Sql Query Error "ORA-01403: no data found" [duplicate] - sql-server

I have a linked server setup in SQL Server to hit an Oracle database. I have a query in SQL Server that joins on the Oracle table using dot notation. I am getting a “No Data Found” error from Oracle. On the Oracle side, I am hitting a table (not a view) and no stored procedure is involved.
First, when there is no data I should just get zero rows and not an error.
Second, there should actually be data in this case.
Third, I have only seen the ORA-01403 error in PL/SQL code; never in SQL.
This is the full error message:
OLE DB provider "OraOLEDB.Oracle" for linked server "OM_ORACLE" returned message "ORA-01403: no data found".
Msg 7346, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
Cannot get the data of the row from the OLE DB provider "OraOLEDB.Oracle" for linked server "OM_ORACLE".
Here are some more details, but it probably does not mean anything since you don’t have my tables and data.
This is the query with the problem:
select *
from eopf.Batch b join eopf.BatchFile bf
on b.BatchID = bf.BatchID
left outer join [OM_ORACLE]..[OM].[DOCUMENT_UPLOAD] du
on bf.ReferenceID = du.documentUploadID;
I can’t understand why I get a “no data found” error. The query below uses the same Oracle table and returns no data but I don’t get an error - I just get no rows returned.
select * from [OM_ORACLE]..[OM].[DOCUMENT_UPLOAD] where documentUploadID = -1
The query below returns data. I just removed one of the SQL Server tables from the join. But removing the batch table does not change the rows returned from batchFile (271 rows in both cases – all rows in batchFile have a batch entry). It should still be joining the same batchFile rows to the same Oracle rows.
select *
from eopf.BatchFile bf
left outer join [OM_ORACLE]..[OM].[DOCUMENT_UPLOAD] du
on bf.ReferenceID = du.documentUploadID;
And this query returns 5 rows. It should be the same 5 from the original query. ( I can’t use this because I need data from the batch and batchFile table).
select *
from [OM_ORACLE]..[OM].[DOCUMENT_UPLOAD] du
where du.documentUploadId
in
(
select bf.ReferenceID
from eopf.Batch b join eopf.BatchFile bf
on b.BatchID = bf.BatchID);
Has anyone experienced this error?

Today I experienced the same problem with an inner Join. As creating a Table Valued Function suggested by codechurn or using a Temporary Table suggested by user1935511 or changing the Join Types suggested by cymorg are no options for me, I like to share my solution.
I used Join Hints to drive the query optimizer into the right direction, as the problem seems to rise up from nested loops join strategy with the remote table locally . For me HASH, MERGE and REMOTE join hints worked.
For you REMOTE will not be an option because it can be used only for inner join operations. So using something like the following should work.
select *
from eopf.Batch b
join eopf.BatchFile bf
on b.BatchID = bf.BatchID
left outer merge join [OM_ORACLE]..[OM].[DOCUMENT_UPLOAD] du
on bf.ReferenceID = du.documentUploadID;

I've had the same problem.
Solution1: load the data from the Oracle database into a temp table, then join to that temp table instead - here's a link.
From this post a link you can find out that the problem can be with using left join.
I've checked with my problem and after changing my query it solved the problem.

In my case I had a complex view made from a linked table, 3 views based on the linked table and a local table. I was using Inner Joins throughout and this problem manifested. Changing the joins to Left and Right Outer Joins (as appropriate) resolved the issue.

