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The Oracle database initialization parameters in the
init.ora file are distinct from gateway initialization parameters. Set the gateway parameters in the initialization parameter file using an agent-specific mechanism, or set them in the Oracle data dictionary using the
DBMS_HS package. The gateway initialization parameter file must be available when the gateway is started.
This appendix contains a list of the gateway initialization parameters that can be set for each gateway and their description. It also describes the initialization parameter file syntax. It includes the following sections:
Oracle Database Gateway for Informix Initialization Parameters
The syntax for the initialization parameter file is as follows:
The file is a sequence of commands.
Each command should start on a separate line.
End of line is considered a command terminator (unless escaped with a backslash).
If there is a syntax error in an initialization parameter file, none of the settings take effect.
Set the parameter values as follows:
[SET][PRIVATE] parameter=value
parameter is an initialization parameter name. It is a string of characters starting with a letter and consisting of letters, digits and underscores. Initialization parameter names are case sensitive.
value is the initialization parameter value. It is case-sensitive. An initialization parameter value is either:
A string of characters that does not contain any backslashes, white space or double quotation marks (")
A quoted string beginning with a double quotation mark and ending with a double quotation mark. The following can be used inside a quoted string:
backslash (\) is the escape character
\n inserts a new line
\t inserts a tab
\" inserts a double quotation mark
\\ inserts a backslash
A backslash at the end of the line continues the string on the next line. If a backslash precedes any other character then the backslash is ignored.
For example, to enable tracing for an agent, set the
HS_FDS_TRACE_LEVEL initialization parameter as follows:
SET and
PRIVATE are optional keywords. You cannot use either as an initialization parameter name. Most parameters are needed only as initialization parameters, so you usually do not need to use the
SET or
PRIVATE keywords. If you do not specify either
SET or
PRIVATE, the parameter is used only as an initialization parameter for the agent.
SET specifies that, in addition to being used as an initialization parameter, the parameter value is set as an environment variable for the agent process. Use
SET for parameter values that the drivers or non-Oracle system need as environment variables.
PRIVATE specifies that the initialization parameter should be private to the agent and should not be uploaded to the Oracle database. Most initialization parameters should not be private. If, however, you are storing sensitive information like a password in the initialization parameter file, then you may not want it uploaded to the server because the initialization parameters and values are not encrypted when uploaded. Making the initialization parameters private prevents the upload from happening and they do not appear in dynamic performance views. Use
PRIVATE for the initialization parameters only if the parameter value includes sensitive information such as a user name or password.
SET PRIVATE specifies that the parameter value is set as an environment variable for the agent process and is also private (not transferred to the Oracle database, not appearing in dynamic performance views or graphical user interfaces).
This section lists all the initialization file parameters that can be set for the Oracle Database Gateway for Informix. They are as follows:
The following sections describe all the initialization file parameters that can be set for gateways.
|Default value
|Range of values
|1 to 199 characters
Specifies a unique network sub-address for a non-Oracle system. The
HS_DB_DOMAIN initialization parameter is similar to the
DB_DOMAIN initialization parameter, described in the Oracle Database Reference. The
HS_DB_DOMAIN initialization parameter is required if you use the Oracle Names server. The
HS_DB_NAME and
HS_DB_DOMAIN initialization parameters define the global name of the non-Oracle system.
HS_DB_NAME and
HS_DB_DOMAIN initialization parameters must combine to form a unique address in a cooperative server environment.
|Default value
|Range of values
|1 to 16 hexadecimal characters
Specifies a unique hexadecimal number identifying the instance to which the Heterogeneous Services agent is connected. This parameter's value is used as part of a transaction ID when global name services are activated. Specifying a nonunique number can cause problems when two-phase commit recovery actions are necessary for a transaction.
|Default value
|Range of values
|1 to 8 characters
Specifies a unique alphanumeric name for the data store given to the non-Oracle system. This name identifies the non-Oracle system within the cooperative server environment. The
HS_DB_NAME and
HS_DB_DOMAIN initialization parameters define the global name of the non-Oracle system.
|Default value
|Range of values
1 to
Specifies the maximum number of entries in the describe cache used by Heterogeneous Services. This limit is known as the describe cache high water mark. The cache contains descriptions of the mapped tables that Heterogeneous Services reuses so that it does not have to re-access the non-Oracle data store.
If you are accessing many mapped tables, increase the high water mark to improve performance. Increasing the high water mark improves performance at the cost of memory usage.
|Default value
|Range of values
|Any valid language name (up to 255 characters)
Provides Heterogeneous Services with character set, language, and territory information of the non-Oracle data source. The value must use the following format:
Note:The globalization support initialization parameters affect error messages, the data for the SQL Service, and parameters in distributed external procedures.
Ideally, the character sets of the Oracle database and the non-Oracle data source are the same. If they are not the same, Heterogeneous Services attempts to translate the character set of the non-Oracle data source to the Oracle database character set, and back again. The translation can degrade performance. In some cases, Heterogeneous Services cannot translate a character from one character set to another.
Note:The specified character set must be a superset of the operating system character set on the platform where the agent is installed.
The language component of the
HS_LANGUAGE initialization parameter determines:
Day and month names of dates
AD, BC, PM, and AM symbols for date and time
Default sorting mechanism
Note that Oracle does not determine the language for error messages for the generic Heterogeneous Services messages (
ORA-25000 through
ORA-28000). These are controlled by the session settings in the Oracle database.
Note:Use the
HS_NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE initialization parameter to set the day and month names, and the AD, BC, PM, and AM symbols for dates and time independently from the language.
