Questions tagged [database-link]
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Java query with DB Link does not close the Db Link connection
I have a Java code that connects to Database A. Database A has DB link to Database B.
Both database are oracle.
I make a JPA connection to Database A
Then I run a query from joining a table from DAtabase A to table in Database B
Then Close…

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Creating Oracle Database Links and characters in the database link password
I'm trying to create a database link on one database, so I can view tables on another database.
The password to the other database is Bl$nk-d8prd, it doesn't seem to like the "-"
in the password Bl$nk-d8prd because when I don't include the "-" and…

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Oracle SQL - VIEW PUSHED PREDICATE not happening when using dblink
I'm having performance issues executing the following query (Q1):
select
z_out.*,
a_out.id
from orders a_out, test z_out
where a_out.id=z_out.id and a_out.created>trunc(sysdate) and rownum<10
Table orders contains millions of rows;…

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Link existing MS-Access database to SQL Server
I have an external application that uses a MS Access database to store its data.
I do not want to touch anything here, because the application works very good for me.
I have now created a own application and now I need the data from the MS Access…

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Designing monitoring of jobs on Oracle database
I have several Oracle databases where my in-house applications are running. Those applications use both dba_jobs and dba_scheduler_jobs.
I want to write monitoring function: check_my_jobs which will be called periodically by Nagios to check if…

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Oracle public shared database link not working for non-DBA users
I need to convert a database link that I have in Oracle from a normal public database link to a public shared database link.
I ran the following as my user with DBA privileges to make the link shared:
DROP PUBLIC DATABASE LINK "MYDBLINK";
CREATE…

Andrew Mairose
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Should database base links in oracle be dropped/closed after you are done using them?
I have an SQL script that connects to another database using "create database link", and copies some data.
Should this database base link be dropped or closed after I am done using it?
(Say, assuming that I probably won't be needing it…

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Why are database links bad for security?
I heard database links are bad for organizations to use. Why is it bad for security?

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use PL/SQL API through two databaselinks
There is a Oracle database (version 8) acting as PL/SQL API, providing access to different procedures and tables in that database.
I have another Oracle database (version 10g) which uses these procedures and tables through database link.
I upgraded…
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Oracle database link - connect to proxy with special characters in username
A user is granted connect by proxy via another user whose name contains special characters:
CREATE USER "A-USER" IDENTIFIED BY "a";
CREATE USER foo IDENTIFIED BY "random-trash";
ALTER USER foo GRANT CONNECT THROUGH "A-USER";
Now I'm struggling to…

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advanced queuing for table replication to other database
So, I am trying to replicate the data in tables to another database using Advanced Queuing. I created a table on both databases:
create table test
(
id number(10) primary key,
text varchar2(100)
);
then I created the queue
create type…

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Oracle AWS RDS database link ORA-12545
I'm trying to create a database link from my Oracle AWS RDS instance to another Oracle database outside my VPC. I created the database link this:
create database link test
connect to myusername
identified by "mypassword"
using…

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establish an oracle database link between databases in two hosts that don't see each other
I have access to one database server through a vpn connection and another through lan connection.
from my machine I would like to copy some entries from one table into the other, like:
insert into destinationtable select * from…

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Connect to PostgreSQL from Oracle with only PL/SQL
I am working on an Oracle script that needs data from PostgreSQL and will be run on a number of different servers. The connection to the data will remain the same, so I would like to connect to PostgreSQL without modifying the tnsnames.ora file or…

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PLSQL - Create DBLink inside function
I would like to create database link inside of script, and want to receive all table names from the linked database. If I am correct, I need to create database link in order to use, but Oracle does not allow me to create such thing neither inside of…

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