Another way to work around the problem is to pull back the Oracle data into a Table Valued Function. This will cause SQL Server to go out and retrieve all of the data from Oracle and throw it into a resultant table variable. For all intent and purpose, the Oracle data is now "local" to SQL Server if you use the resultant Table Valued Function in a query.
I believe the original problem is that SQL Server is trying to optimize the execution of your compound query which includes the remote Oracle query results in-line. By using a Table Valued Function to wrap the Oracle call, SQL Server will optimize the compound query on the resultant table variable returned from the function and not the results from the remote query execution.
CREATE function [dbo].[documents]()
returns #results TABLE (
DOCUMENT_ID INT NOT NULL,
TITLE VARCHAR(6) NOT NULL,
LEGALNAME VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
AUTHOR_ID INT NOT NULL,
DOCUMENT_TYPE VARCHAR(1) NOT NULL,
LAST_UPDATE DATETIME
) AS
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #results
SELECT CAST(DOCUMENT_ID AS INT) AS DOCUMENT_ID, TITLE, LEGALNAME, CAST(AUTHOR_ID AS INT) AS AUTHOR_ID, DOCUMENT_TYPE, LAST_UPDATE
FROM OPENQUERY(ORACLE_SERVER,
'select DOCUMENT_ID, TITLE, LEGALNAME, AUTHOR_ID, DOCUMENT_TYPE, FUNDTYPE, LAST_UPDATE
from documents')
return
END
You can then use the Table Valued Function as it it were a table in your SQL queries:
SELECT * FROM DOCUMENTS()

I resolved it by avoiding the = operator. Try using this instead:
select * from [OM_ORACLE]..[OM].[DOCUMENT_UPLOAD] where documentUploadID < 0

Related

Why would one specific SQL Server Database fail to convert VARCHAR to NUMERIC?

Is it possible that 2 different SQL Server databases, having the same schema and data, could process a query in a different way, and one of them throwing a " Error converting data type varchar to numeric. " error, while the other one doesn't?
For example, see this query:
SELECT count(*) FROM DEPARTMENTS dpt
inner join
EMPLOYEES emp
on dpt.subgroup_id = emp.subgroup_id
WHERE
emp.employee_id = 12856
and
dpt.department_id in
(
select cm.mapped_value from CONFIGURATIONS c
inner join
CONFIG_MAPPINGS cm on cm.configuration_id = c.id
where
c.name = 'Department that can override self-destruction protocol'
)
The inner select subquery is returning either a value that can be cast to a number, or no results at all. So what I've noticed is that:
One database running Microsoft SQL Server 2012 - 11.0.2100.60 executes the query without errors, as long as the inner statement will not return a non-numeric value
Another database running Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (SP4-GDR) (KB4057116) - 11.0.7462.6 is always throwing the "Error converting data type varchar to numeric." error, regardless of what the inner select query returns.
I've also noticed that if I change the subquery with another one that returns exactly the same, but without the inner join, the 2nd database is not throwing the error
SELECT count(*) FROM DEPARTMENTS dpt
inner join
EMPLOYEES emp
on dpt.subgroup_id = emp.subgroup_id
WHERE
emp.employee_id = 12856
and
dpt.department_id in
(
select cm.mapped_value FROM CONFIG_MAPPINGS
WHERE cm.configuration_id = 'DPT_OVERRIDE_SDP'
)
I know that I should improve the query anyway, adding a ISNUMERIC check, but just out of curiosity, my question is:
Could it be that one these databases is processing the query in a different way (perhaps different execution plan) and always exposes the error, while the other database manages to execute the query?
Execute this queries:
select cm.mapped_value FROM CONFIG_MAPPINGS
WHERE cm.configuration_id = 'DPT_OVERRIDE_SDP' AND ISNUMERIC(cm.mapped_value)<>1
and
select cm.mapped_value from CONFIGURATIONS c
inner join
CONFIG_MAPPINGS cm on cm.configuration_id = c.id
where
c.name = 'Department that can override self-destruction protocol'
AND ISNUMERIC(cm.mapped_value)<>1
to see which values are the reason of error. Then you can use "ISNUMERIC(cm.mapped_value)=1" in your internal query to ignore them.
After comparing the execution plans on both databases, I've noticed they are quite different.
If the plan was joining DEPARTMENTS and CONFIG_MAPPINGS before joining CONFIG_MAPPINGS with CONFIGURATIONS, and before the c.name = .. filter was applied, then we would be joining on dpt.department_id (numeric) = cm.mapped_value, while mapped_value would also contain non-numeric values at that point.
This is the case with the 2nd database, and this explains the conversion error