The territory clause specifies the conventions for day and week numbering, default date format, decimal character and group separator, and ISO and local currency symbols. Note that the level of globalization support between the Oracle database and the non-Oracle data source depends on how the gateway is implemented.
|Default value
|Range of values
|Any value up to 2 GB
Sets the size of the piece of
LONG data being transferred. A smaller piece size means less memory requirement, but more round-trips to fetch all the data. A larger piece size means fewer round-trips, but more of a memory requirement to store the intermediate pieces internally. Thus, the initialization parameter can be used to tune a system for the best performance, with the best trade-off between round-trips and memory requirements, and network latency or response time.
|Default value
|Range of values
1 to the value of Oracle's
OPEN_CURSORS initialization parameter
Defines the maximum number of cursors that can be open on one connection to a non-Oracle system instance.
The value never exceeds the number of open cursors in the Oracle database. Therefore, setting the same value as the
OPEN_CURSORS initialization parameter in the Oracle database is recommended.
|Default value
|Range of values
OFF or
Controls whether Heterogeneous Services attempts to optimize performance of data transfer between the Oracle database and the Heterogeneous Services agent connected to the non-Oracle data store.
The following values are possible:
OFF disables reblocking of fetched data so that data is immediately sent from agent to server.
ON enables reblocking, which means that data fetched from the non-Oracle system is buffered in the agent and is not sent to the Oracle database until the amount of fetched data is equal or higher than the value of
HS_RPC_FETCH_SIZE initialization parameter. However, any buffered data is returned immediately when a fetch indicates that no more data exists or when the non-Oracle system reports an error.
|Default value
|Range of values
|1 to 10000000
Tunes internal data buffering to optimize the data transfer rate between the server and the agent process.
Increasing the value can reduce the number of network round-trips needed to transfer a given amount of data, but also tends to increase data bandwidth and to reduce latency as measured between issuing a query and completion of all fetches for the query. Nevertheless, increasing the fetch size can increase latency for the initial fetch results of a query, because the first fetch results are not transmitted until additional data is available.
|Default value for '[+|-]hh:mm'
|Derived from the
NLS_TERRITORY initialization parameter
|Range of values for '[+|-]hh:mm'
|Any valid datetime format mask
Specifies the default local time zone displacement for the current SQL session. The format mask, [+|-]hh:mm, is specified to indicate the hours and minutes before or after UTC (Coordinated Universal Time—formerly Greenwich Mean Time). For example:
HS_TIME_ZONE = [+ | -] hh:mm
|Default Value
|Range of Values
Specifies the type of transaction model that is used when the non-Oracle database is updated by a transaction.
The following values are possible:
COMMIT_CONFIRM provides read and write access to the non-Oracle database and allows the gateway to be part of a distributed update. To use the commit-confirm model, the following items must be created in the non-Oracle database:
Transaction log table. The default table name is
HS_TRANSACTION_LOG. A different name can be set using the
HS_FDS_TRANSACTION_LOG parameter. The transaction log table must be granted
DELETE, and
INSERT privileges set to public.
Recovery account. The account name is assigned with the
HS_FDS_RECOVERY_ACCOUNT parameter.
Recovery account password. The password is assigned with the
HS_FDS_RECOVERY_PWD parameter.
READ_ONLY provides read access to the non-Oracle database.
SINGLE_SITE provides read and write access to the non-Oracle database. However, the gateway cannot participate in distributed updates.
|Default value
|Range of values
|Valid parameter file names
Use the
IFILE initialization parameter to embed another initialization file within the current initialization file. The value should be an absolute path and should not contain environment variables. The three levels of nesting limit does not apply.
See Also:Oracle Database Reference
|Default Value
|Range of Values
|Not applicable
HS_FDS_CONNECT_INFO which describes the connection to the non-Oracle system.
The default initialization parameter file already has an entry for this parameter. The syntax for
HS_FDS_CONNECT_INFO for the gateway is as follows:
host_name is the host name or IP address of the machine hosting the Informix database,
port_number is the port number of the Informix database server,
server_name is the name of the Informix database server, and
database_name is the Informix database name.
|Default Value
|Range of Values
|Not applicable
The name of the table owner that is used for the non-Oracle database tables if an owner is not specified in the SQL statements.
Note:If this parameter is not specified and the owner is not explicitly specified in the SQL statement, then the user name of the Oracle user or the user name specified when creating the database link is used.
|Default Value
|Range of values
|Any valid user ID
Specifies the name of the recovery account used for the commit-confirm transaction model. An account with user name and password must be set up at the non-Oracle system. For more information about the commit-confirm model, see the
HS_TRANSACTION_MODEL parameter.
The name of the recovery account is case-sensitive.
|Default Value
|Range of values
|Any valid password
Specifies the password of the recovery account used for the commit-confirm transaction model set up at the non-Oracle system. For more information about the commit-confirm model, see the
HS_TRANSACTION_MODEL parameter.
The name of the password of the recovery account is case-sensitive.
|Default Value
|Range of values
Specifies whether error tracing is turned on or off for gateway connectivity.
The following values are valid:
OFF disables the tracing of error messages.
ON enables the tracing of error messages that occur when you encounter problems. The results are written by default to a gateway log file in LOG directory where the gateway is installed.
DEBUG enables the tracing of detailed error messages that can be used for debugging.
|Default Value
|Range of Values
|Any valid table name
Specifies the name of the table created in the non-Oracle system for logging transactions. For more information about the transaction model, see the
HS_TRANSACTION_MODEL parameter.
|Default Value
|Range of Values
|Any integer between
1 and
HS_FDS_FETCH_ROWS specifies the fetch array size. This is the number of rows to be fetched from the non-Oracle database and to return to Oracle database at one time. This parameter will be affected by the
HS_RPC_FETCH_SIZE and
HS_RPC_FETCH_REBLOCKING parameters.
