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31 DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH

The DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH package, one of a set of Change Data Capture packages, is used by a publisher to set up an Oracle Change Data Capture system to capture and publish change data from one or more Oracle relational source tables.

Change Data Capture captures and publishes only committed data. Oracle Change Data Capture identifies new data that has been added to, updated in, or removed from relational tables, and publishes the change data in a form that is usable by subscribers.

Typically, a Change Data Capture system has one publisher who captures and publishes changes for any number of Oracle relational source tables. The publisher then provides subscribers (applications or individuals) with access to the published data. Subscribers access the published data using the DBMS_CDC_SUBSCRIBE package.

See Also:

Oracle Database Data Warehousing Guide for information regarding Oracle Change Data Capture

This chapter contains the following topics:


Using DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH

This section contains the following topics, which relate to using the DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH package:


Overview

Through the DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH package, the publisher creates and maintains change sources, change sets, and change tables, and eventually drops them when they are no longer useful.

The publisher, typically a database administrator, is concerned primarily with the source of the data and with creating the schema objects that describe the structure of the capture system: change sources, change sets, and change tables.

Most Change Data Capture systems have one publisher and many subscribers. The publisher accomplishes the following main objectives:

  1. Determines which source table changes need to be published.

  2. Decides whether to capture changes asynchronously or synchronously.

  3. Uses the subprograms in the DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH package to capture change data from the source tables and make it available by creating and administering the change source, change set, and change table objects.

  4. Allows controlled access to subscribers by using the SQL GRANT and REVOKE statements to grant and revoke the SELECT privilege on change tables for users and roles. (This is necessary to allow the subscribers to subscribe to the change data using the DBMS_CDC_SUBSCRIBE package.)

    See Also:

    Chapter 32, "DBMS_CDC_SUBSCRIBE" for information on the package used to subscribe to published change data

Deprecated Subprograms

Note:

Oracle recommends that you do not use deprecated procedures in new applications. Support for deprecated features is for backward compatibility only.

The following subprograms are deprecated with Oracle Database 11g:


Security Model

You must have the EXECUTE_CATALOG_ROLE role to use the DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH package. Additional privileges and roles are required depending on the publishing mode and whether the publisher is on the source or staging database. See the section on Granting Privileges and Roles to the Publisher in Oracle Database Data Warehousing Guide for details.


Views

The DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH package uses the views listed in the section on Getting Information About the Change Data Capture Environment in Oracle Database Data Warehousing Guide.


Summary of DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH Subprograms

Table 31-1 describes the subprograms in the DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH supplied package and the mode or modes with which each can be used. A value of All in the Mode column indicates that the subprogram can be used with synchronous and all modes of asynchronous Change Data Capture, a value of Asynchronous in the Mode column indicates that the subprogram can be used with all modes of asynchronous Change Data Capture (HotLog, Distributed HotLog, and AutoLog).

Table 31-1 DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH Package Subprograms

Subprogram Mode Description

ALTER_AUTOLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE Procedure

Asynchronous AutoLog

Changes one or more properties of an existing AutoLog change source

ALTER_CHANGE_SET Procedure

All

Changes one or more of the properties of an existing change set

ALTER_CHANGE_TABLE Procedure

All

Adds or drops columns for an existing change table, or changes the properties of an existing change table

ALTER_HOTLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE Procedure

Asynchronous Distributed HotLog

Changes one or more properties of an existing Distributed HotLog change source

CREATE_AUTOLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE Procedure

Asynchronous AutoLog

Creates an AutoLog change source

CREATE_CHANGE_SET Procedure

All

Creates a change set

CREATE_CHANGE_TABLE Procedure

All

Creates a change table in a specified schema

CREATE_HOTLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE Procedure

Asynchronous Distributed HotLog

Creates a Distributed HotLog change source

DROP_CHANGE_SET Procedure

All

Drops an existing change set

DROP_CHANGE_SOURCE Procedure

Asynchronous Autolog and Asynchronous Distributed Hotlog

Drops an existing AutoLog or Distributed HotLog change source

DROP_CHANGE_TABLE Procedure

All

Drops an existing change table

DROP_SUBSCRIPTION Procedure

All

Allows a publisher to drop a subscription that was created by a subscriber

GET_DDLOPER Function

All

Converts a binary integer into a user friendly string that describes the DDL operation that actually took place

