set cap length for concatenated string - database

EDIT: I'm having alot of trouble formatting this code for some reason please bear with me. Also i'm aware some code is missing. This is just one portion of the code.
I am simulating a batch load that is run nightly to do some load testing. The problem I face is that my auto-generated PK's exceed the columns datalength after 100 or so inserts. How would I cap off my Strings without violating the unique constraint while inserting around 20,000 rows per table. my goal is to get rid of the random strings due to a change in requirements.Below is the portion of code I'm having trouble with.
declare
l_cnt integer := 0;
t_cnt integer := 0;
c_cnt integer := 0;
f_cnt integer := 0;
i integer := 0;
TYPE T_EMPL_NO IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(1000) INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
TAB_EMPL_NO T_EMPL_NO;
TAB_SEC_PK T_EMPL_NO;
TAB_THR_PK T_EMPL_NO;
TAB_FTH_PK T_EMPL_NO;
begin
dbms_output.put_line('START LOAD TEST');
LOOP
i := i + 1;
TAB_EMPL_NO(l_cnt) := 'JB'||i;
TAB_SEC_PK(t_cnt) := dbms_random.string('L',6);
TAB_THR_PK(c_cnt) := dbms_random.string('L',1);
TAB_FTH_PK(f_cnt) := dbms_random.string('L',20);
Insert into AOMS.PARTS_MONTH_CLOSE(
NAMES OF COLUMNS HERE
) Values (
TAB_EMPL_NO(l_cnt),
TAB_SEC_PK(t_cnt),
TAB_THR_PK(c_cnt),
TAB_FTH_PK(f_cnt)
);
l_cnt := l_cnt + SQL%ROWCOUNT;
EXIT WHEN l_cnt = 100; -- change to record count 22k
END LOOP;
dbms_output.put_line('P2ACCTMO :Rows inserted: ' || l_cnt);
END;
/
As a bonus If I wanted the script to run for an hour but not exceed the amount of records that insert during a loop how would I do that? Thanks so much for any help.

To define a numeric datatype with a given range (let's say 1 to 1000, for the sake of argument) you can use a user-defined PL/SQL subtype. To do this you'd use something like
SUBTYPE MY_ZERO_TO_1K_SUBTYPE IS NUMBER(4,0) RANGE 0..1000;
and then define variables of this subtype just as you would any other variable:
nLimited_number MY_ZERO_TO1K_SUBTYPE;
You can set a variable of this type to 0, 1, 2, ..., 998, 999, 1000. However, if you set it to a negative value or a value greater than 1000 an ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error exception will be raised.

I would suggest to go for SEQUENCES rather than using Random string
generation. In this way you wlll not face unique key violation and
also you can set the max seq limit to the datatype limit of the
column. Hope this information helps.

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ORA-06533: Subscript beyond count with associative array