Joining tables from two Oracle databases in SAS

I am joining two tables together that are located in two separate oracle databases.
I am currently doing this in sas by creating two libname connections to each database and then simply using something like the below.
libname dbase_a oracle user= etc... ;
libname dbase_b oracle user= etc... ;
proc sql;
create table t1 as
select a.*, b.*
from dbase_a.table1 a inner join dbase_b.table2 b
on a.id = b.id;
quit;
However the query is painfully slow. Can you suggest any better options to speed up such a query (short of creating a database link going down the path of creating a database link)?
Many thanks for looking at this.
If those two databases are on the same server and you are able to execute cross-database queries in Oracle, you could try using SQL pass-through:
proc sql;
connect to oracle (user= password= <...>);
create table t1 as
select * from connection to oracle (
select a.*, b.*
from dbase_a.schema_a.table1 a
inner join dbase_b.schema_b.table2 b
on a.id = b.id;
);
disconnect from oracle;
quit;
I think that, in most cases, SAS attemps as much as possible to have the query executed on the database server, even if pass-through was not explicitely specified. However, when that query queries tables that are on different servers, different databases on a system that does not allow cross-database queries or if the query contains SAS-specific functions that SAS is not able to translate in something valid on the DBMS system, then SAS will indeed resort to 'downloading' the complete tables and processing the query locally, which can evidently be painfully inefficient.
The select is for all columns from each table, and the inner join is on the id values only. Because the join criteria evaluation is for data coming from disparate sources, the baggage of all columns could be a big factor in the timing because even non-match rows must be downloaded (by the libname engine, within the SQL execution context) during the ON evaluation.
One approach would be to:
Select only the id from each table
Find the intersection
Upload the intersection to each server (as a scratch table)
Utilize the intersection on each server as pass through selection criteria within the final join in SAS
There are a couple variations depending on the expected number of id matches, the number of different ids in each table, or knowing table-1 and table-2 as SMALL and BIG. For a large number of id matches that need transfer back to a server you will probably want to use some form of bulk copy. For a relative small number of ids in the intersection you might get away with enumerating them directly in a SQL statement using the construct IN (). The size of a SQL statement could be limited by the database, the SAS/ACCESS to ORACLE engine, the SAS macro system.
Consider a data scenario in which it has been determined the potential number of matching ids would be too large for a construct in (id-1,...id-n). In such a case the list of matching ids are dealt with in a tabular manner:
libname SOURCE1 ORACLE ....;
libname SOURCE2 ORACLE ....;
libname SCRATCH1 ORACLE ... must specify a scratch schema ...;
libname SCRATCH2 ORACLE ... must specify a scratch schema ...;
proc sql;
connect using SOURCE1 as PASS1;
connect using SOURCE2 as PASS2;
* compute intersection from only id data sent to SAS;
create table INTERSECTION as
(select id from connection to PASS1 (select id from table1))
intersect
(select id from connection to PASS2 (select id from table2))
;
* upload intersection to each server;
create table SCRATCH1.ids as select id from INTERSECTION;
create table SCRATCH2.ids as select id from INTERSECTION;
* compute inner join from only data that matches intersection;
create table INNERJOIN as select ONE.*, TWO.* from
(select * from connection to PASS1 (
select * from oracle-path-to-schema.table1
where id in (select id from oracle-path-to-scratch.ids)
))
JOIN
(select * from connection to PASS2 (
select * from oracle-path-to-schema.table2
where id in (select id from oracle-path-to-scratch.ids)
));
...
For the case of both table-1 and table-2 having very large numbers of ids that exceed the resource capacity of your SAS platform you will have to also iterate the approach for ranges of id counts. Techniques for range criteria determination for each iteration is a tale for another day.