After the gateway is installed and configured, you can use the gateway to access Informix data, pass Informix commands from applications to the Informix database, perform distributed queries, and copy data.
This chapter contains the following sections:
The gateway can pass Informix commands or statements from the application to the Informix database using the
DBMS_HS_PASSTHROUGH package.
Use the
DBMS_HS_PASSTHROUGH package in a PL/SQL block to specify the statement to be passed to the Informix database, as follows:
num_rows INTEGER;
num_rows := DBMS_HS_PASSTHROUGH.EXECUTE_IMMEDIATE@IFMX('command');
Where command cannot be one of the following:
Informix tool commands
DBMS_HS_PASSTHROUGH package supports passing bind values and executing
SELECT statements.
Note:It is recommended that you
COMMIT after each DDL statement in the pass-through.
See Also:Oracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference and Chapter 3, Features of Oracle Database Gateways, of Oracle Database Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide for more information about the
DBMS_HS_PASSTHROUGH package.
Informix and Oracle databases function differently in some areas, causing compatibility problems. The following compatibility issues are described in this section:
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has established a set of industry standards for SQL. The gateway supports only Informix databases that comply with the ANSI standard. For more information about how to create or start up an ANSI-compliant Informix database, refer to your Informix documentation.
Naming rule issues include the following:
Oracle and Informix use different database object naming rules. For example, the maximum number of characters allowed for each object name can be different. Also, the use of single and double quotation marks, case sensitivity, and the use of alphanumeric characters can all be different.
See Also:Oracle Database Reference and Informix documentation.
Names of Informix database objects are limited to a maximum of 18 characters. An object name can be composed of these characters:
Numbers 0 to 9
Lowercase letters a to z
Uppercase letters A to Z
Underscore character (_)
Informix handles letter case differently from Oracle. Informix uses these rules:
Table owner names default to uppercase letters, unless the name is surrounded by double quote characters
Column names, table names, view names, and so on, are always treated as lowercase letters
The Oracle database defaults to uppercase unless you surround identifiers with double quote characters. For example, to refer to the Informix table called
emp, enter the name with double quote characters, as follows:
SQL> SELECT * FROM "emp"@IFMX;
However, to refer to the Informix table called
emp owned by
SCOTT from an Oracle application, enter the following:
SQL> SELECT * FROM "Scott"."emp"@IFMX;
If the Informix table called
emp is owned by
SCOTT, a table owner name in uppercase letters, you can enter the owner name without double quote characters, as follows:
SQL> SELECT * FROM SCOTT."emp"@IFMX;
SQL> SELECT * FROM scott."emp"@IFMX;
Oracle recommends that you surround all Informix object names with double quote characters and use the exact letter case for the object names as they appear in the Informix data dictionary. This convention is not required when referring to the supported Oracle data dictionary tables or views listed in Appendix C, "Data Dictionary".
If existing applications cannot be changed according to these conventions, create views in Oracle to associate Informix names to the correct letter case. For example, to refer to the Informix table
emp from an existing Oracle application by using only uppercase names, define the following view:
SQL> CREATE VIEW EMP (EMPNO, ENAME, SAL, HIREDATE) AS SELECT "empno", "ename", "sal", "hiredate" FROM "emp"@IFMX;
With this view, the application can issue statements such as the following:
Using views is a workaround solution that duplicates data dictionary information originating in the Informix data dictionary. You must be prepared to update the Oracle view definitions whenever the data definitions for the corresponding tables are changed in the Informix database.
Data type issues include the following:
Oracle SQL uses hexadecimal digits surrounded by single quotes to express literal values being compared or inserted into columns defined as data type
This notation is not converted to syntax compatible with Informix
BYTE and
TEXT data types (a 0x followed by hexadecimal digits, surrounded by single quotes).
For example, the following statement is not supported:
SQL> INSERT INTO BYTE_TAB@IFMX VALUES ('Oxff');
BYTE_TAB contains a column of data type
BYTE or
TEXT. Use bind variables when inserting into or updating
BYTE or
TEXT data types.
Informix does not support implicit date conversions. Such conversions must be explicit.
For example, the gateway issues an error for the following
SELECT statement:
To avoid problems with implicit conversions, add explicit conversions, as in the following:
See Also:Appendix A, "Data Type Conversion" for more information about restrictions on data types.
Query issues include the following:
Informix evaluates a query condition for all selected rows before returning any of the rows. If there is an error in the evaluation process for one or more rows, no rows are returned even though the remaining rows satisfy the condition.
Oracle evaluates the query condition row-by-row and returns a row when the evaluation is successful. Rows are returned until a row fails the evaluation.
Oracle processes an empty string in a SQL statement as a null value. Informix processes an empty string as an empty string.
Comparing to an empty string
The gateway passes literal empty strings to the Informix database without any conversion. If you intended an empty string to represent a null value, Informix does not process the statement that way; it uses the empty string.
You can avoid this problem by using
NULL or
IS NULL in the SQL statement instead of the empty string syntax, as in the following example:
SELECT * from "emp"@IFMX where "ename" IS NULL;
Selecting an empty string
VARCHAR columns, the gateway returns an empty string to the Oracle database as
NULL value.
CHAR columns, the gateway returns the full size of the column with each character as empty space (' ').