PURGE Procedure

All

Removes unneeded rows from all change tables in the staging database

PURGE_CHANGE_SET Procedure

All

Removes unneeded rows from all change tables in a specified change set

PURGE_CHANGE_TABLE Procedure

All

Removes unneeded rows from a specified change table



ALTER_AUTOLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE Procedure

This procedure changes the properties of an existing AutoLog change source.

Syntax

DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.ALTER_AUTOLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE(
     change_source_name  IN VARCHAR2,
     description         IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
     remove_description  IN CHAR DEFAULT 'N',
     first_scn           IN NUMBER DEFAULT NULL);

Parameters

Table 31-2 ALTER_AUTOLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

change_source_name

Name of an existing AutoLog change source. Change source names follow Oracle schema object naming rules.

description

New description of the change source. The description must be specified using 255 or fewer characters.

remove_description

A value of 'Y' or 'N'.

If the value is 'Y', then the current description is changed to NULL. If the value is 'N', then the current description is unchanged.

Do not specify the description parameter with this parameter.

first_scn

New first SCN.


Exceptions

Table 31-3 ALTER_AUTOLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE Procedure Exceptions

Exception Description

ORA-31401

Specified change source is not an existing change source

ORA-31445

Invalid lock handle while acquiring lock on string

ORA-31452

Invalid value for parameter, expecting: Y or N

ORA-31497

Invalid value specified for first_scn

ORA-31498

The description and remove_description parameters cannot both be specified

ORA-31499

Null value specified for required parameter

ORA-31501

Specified change source is not an AutoLog change source

ORA-31504

Cannot alter or drop predefined change source

ORA-31507

Specified parameter value longer than maximum length


Usage Notes

See Also:

The section on asynchronous Change Data Capture and redo log files in Oracle Database Data Warehousing Guide for information on how the publisher can use the ALTER_AUTOLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE procedure in making SCN adjustments after determining which redo logs are no longer needed for an asynchronous AutoLog change set.

ALTER_CHANGE_SET Procedure

This procedure changes the properties of an existing change set that was created with the CREATE_CHANGE_SET procedure.

Syntax

DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.ALTER_CHANGE_SET(
     change_set_name         IN VARCHAR2,
     description             IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
     remove_description      IN CHAR DEFAULT 'N',
     enable_capture          IN CHAR DEFAULT NULL,
     recover_after_error     IN CHAR DEFAULT NULL,
     remove_ddl              IN CHAR DEFAULT NULL,
     stop_on_ddl             IN CHAR DEFAULT NULL);

Parameters

Table 31-4 ALTER_CHANGE_SET Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

change_set_name

Name of an existing change set. Change set names follow the Oracle schema object naming rules.

description

New description of the change set. Specify using 255 or fewer characters.

remove_description

A value of 'Y' or 'N'.

If the value is 'Y', then the current description is changed to NULL. If the value is 'N', then the current description is unchanged.

Do not specify the description parameter with this parameter.

enable_capture

A value of 'Y' or 'N'.

If the value is 'Y', then change data capture is enabled for this change set.

If the value is 'N', then change data capture is disabled for this change set.

Synchronous change sets are created with change data capture enabled.

Asynchronous change sets are created with change data capture disabled.

recover_after_error

A value of 'Y' or 'N'.

If the value is 'Y', then Change Data Capture will attempt to recover from earlier capture errors.

If the value is 'N', then Change Data Capture will not attempt to recover from earlier capture errors.

remove_ddl

A value of 'Y' or 'N'.

