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Oracle Distributed Systems
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Oracle Distributed Systems

by Charles Dye
April 1999
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
552 pages
15h 39m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

DBMS_REPCAT.SET_COLUMNS

Synopsis

When you replicate a table, Oracle must be able to uniquely identify each record in the table so that it can propagate changes to the correct row or rows. By default, the advanced replication facilities use the primary key to identify rows. However, if your table does not have a primary key or if you wish to use a different criterion to uniquely identify records, you can use SET_COLUMNS to designate a pseudo primary key. Columns designated with this procedure may contain NULL values.

PROCEDURE DBMS_REPCAT.SET_COLUMNS  
  (sname IN VARCHAR2,
   oname IN VARCHAR2,
   column_list IN VARCHAR2 | column_table IN dbms_utility.name_array);

Parameters

Parameter Name

Description

sname

Name of the schema that owns the replicated table.

oname

Name of the table with the column_group.

column_list

A comma-delimited list of column names to use as the pseudo primary key. Use either column_list or column_table.

column_table

A PL/SQL table of column names. Use either column_list or column_table.

Exceptions

Exception Name

Number

Description

missingcolumn

–23334

Column(s) specified do not exist in table oname.

missingobject

–23308

Table oname does not exist.

nonmasterdef

–23312

Invoking site is not the master definition site.

Restrictions

  • SET_COLUMNS must be run from the master definition site.

  • The changes do not take effect until the next call to GENERATE_REPLICATION_SUPPORT.

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Publisher Resources

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