The locking model for an Informix database differs significantly from the Oracle model. The gateway depends on the underlying Informix behavior, so Oracle applications that access Informix through the gateway can be affected by the following possible scenarios:
Read access might block write access
Write access might block read access
Statement-level read consistency is not guaranteed
See Also:Informix documentation for information about the Informix locking model.
If you encounter incompatibility problems not listed in this section or in "Known Problems", contact Oracle Support Services. The following section describes the known restrictions and includes suggestions for dealing with them when possible:
COMMIT or ROLLBACK in PL/SQL Cursor Loops Closes Open Cursors
Note:If you have any questions or concerns about the restrictions, contact Oracle Support Services.
The gateway cannot guarantee transactional integrity in the following cases:
When a statement that is processed by the gateway causes an implicit commit in the target database
When the target database is configured to work in autocommit mode
Note:Oracle strongly recommends the following:
The gateway does not support savepoints. If a distributed update transaction is under way involving the gateway and a user attempts to create a savepoint, the following error occurs:
ORA-02070: database dblink does not support savepoint in this context
By default, the gateway is configured as
COMMIT_CONFIRM and in this transaction mode it is always the commit point site when the Informix database is updated by the transaction.
Informix version 7.23 has a bug which prevents configuring the gateway as
See Also:Appendix D, "Initialization Parameters" and the Oracle Database Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide for more information about customizing the initialization parameter file.
COMMIT or
ROLLBACK issued in a PL/SQL cursor loop closes all open cursors, which can result in the following error:
ORA-1002: fetch out of sequence
To prevent this error, move the
COMMIT or
ROLLBACK statement outside the cursor loop.
If the SQL statements being passed through the gateway result in an implicit commit at the Informix database, the Oracle transaction manager is unaware of the commit and an Oracle
ROLLBACK command cannot be used to roll back the transaction.
SMALLFLOAT and
REAL data types have a precision of
The gateway cannot select a column defined with an Informix
NCHAR or
NVARCHAR data type.
This section lists restrictions on the following SQL syntax:
See Also:Appendix B, "Supported SQL Syntax and Functions" for more information about restrictions on SQL syntax.
UPDATE and
DELETE statements with the
OF clause are not supported by the gateway because they rely on the Oracle
ROWID implementation. To update or delete a specific row through the gateway, a condition style
WHERE clause must be used.
NULL keyword cannot be used in the select list of a
SELECT statement because that syntax is not
For example, the following statement cannot be used:
Subqueries of
INSERT statements cannot use multiple aliases for the same table. For example, the following statement is not supported:
SQL> INSERT INTO "emp_target"@IFMX SELECT a."empno" FROM "emp_source"@IFMX a, "emp_source"@IFMX b WHERE b."empno"=9999
SQL statements in subqueries of
INSERT, and
UPDATE statements cannot refer to the same table as specified in the outer query. This is because of the locking mechanism in Informix.
SQL statements that require the gateway to callback to Oracle database would not be supported.
The following categories of SQL statements will result in a callback:
Any DML with a sub-select, which refers to a table in Oracle database. For example:
INSERT INTO emp@non_oracle SELECT * FROM oracle_emp;
UPDATE or "
SELECT... FOR UPDATE..." SQL statement containing SQL functions or statements that need to be executed at the originating Oracle database.
These SQL functions include
USERENV, and
SYSDATE, and the SQL statements are in selects of data from the originating Oracle database. For example:
DELETE FROM emp@non_oracle WHERE hiredate > SYSDATE;
SELECT ename FROM tkhoemp@non_oracle WHERE hiredate IN (SELECT hiredate FROM tkhoemp) FOR UPDATE OF empno;
Any SQL statement that involves a table in Oracle database, and a
LONG or
LOB column in a remote table. For example:
SELECT a.long1, b.empno FROM scott.table@non_oracle a, emp b WHERE a.id=b.empno;
SELECT a.long1, b.dummy FROM table_non@non_oracle a, dual b;
a.long1 is a
LONG column.
In SQL*Plus, the gateway does not support using a
SELECT statement to retrieve data from an Informix column defined as data type
You need to use double quotes to wrap around lowercase table names, for example:
copy from tkhouser/tkhouser@inst1 insert loc_tkhodept using select* from "tkhodept"@holink2;
The gateway is not multithreaded and cannot support shared database links. Each gateway session spawns a separate gateway process and connections cannot be shared.
Only the first 64 characters of the view definition are returned when querying
ALL_VIEWS and
USER_VIEWS in the gateway data dictionary.
This section describes known problems and includes suggestions for correcting them when possible. If you have any questions or concerns about the problems, contact Oracle Support Services. A current list of problems is available online. Contact your local Oracle office for information about accessing the list.
The following known problems are described in this section:
Oracle database no longer supports the initialization parameter
DBLINK_ENCRYPT_LOGIN. Up to version 7.3, this parameter's default
TRUE value prevented the password for the login user ID from being sent over the network (in the clear). Later versions automatically encrypt the password.
The following restrictions apply when using
BYTE and
TEXT data types:
An unsupported SQL function cannot be used in a SQL statement that accesses a column defined as Informix data type
You cannot use SQL*Plus to select data from a column defined as Informix data type
TEXT when the data is greater than 80 characters in length. Oracle recommends using Pro*C or Oracle Call Interface to access such data in a Informix database.
BYTE and
TEXT data types must be
NULLABLE for
INSERT or
UPDATE to work.
A table including a
BYTE or
TEXT column must have a unique index defined on the table or the table must have a separate column that serves as a primary key.
BYTE and
TEXT data in a view cannot be accessed.
BYTE and
TEXT data cannot be read through pass-through queries.