If the value is 'Y' and the value of the recover_after_error parameter is 'Y', then any DDL records that may have caused capture errors will be filtered out during recovery.

If the value is 'N', then DDL records that may have caused capture errors will not be filtered out during recovery.

This parameter has meaning only when the recover_after_error parameter is specified with a value of 'Y'.

stop_on_ddl

A value of 'Y' or 'N'.

If the value is 'Y', then Change Data Capture stops when a DDL event is detected.

If the value is 'N', then Change Data Capture continues when a DDL event is detected.

See the Usage Notes for additional information about this parameter.


Exceptions

Table 31-5 ALTER_CHANGE_SET Procedure Exceptions

Exception Description

ORA-31410

Specified change set is not an existing change set

ORA-31452

Invalid value for parameter, expecting: Y or N

ORA-31445

Invalid lock handle while acquiring lock on string

ORA-31468

Cannot process DDL change record

ORA-31469

Cannot enable Change Data Capture for change set

ORA-31485

Invalid database link

ORA-31498

The description and remove_description parameters cannot both be specified

ORA-31499

Null value specified for required parameter

ORA-31505

Cannot alter or drop predefined change set

ORA-31507

Specified parameter value longer than maximum length

ORA-31508

Invalid parameter value for synchronous change set

ORA-31514

Change set disabled due to capture error


Usage Notes


ALTER_CHANGE_TABLE Procedure

This procedure adds columns to, or drops columns from, or changes the properties of, a change table that was created with the CREATE_CHANGE_TABLE procedure.

Syntax

DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.ALTER_CHANGE_TABLE(
     owner                  IN VARCHAR2,
     change_table_name      IN VARCHAR2,
     operation              IN VARCHAR2,
     column_list            IN VARCHAR2,
     rs_id                  IN CHAR,
     row_id                 IN CHAR,
     user_id                IN CHAR,
     timestamp              IN CHAR,
     object_id              IN CHAR,
     source_colmap          IN CHAR,
     target_colmap          IN CHAR,
     ddl_markers            IN CHAR  DEFAULT NULL);

Parameters

Table 31-6 ALTER_CHANGE_TABLE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

owner

The schema that owns the change table.

change_table_name

The change table that is being altered. Change table names follow the Oracle schema object naming rules.

operation

Either the value ADD or DROP to indicate whether to add or drop the user columns specified with the column_list parameter and any control columns specified by other parameters.

column_list

User column names and datatypes for each column of the source table that should be added to, or dropped from, the change table. The list is comma-delimited.

rs_id

row_id

user_id

timestamp

object_id

source_colmap

target_colmap

ddl_markers

Each listed parameter specifies a particular control column, as follows:

  • The rs_id parameter specifies the RSID$ control column.

  • The row_id parameter specifies the ROW_ID$ control column.

  • The user_id parameter specifies the USERNAME$ control column.

  • The timestamp parameter specifies the TIMESTAMP$ control column.

  • The object_id parameter specifies the SYS_NC_OID$ control column.

  • The source_colmap parameter specifies the SOURCE_COLMAP$ control column.

  • The target_colmap parameter specifies the TARGET_COLMAP$ control column.

  • The ddl_markers parameter tracks all DDL operations on the source table and stores information about those operations in the change table. These are the three additional control columns you get when ddl_markers is enabled. There are three values: DDLOPER$ is a bit vector that indicates what kind of DDL operation happened. (Use the procedure DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.GET_DDLOPER(ddloper$) to get the name of the DDL operation.) DDLDESC$ is a CLOB containing the actual DDL statement executed. DDLPDOBJN$ is not used in this release.

Each parameter must have a value of either 'Y' or 'N', where:

  • 'Y': Adds the specified control column to, or drops it from the change table, as indicated by the operation parameter.

  • 'N': Neither adds the specified control column, nor drops it from the change table.


