Norwell, Database Developer Hybrid Turkeys a Division of Nutreco Canada 650 Riverbend Drive, Suite "C" Kitchener Ontario Canada N2K 3S2 (519) 578-2740 Fax (519) 578-1870 === -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Gary Norwell INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists 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