Data less than 32,739 bytes can not be inserted into
BYTE and
TEXT columns using bind variables.
The gateway does not support the PL/SQL function
COLUMN_VALUE_LONG of the
DBMS_SQL package.
If you do not prefix a Informix database object with its schema name in a SQL statement within a PL/SQL blo�i�ck, the following error message occurs:
ORA-6550 PLS-201 Identifier table_name must be declared.
Change the SQL statement to include the schema name of the object.
User's Guide
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This chapter introduces the challenge faced by organizations when running several different database systems. It briefly covers Heterogeneous Services, the technology that the Oracle Database Gateway for Informix is based on.
To get a good understanding of generic gateway technology, Heterogeneous Services, and how Oracle Database Gateways fit in the picture, reading the Oracle Database Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide first is highly recommended.
This chapter contains the following sections:
Heterogeneous data access is a problem that affects a lot of companies. A lot of companies run several different database systems. Each of these systems stores data and has a set of applications that run against it. Consolidation of this data in one database system is often hard-in large part because many of the applications that run against one database may not have an equivalent that runs against another. Until such time as migration to one consolidated database system is made feasible, it is necessary for the various heterogeneous database systems to interoperate.
Oracle Database Gateways provide the ability to transparently access data residing in a non-Oracle system from an Oracle environment. This transparency eliminates the need for application developers to customize their applications to access data from different non-Oracle systems, thus decreasing development efforts and increasing the mobility of the application. Applications can be developed using a consistent Oracle interface for both Oracle and Informix.
Gateway technology is composed of two parts: a component that has the generic technology to connect to a non-Oracle system, which is common to all the non-Oracle systems, called Heterogeneous Services, and a component that is specific to the non-Oracle system that the gateway connects to. Heterogeneous Services, in conjunction with the Oracle Database Gateway agent, enables transparent access to non-Oracle systems from an Oracle environment.
Heterogeneous Services provides the generic technology for connecting to non-Oracle systems. As an integrated component of the database, Heterogeneous Services can exploit features of the database, such as the powerful SQL parsing and distributed optimization capabilities.
Heterogeneous Services extend the Oracle SQL engine to recognize the SQL and procedural capabilities of the remote non-Oracle system and the mappings required to obtain necessary data dictionary information. Heterogeneous Services provides two types of translations: the ability to translate Oracle SQL into the proper dialect of the non-Oracle system as well as data dictionary translations which displays the metadata of the non-Oracle system in the local format. For situations where no translations are available, native SQL can be issued to the non-Oracle system using the pass-through feature of Heterogeneous Services.
Heterogeneous Services also maintains the transaction coordination between Oracle and the remote non-Oracle system, such as providing the two-phase commit protocol to ensure distributed transaction integrity, even for non-Oracle systems that do not natively support two-phase commit.
See Also:Oracle Database Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide for more information about Heterogeneous Services.
The capabilities, SQL mappings, data type conversions, and interface to the remote non-Oracle system are contained in the gateway. The gateway interacts with Heterogeneous Services to provide the transparent connectivity between Oracle and non-Oracle systems.
The gateway can be installed on any machine independent of the Oracle or non-Oracle database. It can be the same machine as the Oracle database or on the same machine as the Informix database or on a third machine as a standalone. Each configuration has its advantages and disadvantages. The issues to consider when determining where to install the gateway are network traffic, operating system platform availability, hardware resources and storage.
This appendix contains the following sections:
With a few exceptions, the gateway provides full support for Oracle
SELECT, and
UPDATE statements.
The gateway does not support Oracle data definition language (DDL) statements. No form of the Oracle
GRANT, or
TRUNCATE statements can be used. Instead, use the pass-through feature of the gateway if you need to use DDL statements against the Informix database.
See Also:Oracle Database SQL Language Reference for a detailed descriptions of keywords, parameters, and options.
DELETE statement is fully supported. However, only Oracle functions supported by Informix can be used. Also, you cannot have SQL statements in the subquery that refer to the same table name in the outer query.
INSERT statement is fully supported. However, only Oracle functions supported by Informix can be used. Also, you cannot have SQL statements in the subquery that refer to the same table name in the outer query.
SELECT statement is fully supported, with these exceptions:
Subquery in
HAVING clause
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I never rank my books like this. I know my top 2 books but the rest is all muddled. It's hard to rank them because they're all so different and are my favourites for different reasons. What matters is I love them all and I'd recommend them to everyone.
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The dreamer was feeling less self-conscious and was making an effort to be happier.
The Dream
"Often in my dreams I'm in a bathroom and its always dirty. If I'm ever in the shower in a dream it is always clogged with brown water or water with bugs in it. The last bathroom that I dreamed of was painted lime green and it was soggy and warm from a shower that was just taken. I tried to clean it up and it felt gross to touch the slimy wall. It was my new bathroom, but whoever had it before me left all their products in it. What does a dirty bathroom symbolize?"
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CHAPEL HILL – The LaUNCh business incubator here in Chapel Hill has a reason to celebrate. Seven new ventures are moving into the space off Rosemary St., meaning that three start-ups have graduated from the program. One of those flourishing ventures is Keona Health—a business featured in our 2013 summer series spotlighting the companies of LaUNCh.
UNC graduate student Oakkar Oakkar, CEO of Keona Health, says LaUNCh was a "game changer" for the company which he helped start with UNC Professor Javed Mostafa.