See Also:

Oracle Database Data Warehousing Guide for a complete description of control columns.

Exceptions

Table 31-7 ALTER_CHANGE_TABLE Procedure Exceptions

Exception Description

ORA-31403

Specified change table already contains the specified column

ORA-31409

One or more values for input parameters are incorrect

ORA-31415

Specified change set does not exist

ORA-31416

Invalid SOURCE_COLMAP value

ORA-31417

Column list contains control column control-column-name

ORA-31421

Change table does not exist

ORA-31422

Specified owner schema does not exist

ORA-31423

Specified change table does not contain the specified column

ORA-31454

Invalid value specified for operation parameter, expecting ADD or DROP

ORA-31455

Nothing to alter

ORA-31456

Error executing a procedure in the DBMS_CDC_UTILITY package

ORA-31459

System triggers for DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH package are not installed

ORA-31471

Invalid OBJECT_ID value


Usage Notes


ALTER_HOTLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE Procedure

This procedure changes the properties of an existing Distributed HotLog change source.

Syntax

DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.ALTER_HOTLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE(
     change_source_name  IN VARCHAR2,
     description         IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
     remove_description  IN CHAR DEFAULT 'N',
     enable_source       IN CHAR DEFAULT NULL);

Parameters

Table 31-8 ALTER_HOTLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

change_source_name

Name of an existing Distributed HotLog change source. Change source names follow Oracle schema object naming rules.

description

New description of the change source. The description must be specified using 255 or fewer characters.

remove_description

A value of 'Y' or 'N'.

If the value is 'Y', then the current description is changed to NULL. If the value is 'N', then the current description is unchanged.

Do not specify the description parameter with this parameter.

enable_source

A value of 'Y' or 'N'.

If the value is 'Y', then the change source is enabled. If the value is 'N', then the change source is disabled.


Exceptions

Table 31-9 ALTER_HOTLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE Procedure Exceptions

Exception Description

ORA-31401

Change source is not an existing change source

ORA-31455

Nothing to ALTER

ORA-31480

Staging database and source database cannot be the same

ORA-31481

Change source is not a HotLog change source

ORA-31482

Invalid option for non-distributed HotLog change source

ORA-31484

Source database must be at least 9.2.0.6 or greater

ORA-31485

Invalid database link

ORA-31498

The description and remove_description parameters cannot both be specified

ORA-31499

Null value specified for required parameter

ORA-31504

Cannot alter or drop predefined change source

ORA-31507

Parameter value longer than maximum length

ORA-31532

Cannot enable change source

ORA-31534

Change Data Capture publisher is missing DBA role


Usage Notes


CREATE_AUTOLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE Procedure

This procedure creates an AutoLog change source. An AutoLog change source is based on of a set of redo log files automatically copied by redo transport services to the system on which the staging database resides.

Syntax

DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.CREATE_AUTOLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE(
     change_source_name  IN VARCHAR2,
     description         IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
     source_database     IN VARCHAR2,
     first_scn           IN NUMBER,
     online_log          IN CHAR DEFAULT 'N');

Parameters

Table 31-10 CREATE_AUTOLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

change_source_name

Name of the change source. Change source names follow the Oracle schema object naming rules.

description

Description of the change source. Specify using 255 or fewer characters.

source_database

Global name of the change source's source database instance.

first_scn

The SCN of the start of a LogMiner dictionary that is in the change source's archived redo log files.

online_log

A value of 'Y' or 'N' If the value is 'Y', then the change source uses the AutoLog online option to hot-mine the source database online redo log to gather change data. There can only be one change source with online_log='Y' on a given staging database.

If the value is 'N', then the change source uses the AutoLog archive option to get change data from archived redo log files. There can be one or more change sources with online_log='N' on a given staging database.