Sql code into kdb code

I am taking a query in SQL Server and trying to write it in KDB. I have done this before without issue but this time the kdb query seems to be returning a different amount of rows than SQL when it should return the same. My SQL code is:
SELECT
*
FROM tbl_Master
INNER JOIN map_2012
ON tbl_Master.RM_ID = map_2012.RMID
LEFT JOIN src_CQ
ON map_2012.INST = src_CQ.INST
My kdb code is
Y:map_2012 ij `RMID xkey select RMID:RM_ID, RG_ID, RM_Name from
tbl__Master
Y:src_CQ lj `INST xkey Y
It is simple code but I can not figure out why the returned rows are so much different
In SQL query you left join src_CQ to map_2012. To do the same in KDB map_2012 has to be on the left and src_CQ on the right:
Y:Y lj `INST xkey src_CQ
Also note, that in case map_2012 has duplicate values in RMID column or src_CQ has duplicate values in INST column, keying of table in KDB will remove rows with the duplicates. Under these circumstances another approach is required, I believe equi-join eq will help in this case.

sql server linked server to oracle returns no data found when data exists

I have a linked server setup in SQL Server to hit an Oracle database. I have a query in SQL Server that joins on the Oracle table using dot notation. I am getting a “No Data Found” error from Oracle. On the Oracle side, I am hitting a table (not a view) and no stored procedure is involved.
First, when there is no data I should just get zero rows and not an error.
Second, there should actually be data in this case.
Third, I have only seen the ORA-01403 error in PL/SQL code; never in SQL.
This is the full error message:
OLE DB provider "OraOLEDB.Oracle" for linked server "OM_ORACLE" returned message "ORA-01403: no data found".
Msg 7346, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
Cannot get the data of the row from the OLE DB provider "OraOLEDB.Oracle" for linked server "OM_ORACLE".
Here are some more details, but it probably does not mean anything since you don’t have my tables and data.
This is the query with the problem:
select *
from eopf.Batch b join eopf.BatchFile bf
on b.BatchID = bf.BatchID
left outer join [OM_ORACLE]..[OM].[DOCUMENT_UPLOAD] du
on bf.ReferenceID = du.documentUploadID;
I can’t understand why I get a “no data found” error. The query below uses the same Oracle table and returns no data but I don’t get an error - I just get no rows returned.
select * from [OM_ORACLE]..[OM].[DOCUMENT_UPLOAD] where documentUploadID = -1
The query below returns data. I just removed one of the SQL Server tables from the join. But removing the batch table does not change the rows returned from batchFile (271 rows in both cases – all rows in batchFile have a batch entry). It should still be joining the same batchFile rows to the same Oracle rows.
select *
from eopf.BatchFile bf
left outer join [OM_ORACLE]..[OM].[DOCUMENT_UPLOAD] du
on bf.ReferenceID = du.documentUploadID;
And this query returns 5 rows. It should be the same 5 from the original query. ( I can’t use this because I need data from the batch and batchFile table).
select *
from [OM_ORACLE]..[OM].[DOCUMENT_UPLOAD] du
where du.documentUploadId
in
(
select bf.ReferenceID
from eopf.Batch b join eopf.BatchFile bf
on b.BatchID = bf.BatchID);
Has anyone experienced this error?
Today I experienced the same problem with an inner Join. As creating a Table Valued Function suggested by codechurn or using a Temporary Table suggested by user1935511 or changing the Join Types suggested by cymorg are no options for me, I like to share my solution.
I used Join Hints to drive the query optimizer into the right direction, as the problem seems to rise up from nested loops join strategy with the remote table locally . For me HASH, MERGE and REMOTE join hints worked.
For you REMOTE will not be an option because it can be used only for inner join operations. So using something like the following should work.
select *
from eopf.Batch b
join eopf.BatchFile bf
on b.BatchID = bf.BatchID
left outer merge join [OM_ORACLE]..[OM].[DOCUMENT_UPLOAD] du
on bf.ReferenceID = du.documentUploadID;
I've had the same problem.
Solution1: load the data from the Oracle database into a temp table, then join to that temp table instead - here's a link.
From this post a link you can find out that the problem can be with using left join.
I've checked with my problem and after changing my query it solved the problem.
In my case I had a complex view made from a linked table, 3 views based on the linked table and a local table. I was using Inner Joins throughout and this problem manifested. Changing the joins to Left and Right Outer Joins (as appropriate) resolved the issue.
Another way to work around the problem is to pull back the Oracle data into a Table Valued Function. This will cause SQL Server to go out and retrieve all of the data from Oracle and throw it into a resultant table variable. For all intent and purpose, the Oracle data is now "local" to SQL Server if you use the resultant Table Valued Function in a query.
I believe the original problem is that SQL Server is trying to optimize the execution of your compound query which includes the remote Oracle query results in-line. By using a Table Valued Function to wrap the Oracle call, SQL Server will optimize the compound query on the resultant table variable returned from the function and not the results from the remote query execution.
CREATE function [dbo].[documents]()
returns #results TABLE (
DOCUMENT_ID INT NOT NULL,
TITLE VARCHAR(6) NOT NULL,
LEGALNAME VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
AUTHOR_ID INT NOT NULL,
DOCUMENT_TYPE VARCHAR(1) NOT NULL,
LAST_UPDATE DATETIME
) AS
BEGIN
INSERT INTO #results
SELECT CAST(DOCUMENT_ID AS INT) AS DOCUMENT_ID, TITLE, LEGALNAME, CAST(AUTHOR_ID AS INT) AS AUTHOR_ID, DOCUMENT_TYPE, LAST_UPDATE
FROM OPENQUERY(ORACLE_SERVER,
'select DOCUMENT_ID, TITLE, LEGALNAME, AUTHOR_ID, DOCUMENT_TYPE, FUNDTYPE, LAST_UPDATE
from documents')
return
END
You can then use the Table Valued Function as it it were a table in your SQL queries:
SELECT * FROM DOCUMENTS()
I resolved it by avoiding the = operator. Try using this instead:
select * from [OM_ORACLE]..[OM].[DOCUMENT_UPLOAD] where documentUploadID < 0