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These Places Narrative poems are examples of Narrative poems about Places. These are the best examples of Places Narrative poems written by international PoetrySoup poets
On the southern side of the old cemetery
there was a field on the corner of Gilmore and 1st,
thick with hidden gopher tunnels and blackberry bushes
where bare feet constructed cupped paths, trampled deep in tall amber grass
It wasn't far beyond a patched wire fence
that hemmed my Grandmother's russet old house.
Westerly whirlwinds would rattle the ragweed
and seeds of the bull-thorns, that prickled our toes
would race with the tumbleweeds, once tossed into rows
like last winter's snowmen, hot sun had decomposed
Traces of honeysuckle mixed with wild rose
from Grandma's old arbor, which loomed in the distance
A rusty old weathervane, cruised 'round, and 'round
The ivy was overgrown, and a sleepy dog snoozed
But, deep in the field, was a land of our own
A place we called 'Neverland', our loft in the wind
In the yoke of one tree, with the help of our dad
a fort built of scrap wood, from piles by the shed,
And by hook or by crook, I would take all commands
from my brother's wild brainstorms, while his black plastic hook,
assigned him the Captain, and me of his crew
of a ramshackle ship, like the old storybook
While I dangled in air, from the tired old swing
"Tinker" my name...in this all-boy domain....
I would push off, he'd pull me right up to the sky
and into the branches, brittle leaves in my eyes......
I would fly to the depth's of a steel gray-blue sky
I could grovel, and shovel, to have his approval........
for he was much older, much wiser than me
and I would play like a tomboy,.....shoving doll-drums away,
on those hot summer days......with red hot splintered rays
in the dry summer sun, that would spotlight our play.
We would play until twilight, and watch the day fade
Defying all gravity.......I could see to eternity
Tootsie Pops clinging to the tip of our tongues
while the sun of the twilight, dipped over the dunes
and the call of our mother, slipped over the moon
Inspired by Charlotte's Contest "Places"
History journeys along with its meandering flow as
a wide birth from bank to bank has eyes straining
trying to see across to the other side, far too wide.
Muddy rivulets stirred up by the river boats drift by
and my dreams become intertwined with what
I have read and the sleepy house boats floating near
the banks that the river dwellers call home.
A huge stainless steel arch with its catenary curve
looms gracefully nearby as a gateway of welcome,
built as a monument to Thomas Jefferson and the
pioneers who braved making their way to St. Louis,
why it is fondly called "the Gateway to the West."
I felt as if the Arch was paying homage to the mighty
Mississippi with its tall shadow falling on her erratic waters.
Children were waving from the banks at contented tourists
waving back as they drifted slowly by and time stood still
with the music of the river taverns mingling with the
contrasting sounds of riverboat whistles, and I drifted along
with them sensing serene pleasure into another time and place.
Riding an elephant
Down the narrow trail looking triumphant
Scanning the golden landscape
Like Hannibal with enemies in flight
Sight from a lofty height
King of the jungle moving
With lioness by his side
Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
Guides by my side with packs on their backs
Some paths steep with rocks
Boots slipping below our tired feet
Beautiful birds in unison flight
Moving with terrestrial light
Stunning sunlight summit on the peak
Praying in an Ethiopian Church
Preserved in rocks built by humans' hands
Never touched by conquest plans
Protected from the invaders' footsteps
Queen of Sheba and Solomon's nest
Touched by Arch of the Covenant
Mary, Joseph, and Jesus once slept
Eating yam, sipping palm wine, and tasting milk
Freshly squeezed by experienced hands
Taste of life in the mosaic grassland
Sustaining and soul refreshing
Cradle of humankind adorning
Invaded for its gold, riches, and human capacity
Birth of life on earth with tenacity
Respecting its living and arduous journey
Essence of life once was and is again to come
Riding a camel across the hot Sahara sand
Once wet now dried, exported gold from Mali…
Treasures from the hearts of once African empires
That which was, is, and shall forever be
Africa the birthing Motherland
We still love and respect thee!
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Tea Leaves On The Bosphorus
Seated at a table by the stirring water,
My eyes absorb the shore of Asia.
Minerets and aged worn stone
Stand haphazardly along the banks.
Istanbul is a lady with secrets
She'll lure you with her unrevealed virgin beauty,
Then seduce you with her ancient lovers.
Grilled sardines filled my charger
Fish pulled from the strait just minutes before,
Lay garnished with parsley and mint .
Red pickled turnips and warm flat bread
Are the implements that help feed me
And scoop up the humus,
Turkish nourishment for my soul.
The empty plates are cleared by a handsome waiter
With dubious intentions I feared,
But I was flattered none the less.
A bowl of yogurt was placed before me,
And my admirer arrived with a comb of honey.
He held it high above the creamy cloud and let the heavy ochre
languidly pour atop the milky whiteness of delight.
After his seduction,he left me alone to my pleasure
As I lapped at the sweet and sour heavenly temptation,
that parted my lips and elevated my being.
As I recovered from my rapture, two eyes caught mine.
The heathen that destroyed my diet approached the table uninvited.
He pulled up a chair and sat down across from me.
In his hands, a cup.
He offered to tell me my future.
White, small, as fragile as an eggshell with the top lopped off.
Within was a dark tea with floating leaves.
In a chivalrous attempt at English conversation,
He handed me the libation and the offer to read the remains.
I, alone in a man's world, unmarried, and of a certain age,
Did not need encouragement and I accepted his offer.
I drained the tea in one gulp and returned it to his hands.
He placed the cup in one palm , then turned it upside down,
Allowing the remaining fluid to drip out around the cup and onto the table.
Once the cup was upright again he studied the leaves, then he spoke.
His voice was soft, at times , unintelligible
His reading was honest, and truthful, and painful.
His prophecy, amusing, and entertaining
His vision and it's accuracy were astounding.