Exceptions

Table 31-11 CREATE_AUTOLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE Procedure Exceptions

Exception Description

ORA-31436

Duplicate change source specified

ORA-31497

Invalid value specified for first_scn

ORA-31499

Null value specified for required parameter

ORA-31507

Specified parameter value is longer than the maximum length

ORA-31508

Invalid parameter value for synchronous change set

ORA-31535

Cannot support change source in this configuration


Usage Notes


CREATE_CHANGE_SET Procedure

This procedure allows the publisher to create a change set. For asynchronous HotLog and AutoLog Change Data Capture, the publisher can optionally provide beginning and ending date values at which to begin and end change data capture.

Syntax

DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.CREATE_CHANGE_SET(
     change_set_name        IN VARCHAR2,
     description            IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
     change_source_name     IN VARCHAR2,
     stop_on_ddl            IN CHAR DEFAULT 'N',
     begin_date             IN DATE DEFAULT NULL,
     end_date               IN DATE DEFAULT NULL);

Parameters

Table 31-12 CREATE_CHANGE_SET Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

change_set_name

Name of the change set. Change set names follow the Oracle schema object naming rules.

description

Description of the change set. Specify using 255 or fewer characters.

change_source_name

Name of the existing change source to contain this change set.

stop_on_ddl

A value of 'Y' or 'N'.

If the value is 'Y', then Change Data Capture stops when a DDL event is detected.

If the value is 'N', then Change Data Capture continues when a DDL event is detected.

See the Usage Notes for additional information about this parameter.

begin_date

Date on which the publisher wants the change set to begin capturing changes. A value for this parameter is valid for the asynchronous HotLog and AutoLog modes of Change Data Capture only.

end_date

Date on which the publisher wants the change set to stop capturing changes. A value for this parameter is valid for the asynchronous HotLog and AutoLog modes of Change Data Capture only.


Exceptions

Table 31-13 CREATE_CHANGE_SET Procedure Exceptions

Exception Description

ORA-31401

Specified change source is not an existing change source

ORA-31407

The end_date must be greater than the begin_date

ORA-31408

Invalid value specified for begin_scn or end_scn

ORA-31437

Duplicate change set specified

ORA-31452

Invalid value for parameter, expecting: Y or N

ORA-31483

Cannot have spaces in the parameter

ORA-31485

Invalid database link

ORA-31487

Cannot support begin dates or end dates in this configuration

ORA-31488

Cannot support change set in this configuration

ORA-31499

Null value specified for required parameter

ORA-31503

Invalid date supplied for begin_date or end_date

ORA-31507

Specified parameter value longer than maximum length

ORA-31508

Invalid parameter value for synchronous change set


Usage Notes


CREATE_CHANGE_TABLE Procedure

This procedure creates a change table in a specified schema.

Note:

Oracle recommends that the publisher be certain that the source table that will be referenced in a CREATE_CHANGE_TABLE procedure has been created prior to calling this procedure, particularly if the change set that will be specified in the procedure has the stop_on_ddl parameter set to 'Y'.

Syntax

DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.CREATE_CHANGE_TABLE(
     owner                  IN VARCHAR2,
     change_table_name      IN VARCHAR2,
     change_set_name        IN VARCHAR2,
     source_schema          IN VARCHAR2,
     source_table           IN VARCHAR2,
     column_type_list       IN VARCHAR2,
     capture_values         IN VARCHAR2,
     rs_id                  IN CHAR,
     row_id                 IN CHAR,
     user_id                IN CHAR,
     timestamp              IN CHAR,
     object_id              IN CHAR,
     source_colmap          IN CHAR,
     target_colmap          IN CHAR,
     options_string         IN VARCHAR2,
     ddl_markers            IN CHAR  DEFAULT 'Y');

Parameters

Table 31-14 CREATE_CHANGE_TABLE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

owner

Name of the schema that owns the change table.

change_table_name

Name of the change table that is being created. Change table names follow the Oracle schema object naming rules.

change_set_name

Name of the change set in which this change table resides.

source_schema

The schema where the source table is located.

source_table

The source table from which the change records are captured.

column_type_list

The user columns and datatypes that are being tracked. Specify using a comma-delimited list.

capture_values

One of the following capture values for update operations:

  • OLD: Captures the original values from the source table.