I am getting Subscript beyond count error while executing the procedure. I am trying to populate an associative array in my procedure and then eventually use it to insert. I think there is somewhere error in initialization of the array
Type definitions in a package header
TYPE sonic_data_rec IS RECORD(
ep_a_num LOG_PICK.EP_A_NUM%TYPE,
wvy_num LOG_PICK.WVY_NUM%TYPE,
ltrl_name LOG_PICK.Ltrl_Name%TYPE,
vel_pick_sq_num LOG_PICK.w_vel_pick_sq_num%TYPE,
vel_sv_typ_cd LOG_PICK.W_VEL_SV_TYP_CD%TYPE,
vel_sv_dt LOG_PICK.W_VEL_SV_DT%TYPE,
w_vel_log_pick_cd LOG_PICK.w_vel_log_pick_cd%TYPE,
sq_num LOG_PICK.W_VEL_PICK_SQ_NUM%TYPE,
pick_cd LOG_PICK.W_VEL_LOG_PICK_CD%TYPE,
onew_tm LOG_PICK.W_VEL_ONE_WAY_TV_TM%TYPE,
sonic_log LOG_PICK.W_VEL_SOLOG_CALB_VSP%TYPE,
ms_dpth LOG_PICK.W_VEL_PICK_DPTH%TYPE,
tv_dpth LOG_PICK.W_VEL_PICK_DPTH%TYPE);
TYPE sonic_tab IS TABLE OF sonic_data_rec;
Procedure code, only relevant code of package_body posted
PROCEDURE LOAD_LOG_PICK
(p_wvy_num IN WELL_VEL_SURVEY.WVY_NUM%TYPE
,p_noofpts IN NUMBER
,p_data_list IN STRINGARRAY)
IS
l_son_array sonic_tab := sonic_tab();
BEGIN
count1 := 1;
LOOP
l_son_array(count1).ep_a_num := p_ep_a_num;
l_son_array(count1).wvy_num := p_wvy_num;
l_son_array(count1).vel_sv_typ_cd := 'L';
l_son_array(count1).vel_sv_dt := p_pick_date;
l_son_array(count1).vel_pick_sq_num := count1;
l_son_array(count1).w_vel_log_pick_cd := 'O';
l_son_array(count1).ms_dpth := l_ms_dpth;
l_son_array(count1).onew_tm := regexp_substr(p_data_list(count1), '[^ ]+', 1, 1);
l_son_array(count1).sonic_log := regexp_substr(p_data_list(count1), '[^ ]+', 1, 1);
EXIT WHEN count1=5000;
count1 := count1+1;
END LOOP;
You are attempting to populate a nested table, not an associative array.
If sonic_tab was an associative array, it would be declared as
TYPE sonic_tab IS TABLE OF sonic_data_rec INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
See the Oracle documentation on PL/SQL collection types for further information about the different types of collections you can use in PL/SQL.
As you have a nested table, you need to add calls to sonic_tab.EXTEND to make the table larger. It starts with size 0 because when you create it by calling sonic_tab(), you aren't passing any records into the constructor. Either call sonic_tab.EXTEND(1); in each iteration of the loop before you try to add anything to that item of the table, or call sonic_tab.EXTEND(5000); once before the loop if you know in advance how many items you will have in the table.

Populate a database gives strange results

I have a database and I need to populate it's first 2 columns on every row. The first column is the date and the second column is an id.
My code is as follows:
.......
febr29:array[1..12] of byte = (31,29,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31);
.......
procedure TForm.populate_database;
var
i,j,m,n: Integer;
begin
for i := 1 to 12 do
for j := 1 to febr29[i] do
for m := 1 to 9 do
for n := 1 to 15 do begin
database.tbl1.Append;
database.tbl1['date']:= inttostr(j)+'.'+inttostr(i)+'.2016';
database.tbl1['id']:='a'+inttostr(m)+inttostr(n);
database.tbl1.Post;
end;
end;
So basically I need to have all the ids on all the days of the year. But I have a problem with the code above: it gives me some strange output in the database, as in the following picture:
What am I doing wrong?
If your ID field is supposed to identify the data row, it would be better to declare it in the database as an integer column, not a character/string one.
It would also be better & less error prone not to try and calculate it from your loop variables, but use a running counter instead
procedure TForm.populate_database;
var
i,j,m,n: Integer;
ID : Integer;
begin
ID := 0;
for i := 1 to 12 do
for j := 1 to febr29[i] do
for m := 1 to 9 do
for n := 1 to 15 do begin
Inc(ID);
database.tbl1.Append;
database.tbl1['date']:= inttostr(j)+'.'+inttostr(i)+'.2016';
database.tbl1['id'].AsInteger :=ID;
database.tbl1.Post;
Of course, if you must have the 'a' prefix and a character coumn type for some reason, you could do
database.tbl1['id'].AsString :='a' + IntToStr(ID);
but even that may give you results you aren't expecting, unless to pad the result of IntToStr(ID) to a fixed length with leading zeroes.

Insert value of more than 32k chars into long column in oracle

I have a table with a column type of LONG. I know I could solve my problem by changing the column type to CLOB but I don't have that option in this case. I need to insert a value of more than 32k characters into this column.
Say i have a table called test with column named c1 of type LONG.
The following statement will produce error.
insert into test(c1)values('string longer than 32k chars');
error:ORA-01704: string literal too long.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Using tony's example from below I want to do something like the following:
declare
x varchar2(40000) := rpad('x',40000,'x');
begin
insert into test (c1) values (x);
end;
I know you can't make varchar(2) that big but i want to exercise the idea.
You can insert 32K characters from PL/SQL:
declare
x varchar2(32767) := rpad('x',32767,'x');
begin
insert into test (c1) values (x);
end;