Fifteen years later, the leaves delivered on their promise.
Long fluid lines inside the cup foretold of a marriage,
To a man who would cross a sea to find me.
Two shorter drippings were the children that now delight me.
The tea ring that he was able to complete around the cup ,
Was the warmth of a love that would soon envelop me.
Tea, anyone?
We bound down the stairs, out into the light-of-day, and into the blue of the
misty breezes, heavily laden with the smell of wild sea salt roses that grow in
perfusion along the winding road, that bends and turns in gentle lifts and dips to
the other side of the bay, where it crosses the bridge and rises up and winds
away, over the hill.
Overhead the seagulls screech and glide over the ocean spray that washes on
the rocks on the lower banks behind our house along the Fundy Bay, where we
run like the wind through the fields of fresh cut hay and make our way to the
rocky mantle below .
There in the volcanic plateau, worn smooth as glass by the constant rolling
weight of the ocean, is our pool, known by all in our village, as 'Lizza's Bathtub',
created by the eruption of the earth's inner core, millennia's ago.
We slip into the still, salty water that has been warmed beneath the blazing sun,
and float with the perry winkles and tiny crabs and listen to the sound of the
ocean, that roars beneath us as it leaves in the receding tide, while we drift
away, in our minds, my little brother the 'King' and I, the 'Queen' for a day on
the 'Fundy Bay'.
I'm really not a jealous person. I am happy for those who are fortunate in life. If I see a lady who has a beautiful family that loves her, I am happy for her. When a guy pull up in a fully restored '57 Chevy convertible, complete w/ vanity license plates reading "AHH YEAH", I'm happy for him. I have met two people in my life who have won large lottery jackpots, and I was very happy for them. Even when I see a drop-dead gorgeous exotic looking young woman wearing Chanel and four and a half inch Jimmy Choos, I am delighted for her. Seriously, I'm just not an envious person by nature.
Yesterday, my tire blew out. While I was waiting for my husband, I went into a local pub. A nice girl, Jenna, started a conversation with me. She was missing all four of her front teeth! We somehow started talking about dieting, and she told me that it is impossible for her to gain weight. She mentioned she weighed 102 lbs. and that she would love to gain at least 5 pounds but just couldn't. She complained about how her metabolism was just "too high." I'm sitting there with that old country song playing in my head..."A metabolism too high…What's that mean? It's like too much money, no such thing."
Ironically, it happened to be karaoke evening. Once the festivities started, I clinged to the hope that my DVR was working and recording American Idol so I could watch it when I got home. "Big Matt" was up first singing George Straits. He was actually good. We all clapped. Next, it was Jenna.
I watched Jenna sing. In a world where if most of us had the misfortune to lose even one of our teeth, we would not leave the house unless it was to be fitted with our Davinci Veneers, this gal was poised and confident. She sang beautifully.
I found myself actually envious of this young woman. Not, however, for the reason you think. I found myself envious of her confidence. Despite her appearance, she sang with passion, poise and enthusiasm. Even missing all four of those front teeth, she could get up in front of that crowd and dazzle us all with her nice voice and pleasant demeanor.
As my husband came to my rescue, I left smiling.
I left smiling knowing that there are people like Jenna in this world.
I left smiling knowing that I do give people the benefit of the doubt.
I left smiling knowing that I do always look for the best others.
I left smiling knowing it is possible for me to be jealous of a young woman who is missing her front teeth.
written 28th June 2013
The place downunder, I'm happy to call my home
if you plan on a visit, here's somethings you do "need" to know
Kakadu is a place 'you' need to take the time to see
such magic you will never won't to leave
But...if your arms "outside" the boat...
It...WILL end up down, a crocodiles throat
Ayres rock...is a must place to have on your list, simply this you can not miss
As the sun descends watch it's colours change, you'll be mesmerised by 'pure' bliss
Coober Pedy...for those slightly intrigued with the underground
for it is here, a quiet town where all there house's are found
Ballarat...you can still find gold
Well... so I've been told
I recommend...."you" don't swim in the oceans at the top end..
surrounded by oceans.... the rest, feel free to jump in
"BUT" if you happen to see a 'fin' I highly 'recommend' you swim
With nights call..'when' offered pull up a chair, grab a beer and relax
there's just....'one small' catch
Don't ever be the 'first' to fall "asleep"
Aussie's find 'extensive' pleasure in an innocent prank when asleep
Enjoy your stay....and from the Land downunder we 'all' say "G'day"
and look forward to seeing you again, we know you had a great stay
Wedding Night in Raqqa
Cyclonic violet vision
Etheral and immortal
She swirls her sand baked torso.
Evoking the initial collision of primordial seed,
Swathed in gossamer purple veils,
Writhing to the stomping and clapping
Of jeweled ankles
And henna stained hands.
The tribes have united for my wedding to their son.
I ,foreign and naive, swoon to the power
Of ancient rhythm and verse,
Ripe, fertile gestures,
Pregnant with throbbing pulses
And scattered beats of flailing arms,
Bleating tongues, spinning robes.
A cacophony of incessant chant rose from the dancing women,
Growning louder, feverish in their pleasure
And the nearness of release.
I join in the dancing.
They swath me in voiles and lead me to the center
I dance, and I succumb to my wedding night in Raqqa.