  • NEW: Captures the changed values from the source table.

  • BOTH: Captures the original and changed values from the source table.

rs_id

row_id

user_id

timestamp

object_id

source_colmap

target_colmap

ddl_markers

Each listed parameter specifies a particular control column as follows:

  • The rs_id parameter specifies the RSID$ control column.

  • The row_id parameter specifies the ROW_ID$ control column.

  • The user_id parameter specifies the USERNAME$ control column.

  • The timestamp parameter specifies the TIMESTAMP$ control column.

  • The object_id parameter specifies the SYS_NC_OID$ control column.

  • The source_colmap parameter specifies the SOURCE_COLMAP$ control column.

  • The target_colmap parameter specifies the TARGET_COLMAP$ control column.

  • The ddl_markers parameter tracks all DDL operations on the source table and stores information about those operations in the change table. There are three values: DDLOPER$ is a bit vector that indicates what kind of DDL operation happened. (Use the procedure DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.GET_DDLOPER(ddloper$) to get the name of the DDL operation.) DDLDESC$ is a CLOB containing the actual DDL statement executed. DDLPDOBJN$ is not used in this release.

Each parameter can have a value of 'Y' or 'N', where:

  • 'Y': Adds the specified control column to the change table.

  • 'N': Does not add the specified control column to the change table.

options_string

The syntactically correct options to be passed to a CREATE TABLE DDL statement. The options string is appended to the generated CREATE TABLE DDL statement after the closing parenthesis that defines the columns of the table. See the Usage Notes for more information.


See Also:

Oracle Database Data Warehousing Guide for a complete description of control columns

Exceptions

Table 31-15 CREATE_CHANGE_TABLE Procedure Exceptions

Exception Description

ORA-31402

Unrecognized parameter specified

ORA-31409

One or more values for input parameters are incorrect

ORA-31415

Specified change set does not exist

ORA-31416

Invalid SOURCE_COLMAP value

ORA-31417

Column list contains control column control-column-name

ORA-31418

Specified source schema does not exist

ORA-31419

Specified source table does not exist

ORA-31420

Unable to submit the purge job

ORA-31421

Change table does not exist

ORA-31422

Owner schema does not exist

ORA-31438

Duplicate change table

ORA-31447

Cannot create change tables in the SYS schema

ORA-31450

Invalid value for change_table_name

ORA-31451

Invalid value for capture_values, expecting: OLD, NEW, or BOTH

ORA-31452

Invalid value for parameter, expecting: Y or N

ORA-31459

System triggers for DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH package are not installed

ORA-31467

No column found in the source table

ORA-31471

Invalid OBJECT_ID value


Usage Notes


CREATE_HOTLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE Procedure

This procedure creates a Distributed HotLog change source on the source database when the publisher runs this procedure from the staging database. A Distributed HotLog change source is based on data in the online redo log files that is automatically transferred to the staging database by Oracle Streams propagation.

Syntax

DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.CREATE_HOTLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE(
     change_source_name     IN VARCHAR2,
     description            IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
     source_database        IN VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 31-16 CREATE_HOTLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE Procedure Parameters

Parameters Description

change_source_name

Name of the Distributed HotLog change source to be created. Each change source name must be unique and must follow the Oracle schema object naming rules.

description

Description of the change source. Specify using 255 or fewer characters.

source_database

The name of the database link defined from the staging database to the source database, where the source database is Oracle9i Database, Database 10g Release 1, Oracle Database 10g Release 2, or Oracle Database 11g Release 1. See Oracle Database Data Warehousing Guide for information on creating database links for the Distributed HotLog mode of Change Data Capture.