Using the results of a query in OPENQUERY

I have a SQL Server 2005 database that is linked to an Oracle database. What I want to do is run a query to pull some ID numbers out of it, then find out which ones are in Oracle.
So I want to take the results of this query:
SELECT pidm
FROM sql_server_table
And do something like this to query the Oracle database (assuming that the results of the previous query are stored in #pidms):
OPENQUERY(oracledb,
'
SELECT pidm
FROM table
WHERE pidm IN (' +
#pidms + ')')
GO
But I'm having trouble thinking of a good way to do this. I suppose that I could do an inner join of queries similar to these two. Unfortunately, there are a lot of records to pull within a limited timeframe so I don't think that will be a very performant option to choose.
Any suggestions? I'd ideally like to do this with as little Dynamic SQL as possible.
Ahhhh, pidms. Brings back bad memories! :)
You could do the join, but you would do it like this:
select sql.pidm,sql.field2 from sqltable as sql
inner join
(select pidm,field2 from oracledb..schema.table) as orcl
on
sql.pidm = orcl.pidm
I'm not sure if you could write a PL/SQL procedure that would take a table variable from sql...but maybe.....no, I doubt it.
Store openquery results in a temp table, then do an inner join between the SQL table and the temp table.
I don't think you can do a join since OPENQUERY requires a pure string (as you wrote above).
BG: Actually JOIN IN SQLServer to Oracle by OpenQuery works, avoiding #tmp table and allowing JOIN to SQL without Param* - ex.
[SQL SP] LEFT JOIN OPENQUERY(ORADB,
'SELECT COUNT(distinct O.ORD_NUM) LCNT,
O.ORD_MAIN_NUM
FROM CUSTOMER.CUST_FILE C
JOIN CUSTOMER.ORDER_NEW O
ON C.ID = O.ORD_ID
WHERE C.CUS_ID NOT IN (''2'',''3'')
GROUP BY O.ORD_MAIN_MACNUM') LC
ON T.ID = LC.ORD_MAIN_ID*
Cheers, Bill Gibbs

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