Ada: packing record with variable sized array

I am looking to create a packed record that can hold an array the varies in length from 5 - 50 elements. Is it possible to do this in such a way that the record can be packed with no wasted space? I will know how many elements will be in the array when I go to create the record.
-- the range of the array
type Array_Range_T is Integer range 5 .. 50;
-- the array type
type Array_Type_T is array range (Array_Range_T) of Integer;
-- the record
type My_Record_T (Array_Length : Integer := 5) is
record
-- OTHER DATA HERE
The_Array : Array_Type_T(Array_Length);
end record;
-- Pack the record
for My_Record_T use
record
-- OTHER DATA
The_Array at 10 range 0 .. Array_Length * 16;
end record;
for My_Record_T'Size use 80 + (Array_Length * 16);
This obviously won't compile, but shows the spirit of what I am trying to do. If possible I would like to keep the length of the array out of the record.
Thank you!
There really isn't a way in Ada to represent the record the way you're asking for. However, since your concern really isn't with how the record is represented in memory, but rather with how it's transmitted to a socket, you probably don't need to worry about record representation clauses.
Instead, you can define your own Write routine:
procedure Write (Stream : not null access Ada.Streams.Root_Stream_Type'Class;
Item : in My_Record_T);
for My_Record_T'Write use Write;
or, I believe this will work in Ada 2012:
type My_Record_T is record
...
end record
with Write => Write;
procedure Write (Stream : not null access Ada.Streams.Root_Stream_Type'Class;
Item : in My_Record_T);
and then the body will look like
procedure Write (Stream : not null access Ada.Streams.Root_Stream_Type'Class;
Item : in My_Record_T) is
begin
-- Write out the record components, EXCEPT Array_Length and The_Array.
T1'Write (Stream, Item.F1); -- F1 is a record field, T1 is its type
T2'Write (Stream, Item.F2); -- F2 is a record field, T2 is its type
...
-- Now write the desired data
declare
Data_To_Write : Array_Type_T (1 .. Item.Array_Length)
renames Item.The_Array (1 .. Item.Array_Length);
-- I'm assuming the lower bound is 1, but if not, adjust your code
-- accordingly
begin
Array_Type_T'Write (Stream, Data_To_Write);
-- Note: using 'Write will write just the data, without any bound
-- information, which is what you want.
end;
end Write;
This won't work if the other components need to be packed, though, e.g. if you want to write a byte to the socket that contains one 3-bit record component and one 5-bit record component. If that's necessary, I don't think the built-in 'Write attributes will do that for you; you may need to do your own bit-twiddling, or you could get tricky and define an array of Stream_Elements and use an Address clause or aspect to define an array that overlays the rest of the record. But I wouldn't use the overlay method unless I were 100% certain that the reader at the other end of the socket were an Ada program that uses the exact same type definition.
Note: I haven't tested this.
Not sure I completely understand what you're trying to achieve but can't you do something like this
-- the range of the array
type Array_Range_T is range 1 .. 50;
-- the array type
type Array_Type_T is array (Array_Range_T range <>) of Integer;
Array_Length : constant := 5; --5 elements in the array
-- the record
type My_Record_T is
record
-- OTHER DATA HERE
The_Array : Array_Type_T (1 .. Array_Length);
end record;
-- Pack the record
for My_Record_T use
record
-- OTHER DATA
The_Array at 0 range 0 .. (Array_Length * Integer'Size) - 1 ;
end record;
for My_Record_T'Size use (Array_Length * Integer'Size);

What data structure to use in order to sort this data in PL/SQL?