Exceptions

Table 31-17 CREATE_HOTLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE Procedure Exceptions

Exception Description

ORA-31436

Duplicate change source

ORA-31480

Staging database and source database cannot be the same

ORA-31483

Cannot have spaces in the parameter

ORA-31484

Source database must be at least 9.2.0.6 or greater

ORA-31485

Invalid database link

ORA-31499

Null value specified for required parameter

ORA-31507

Parameter value longer than the maximum length

ORA-31534

Change Data Capture publisher is missing DBA role


Usage Notes


DROP_CHANGE_SET Procedure

This procedure drops an existing change set that was created with the CREATE_CHANGE_SET procedure.

Syntax

DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.DROP_CHANGE_SET(
     change_set_name     IN VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 31-18 DROP_CHANGE_SET Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

change_set_name

Name of the change set to be dropped. Change set names follow the Oracle schema object naming rules.


Exceptions

Table 31-19 DROP_CHANGE_SET Procedure Exceptions

Exception Description

ORA-31410

Specified change set is not an existing change set

ORA-31411

Specified change set is referenced by a change table

ORA-31485

Invalid database link

ORA-31499

Null value specified for required parameter

ORA-31505

Cannot alter or drop predefined change set

ORA-31507

Specified parameter value is longer than maximum length


Usage Notes


DROP_CHANGE_SOURCE Procedure

This procedure drops an existing AutoLog change source that was created with the CREATE_AUTOLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE procedure or an existing Distributed HotLog change source that was created with the CREATE_HOTLOG_CHANGE_SOURCE procedure.

Syntax

DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.DROP_CHANGE_SOURCE(
     change_source_name    IN VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 31-20 DROP_CHANGE_SOURCE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

change_source_name

Name of the change source to be dropped. Change source names follow the Oracle schema object naming rules.


Exceptions

Table 31-21 DROP_CHANGE_SOURCE Procedure Exceptions

Exception Description

ORA-31401

Specified change source is not an existing change source

ORA-31406

Specified change source is referenced by a change set

ORA-31499

Null value specified for required parameter

ORA-31504

Cannot alter or drop predefined change source

ORA-31507

Specified parameter value longer than maximum length


Usage Notes


DROP_CHANGE_TABLE Procedure

This procedure drops an existing change table that was created with the CREATE_CHANGE_TABLE procedure.

Syntax

DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.DROP_CHANGE_TABLE(
     owner              IN VARCHAR2,
     change_table_name  IN VARCHAR2,
     force_flag         IN CHAR);

Parameters

Table 31-22 DROP_CHANGE_TABLE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

owner

Name of the schema that owns the change table.

change_table_name

Name of the change table to be dropped. Change table names follow the Oracle schema object naming rules.

force_flag

Drops the change table, depending on whether or not there are subscriptions to it, as follows:

  • 'Y': Drops the change table even if there are subscriptions to it.

  • 'N': Drops the change table only if there are no subscriptions to it.


Exceptions

Table 31-23 DROP_CHANGE_TABLE Procedure Exceptions

Exception Description

ORA-31421

Change table does not exist

ORA-31422

Specified owner schema does not exist

ORA-31424

Change table has active subscriptions

ORA-31441

Table is not a change table


Usage Notes


DROP_SUBSCRIPTION Procedure

This procedure allows a publisher to drop a subscription that was created by a subscriber with a prior call to the DBMS_CDC_SUBSCRIBE.CREATE_SUBSCRIPTION procedure.

Syntax

DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.DROP_SUBSCRIPTION(
     subscription_name  IN VARCHAR2);

Parameters

Table 31-24 DROP_SUBSCRIPTION Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

subscription_name

Name of the subscription that was specified by a previous call to the DBMS_CDC_SUBSCRIBE.CREATE_SUBSCRIPTION procedure. Subscription names follow the Oracle schema object naming rules.


