RE: To set events or not set events, that is the question

From: Wolfson Larry - lwolfs <lawrence.wolfson@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:01:50 -0500
Niall,
        There's a bug(3124081)in 9 that can cause dumps and abends when you
get an error that doesn't refer to any text like 1017 etc.
        I opened a TAR for 9.2.0.4 and Oracle responded with
15-JUN-04 16:45:32 GMT
The bug was updated with information that a backport request was filed
against it. The backport request that was filed for both 9.2.0.4 and 9.2.0.5
was approved for 9.2.0.5. An approval was made for 9.2.0.5. However, a new
backport exception request will have to be filed for 9.2.0.4. I will keep
you posted on progress


        Until we get backport our workaround was to use an IN list like:
if dbms_standard.server_error(1) in
    (900
    ,1400
    ,1401
    ,1722
    )
or dbms_standard.server_error(1) between 900 and 985
 then
   n:= ora_sql_txt(sql_text);
   for i in 1..n loop
   var_sqltext:=var_sqltext||sql_text(i);
   end loop;
end if;

From Tom Kyte:
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 8:43 AM
To: lawrence.wolfson@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: trigger issue see <Note:258495.1>
if you wanted you could contact support, reference bug 3124081 which is 
fixed in 10g and request a backport. At that point in time, the 
ora_sql_txt function will return a "numeric/value error" (something you 
can catch)
-- 
Thanks
-- 
Thomas Kyte tkyte@xxxxxxxxxx
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Niall Litchfield
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 3:16 AM
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: To set events or not set events, that is the question


comments as always
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 16:06:33 -0600, Daniel Fink <daniel.fink@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I can't speak for Oracle (nor Sun), but my take is that often these events
are set for a specific purpose, then the reason for
> setting them disappears into the mist of time. I love the ones that
reference a TAR that you can no longer view and Support can't
> tell you why. Anytime a new version (even a bug fix) is installed, the
event may cause new problems.

I agree entirely. 

> 
> If there is any other way to deal with a problem, I would definitely do
it.

And there is.... 

You can log the errors and associated statements, plus lots of other
goodies if you want to a table using a trigger and the system events
that are (I think) new in 9. It also has the advantage that you can
change what events you monitor, or enable/disable monitoring without
bouncing the database.

I have an example set of scripts on my site (utility for trapping
arbitrary server errors or some such wording) . Naturally since I
wrote the script we haven't had a single 1652 (which we were looking
for) but you'll get the idea.



-- 
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com

P.S. Dan - you might like to check out the creative commons licensing
for your intellectual property questions.
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