This is Oracle 11.2g. In a PL/SQL function, I've got a loop whereby each iteration, I create a string and an integer associated with that string. The function returns the final concatenation of all the generated strings, sorted (depending on a function input parameter), either alphabetically or by the value of the integer. To give an idea, I'm generating something like this:
Iteration String Integer
1 Oslo 40
2 Berlin 74
3 Rome 25
4 Paris 10
If the input parameter says to sort alphabetically, the function output should look like this :
Berlin, Oslo, Paris, Rome
Otherwise, we return the concatenated strings sorted by the value of the associated integer:
Paris, Rome, Oslo, Berlin
What is the most appropriate data structure to achieve this sort? I've looked at collections, associative arrays and even varrays. I've been kind of shocked how difficult this seems to be to achieve in Oracle. I saw this question but it doesn't work in my case, as I need to be able to sort by both index and value: How to sort an associative array in PL/SQL? Is there a more appropriate data structure for this scenario, and how would you sort it?
Thanks!
It is very easy if you use PL/SQL as SQL and not like other languages. It is quite specific and sometimes is very nice exactly because of that.
Sometimes I really hate PL/SQL, but this case is absolutely about love.
See how easy it is:
create type it as object (
iter number,
stringval varchar2(100),
intval integer
);
create type t_it as table of it;
declare
t t_it := new t_it();
tmp1 varchar2(32767);
tmp2 varchar2(32767);
begin
t.extend(4);
t(1) := new it(1,'Oslo',40);
t(2) := new it(2,'Berlin',74);
t(3) := new it(3,'Rome',25);
t(4) := new it(4,'Paris',10);
select listagg(stringval,', ') within group (order by stringval),
listagg(stringval,', ') within group (order by intval)
into tmp1, tmp2
from table(t);
dbms_output.put_line(tmp1);
dbms_output.put_line(tmp2);
end;
/
drop type t_it;
drop type it;
Here you can see the problem that you must create global types, and this is what I hate it for. But they say in Oracle 12 it can be done with locally defined types so I am waiting for it :)
The output is:
Berlin, Oslo, Paris, Rome
Paris, Rome, Oslo, Berlin
EDIT
As far as you do not know the amount of iterations from the beginning the only way is to do extend on each iteration (this is only example of extending):
declare
iterator pls_integer := 1;
begin
/* some type of loop*/ loop
t.extend();
-- one way to assign
t(t.last) := new it(1,'Oslo',40);
-- another way is to use some integer iterator
t(iterator) := new it(1,'Oslo',40);
iterator := iterator + 1;
end loop;
end;
I prefer the second way because it is faster (does not calculate .last on each iteration).
This is an example of pure PL/SQL implementation that is based on the idea associative array (aka map or dictionary in other domains) is an ordered collection that is sorted by a key. That is a powerful feature that I have used multiple times. For input data structure in this example I decided to use a nested table of records (aka a list of records).
In this particular case however I'd probably go for similar implementation than in simon's answer.
create or replace package so36 is
-- input data structures
type rec_t is record (
iter number,
str varchar2(20),
int number
);
type rec_list_t is table of rec_t;
function to_str(p_list in rec_list_t, p_sort in varchar2 default 'S')
return varchar2;
end;
/
show errors
create or replace package body so36 is
function to_str(p_list in rec_list_t, p_sort in varchar2 default 'S')
return varchar2 is
v_sep constant varchar2(2) := ', ';
v_ret varchar2(32767);
begin
if p_sort = 'S' then
-- create associative array (map) v_map where key is rec_t.str
-- this means the records are sorted by rec_t.str
declare
type map_t is table of rec_t index by varchar2(20);
v_map map_t;
v_key varchar2(20);
begin
-- populate the map
for i in p_list.first .. p_list.last loop
v_map(p_list(i).str) := p_list(i);
end loop;
v_key := v_map.first;
-- generate output string
while v_key is not null loop
v_ret := v_ret || v_map(v_key).str || v_sep;
v_key := v_map.next(v_key);
end loop;
end;
elsif p_sort = 'I' then
-- this branch is identical except the associative array's key is
-- rec_t.int and thus the records are sorted by rec_t.int
declare
type map_t is table of rec_t index by pls_integer;
v_map map_t;
v_key pls_integer;
begin
for i in p_list.first .. p_list.last loop
v_map(p_list(i).int) := p_list(i);
end loop;
v_key := v_map.first;
while v_key is not null loop
v_ret := v_ret || v_map(v_key).str || v_sep;
v_key := v_map.next(v_key);
end loop;
end;
end if;
return rtrim(v_ret, v_sep);
end;
end;
/
show errors
declare
v_list so36.rec_list_t := so36.rec_list_t();
v_item so36.rec_t;
begin
v_item.iter := 1;
v_item.str := 'Oslo';
v_item.int := 40;
v_list.extend(1);
v_list(v_list.last) := v_item;
v_item.iter := 2;
v_item.str := 'Berlin';
v_item.int := 74;
v_list.extend(1);
v_list(v_list.last) := v_item;
v_item.iter := 3;
v_item.str := 'Rome';
v_item.int := 25;
v_list.extend(1);
v_list(v_list.last) := v_item;
v_item.iter := 4;
v_item.str := 'Paris';
v_item.int := 10;
v_list.extend(1);
v_list(v_list.last) := v_item;
dbms_output.put_line(so36.to_str(v_list));
dbms_output.put_line(so36.to_str(v_list, 'I'));
end;
/
show errors

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