Exceptions

Table 31-25 DROP_SUBSCRIPTION Procedure Exceptions

Exception Description

ORA-31409

One or more values for input parameters are incorrect

ORA-31425

Subscription does not exist

ORA-31432

Invalid source table


Usage Notes


GET_DDLOPER Function

This function converts a binary integer into a user friendly string that describes the DDL operation that actually took place.

Syntax

DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.GET_DDLOPER (ddloper IN BINARY_INTEGER)
     RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

Table 31-26 Function Parameters

Parameter Description

ddloper

An integer value representing what DDL operation actually occurred. This value is obtained from the ddloper$ column in the subscriber's view.


Example

The following illustrates how to use change markers. First, you execute a DDL statement and then verify that it has been captured.

ALTER TABLE cdc_psales DROP PARTITION Dec_06;

SELECT ddloper$, DECODE(ddloper$, NULL, 'NULL',
       DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.GET_DDLOPER(ddloper$)) 
          AS DDL_OPER
FROM cdc_psales_act
WHERE DDLOPER$ IS NOT NULL
ORDER BY cscn$;

ddloper$            DDL_OPER
---------------------------------
512                 Drop Partition
1 row selected.

SELECT ddldesc$
FROM cdc_psales_act
WHERE ddloper$
IS NOT NULL 
ORDER BY cscn;

DDLDESC$
------------------------
alter table cdc_psales drop partition Dec_06
1 row selected.

Usage Notes


PURGE Procedure

This procedure monitors change table usage by all subscriptions, determines which rows are no longer needed by any subscriptions, and removes the unneeded rows to prevent change tables from growing indefinitely. When called, this procedure purges all change tables on the staging database.

Syntax

DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.PURGE;

Exceptions

Only standard Oracle exceptions (for example, a privilege violation) are returned during a purge operation.

Usage Notes


PURGE_CHANGE_SET Procedure

This procedure removes unneeded rows from all change tables in the named change set. This procedure allows a finer granularity purge operation than the basic PURGE procedure.

Syntax

DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.PURGE_CHANGE_SET(
change_set_name IN VARCHAR2,
    force           IN CHAR DEFAULT 'Y',
    purge_date      IN DATE DEFAULT NULL);

Parameters

Table 31-27 PURGE_CHANGE_SET Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

change_set_name

Name of an existing change set. Change set names follow the Oracle schema object naming rules.

force

If 'Y', try to use partition split/drop, but if the required lock cannot be acquired, use a delete statement to purge. If 'N', only use split/drop partition statements to purge. If a lock cannot be acquired, then no data will be purged.

purge_date

All records that have a commit_timestamp of less than or equal to this date will be purged.


Exceptions

Table 31-28 PURGE_CHANGE_SET Procedure Exceptions

Exception Description

ORA-31410

Change set is not an existing change set


Usage Notes


PURGE_CHANGE_TABLE Procedure

This procedure removes unneeded rows from the named change table. This procedure allows a finer granularity purge operation than the basic PURGE procedure or the PURGE_CHANGE_SET procedure.

Syntax

DBMS_CDC_PUBLISH.PURGE_CHANGE_TABLE(
     owner               IN VARCHAR2,
     change_table_name   IN VARCHAR2,
     force               IN CHAR DEFAULT 'Y',
     purge_date          IN DATE DEFAULT NULL);

Parameters

Table 31-29 PURGE_CHANGE_TABLE Procedure Parameters

Parameter Description

owner

Owner of the named change table.

change_table_name

Name of an existing change table. Change table names follow the Oracle schema object naming rules.

force

If 'Y', try to use partition split/drop, but if the required lock cannot be acquired, use a delete statement to purge. If 'N', only use split/drop partition statements to purge. If a lock cannot be acquired, then no data will be purged.

purge_date

All records that have a commit_timestamp of less than or equal to this date will be purged.


Exceptions

Table 31-30 PURGE_CHANGE_TABLE Procedure Exceptions

Exception Description

ORA-31421

Change table does not exist


Usage Notes