RE: How do I get column name that causing ORA-01438
- From: "Mark W. Farnham" <mwf@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx>, <sjaffarhussain@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:25:34 -0500
neat. I missed that.
revised (simpler) procedure:
clone the table (empty) into a release 10.2 test database, no need to wait
to upgrade, put it on a PC if you have to.
/* no longer required */ add default values (if missing) for all the
not-NULLABLE columns.
/* no longer required */ grab the values clause in your favorite parser
(perl, awk, sed, sqlplus, I don't care),
/* no longer required */ generate individual inserts with the values at the
correct point in the comma list, one column per insert.
Use the insert statement that failed with the semi-useless error message on
earlier releases.
Fix the identified column and iterate until the row works.
Thanks Niall!
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To: sjaffarhussain@xxxxxxxxx
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Subject: Re: How do I get column name that causing ORA-01438
They already granted your request.
NIALL @ NL102 >INSERT INTO TEST VALUES ('long');
INSERT INTO TEST VALUES ('long')
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-12899: value too large for column "NIALL"."TEST"."C1" (actual: 4,
maximum: 1)
Oracle 10.2 New Feature.
On 2/22/07, Syed Jaffar Hussain <sjaffarhussain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Anand,
We have request to Oracle for an enhancement.
The trace file although doesn't show the column name, but, you have enough
information to find out. No matter, this is little bit time consuming.
Jaffar
On 2/22/07, Anand Rao <panandrao@xxxxxxxxx > wrote:
hmmm ..its rather difficult even with the event setting. the trace file
doesn't explicitly show me the column name.
SQL> create table emp (col1 number(3));
Table created.
SQL> ALTER SESSION SET EVENTS='1438 TRACE NAME ERRORSTACK FOREVER, LEVEL
12';
Session altered.
SQL> insert into emp values (1111) ;
insert into emp values (1111)
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01438: value larger than specified precision allows for this column
SQL> ALTER SESSION SET EVENTS='1438 TRACE NAME ERRORSTACK OFF';
Session altered.
of course, for varchar2 columns, the error reported isn't ORA-1438 but
ORA-01401.
now, if you look at the trace file, you really need to search for the
keyword "COL1" (the column name i used) to be actually able to find
something. there is no clear message that shows that this column violated
the rule.
<snip>
ksedmp: internal or fatal error
ORA-01438: value larger than specified precision allows for this column
Current SQL statement for this session:
insert into emp values (1111)
----- Call Stack Trace -----
<snip>
In case an insert or update has more than 5,6 columns, it is a cumbersome
task to search for each column_name i suppose.
guess the easiest is SQLPlus, where the ' * ' character points to the
column/value which violates the rule.
i know this event is the probably as far as we can go...or is there
something else?
anand
On 22/02/07, Mladen Gogala < <mailto:mgogala@xxxxxxxxxxx>
mgogala@xxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
Syed Jaffar Hussain wrote:
> Mladen,
>
> Yes, I do set the event to trace the culprit. The problem is that when
> I enable this event, Oracle is taking around 6 second to return the
> error msg. on the sql prompt. And ours is a very high OLTP application
> where around 500 tps take places.
> We have request Oracle for an enhancement. Because, when constraints
> violates, Oracle do gives the constrain name and details, likewise, I
> would like to have so and so column in the particular table is the
> culprit.
>
Syed, it's you who should discover the problem and fix the SQL. It's
done once, in a sqlplus session
and then turned off. It's not intended for all users.
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Best Regards,
Syed Jaffar Hussain
Oracle ACE
8i,9i & 10g OCP DBA
http://jaffardba.blogspot.com/
http://www.oracle.com/technology/community/oracle_ace/ace1.html#hussain
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