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Questions tagged [dblink]

For questions about the Oracle feature that allows accessing data in a different database, or possibly on a different server.

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PostgreSQL: DBLink weird permission/connection error

The goal is to (1) create a connection, (2) return a view of another database, and (3) close the same connection all to be stored in a view (no stored procedure or embedded password). I came up with the following code, which uses a trust account…
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query to find all dblink()

Besides manually searching for all the dblink() used in triggers/functions/stored procedures is there a way to query for this information? Example: There is a dblink inside of a trigger, can I select something from the postgres schema that would…
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How to create an Oracle Database Link when the password has special characters

I'm trying to create a DBLink. SQL Developer is the client I'm using. The password to my remote user has *'s in it. I'm having trouble figuring this out. This syntax isn't working: CREATE DATABASE LINK my_link CONNECT TO daniel identified by…
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Oracle 12c - Create materialized view results in ORA-00942

I have a view that I can access through a database link as such: SQL> select count(*) from REMOTE_SCHEMA.REMOTE_VIEW@REMOTE_DB; COUNT(*) -------- 110 I can create and successfully query the remote view through a synonym: SQL> create synonym…
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How to avoid hardcoding a database link name in a package body

I have a PL/SQL package that copies data from a remote DB2 database using a database link. To keep the package configuration-independent I wrapped the remote table in a view. But a single field in a single table causes me lots of headache. It is a…
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plsql procedure gets invalidated

procedure involving dblinks gets invalidated regularly .we need to recompile every time.How to find what is causing the problem in my case procedure p1()--resides in db1 is begin .... select col1 from table1@db2; ... end / for some reasons the…
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Create Oracle DB LINK to a database with no DB_DOMAIN

I'm trying to create a database link between this two DBs. My local DB is 11.2.0.3. SQL> select * from…
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PostgreSQL error: remote query result rowtype does not match the specified FROM clause rowtype, on remote function call

This is my remote function: CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public._test1() RETURNS record LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $function$ DECLARE rec record; BEGIN select 1,2 into rec; return rec; END $function$; This is my local function call: SELECT x.a,…
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Is there an equivalent to OPENROWSET in Oracle?

Is there an equivalent to OPENROWSET in Oracle? From OPENROWSET (Transact-SQL): This method is an alternative to accessing tables in a linked server and is a one-time, ad hoc method of connecting and accessing remote data by using OLE DB.
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Connecting Oracle 11g to Postgres via dblink

I have administrator access to our Oracle database , but was wondering if its possible to connect an Oracle 11g database to Postgres database and if so, what steps would I need to follow. I've seen a few tutorials mention an ODBC driver that needs…
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transactions and Oracle dblink

I have 2 dbs, let's call them writedb and readdb. Readdb has a dblink to writedb and a view to a table over that dblink. I do an update on writedb to that table which view points to and then read from that table over the dblink. I appear to be…
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ANSI SQL for links

Oracle provides a "link" mechanism in order to access a different database instance than the one on which the query is running. DIM_DATES@OTHERDB Is there any ANSI SQL standard way to code this?
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ORA-02049 and ORA-02063 Errors

Select For UPDATE NOWAIT is performed on a table by 20 processes in parallel The error below is returned by the 4 processes out of 20 (16 processes are successful) SQL_UPDATE_ERROR- : SQL update error ORA-02049: timeout: distributed transaction…
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Problem using merge into a remote table over dblink

I'm attempting to perform a merge into a remote table, let's say on server A (over a dblink), using a local table on server B. Source and target databases are both on Oracle 10.2.0.3. We already have a similar existing merge that works fine (but…
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Altering same table across multiple databases

I have multiple databases on the same instance and I am in the process of updating a table schema that must propagate across all the databases. I am not sure I know what the right procedure for this is but I think it should go a little something…
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