Summer scent is the smell of freedom
where we can escape the flavor of boredom
so we plan to have our vacation on the beach
where we can relax and fresh air is within our reach
The warm wind tenderly embraced my spirit
I felt excited on this first visit
on an island where refugees can find paradise
an island where spending time is wise
The dulcet breeze gently kisses lush green trees
and the mirthful sun smiles over the vast seas
Where surfers play with gigantic waves
and are not certain on what road it paves
The fluffy clouds are smoothly sailing
the birds are singing and harmoniously dancing
There are butterflies that are colorful in hue
like enchanted fairies changing colors from pink to blue
I need my sun block, it's time for swimming
the tables are full because later we're all eating
Ladies are smiling to many cool surfer dudes
Children are hungry seeing delicious exotic foods
I picked a shell that whispered peacefully in my ears
and we built castles that we fancied over the years
out of the small grains of white sands
and all you need is helping hands
God was really great in creating splendid wonders
that were loved by all especially the nature lovers
There are numerous oceans that are aquamarine
and abundant trees and grasses that are green
The brother sun was slowly hiding
because the sister moon was coming
I guess it was our time to pack
but there will come a time for us to go back
Go back to a place of leisure and freedom
where you'll not taste the flavor of boredom
It would be hard for us to say goodbye
because truly we will come back and say Hi!
upon hard grey streets of asphalt I drive
through morn's muted orange glow
white headlights shine, red brake lights blink in time
with changing signals red, yellow, green
disoriented city visitors a hindrance to the flow
why at seven a.m.
now stopped two cars back waiting for green
a woman in a minivan ahead primps methodically
striving in effect to give herself a perm.
the man beside is engrossed in the news
early edition of today's tabloid spread over the wheel
will he know when it's time to go
behind, a husband and wife, I assume
each talk animatedly on their phones
while obnoxious unrestrained children carouse
a movie playing on the DVD
an ancient pickup stopped in the suicide lane
right turn flashing "let me in!"
green, the light changes, yet still we wait
one, two, three and horns start to blare
shaken are they from hypnotic states
virtual hair salons, libraries, and phone booths abandoned
traffic moves once again in earnest
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Zdeno Chara is expected to play in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals Saturday night, but even if the dehydrated defenseman doesn't dress, Canadiens coach Jacques Martin said the Habs won't be altering their approach.
"It doesn't change any of our preparation," Martin said. "We don't control the opposition. I think we prepare to play the Bruins. We know they're going to come out hard. They're a good team and they've had an outstanding season. We've got to be prepared to weather the storm."
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SPRINGFIELD GARDENS, N.Y. (WPIX)—More than a dozen homes were damaged early Wednesday morning in Queens, when a 12-inch water main burst.
The water main, dating back to 1969, broke at about 4:30 a.m. at the corner of 159th Street and 140th Ave.
The Environmental Protection Agency said about 20 homes were affected by the water main break. Some residents reported water completely filling their basements and the first floors of their houses. In some cases, the water levels rose to as high as 2 feet.
PIX 11 News reporter Emily Frances spoke with resident Margaret Thompson, who says 15 feet of water flooded her house.
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we wiped multiple times on attumen and quickly became frustrated with the quick respawn rate of his adds. so we left. we came back at the end of the week, only to find one of our members had given his raid ID to one of the top guilds on the server! but they had skipped netherspite, and i was told he's probably the hardest boss in there. so we went in and gave him a shot, and a couple hours later, we downed him! it was such an exciting and rewarding experience, i couldn't wait to get back in there the next week.
those were my favorite times raiding, before i really knew how to heal, before i knew how game mechanics worked, before i knew pretty much anything, back when we were just a bunch of friends spending a couple nights a week killing shit and laughing the whole time in vent. karazhan is still my favorite instance, and i can't wait to learn it from the MT role


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The Arizona Cardinals will be facing a stiff challenge at home tonight as they host the Seattle Seahawks in an NFC West showdown. With the Hawks sitting atop the division and the Cards having a 3-3 record and 0-2 record in the division, tonight is a must-win game for them if they even want to stay in the discussion for the division crown.
The Cards' defense ha been stellar once again this year, and defensive end Calais Campbell has been a big reason why. But after a scary injury last week left him in the hospital, it certainly looked like he wouldn't play tonight.
As it turns out, Campbell will be on the field tonight against Seattle:
Cardinals DE Calais Campbell, who was carted off Sunday with neck injury and spent night in hospital, will play tonight vs. Seattle.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 17, 2013
His presence is a huge boost for the defense, and coupled with the Arizona home crowd, this could be a defensive slug-fest.
Sitting at 2-4 and having lost two straight games, as well a their starting quarterback, the Buffalo Bills won't have E.J. Manual for the next month of football as they try to stay close to the .500 mark:
EJ Manuel out another 4-6 weeks, according to Marrone. Flynn move for insurance makes more sense. — NFL: AroundTheLeague (@NFL_ATL) October 16, 2013
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Hyman told a joke during a speech at a banquet Thursday night that won't go over well in Alabama.
"What do the moon and Texas A&M have in common? We control the Tide," Hyman said during the Brazos County A&M Club's Coach's Night. The banquet was at the Memorial Student Center on the A&M campus.
The joke was quoted in the Twitter feeds of both the Bryan-College Station Eagle newspaper ( @Aggie_Sports) and of Houston Chronicle/San Antonio Express-News beat writer Brent Zwerneman ( @BrentZwerneman). Both were covering the banquet.
Texas A&M upset No. 1 Alabama, 29-24, last November in Tuscaloosa, although the loss did not prevent the Crimson Tide from claiming another national championship in January.
Hyman, according to Zwerneman's tweets, also told the crowd that his fellow Southeastern Conference athletic directors have "Texas A&M fatigue: We made such an impact on the league they're tired of us."
After making his "control the Tide" joke, Hyman reportedly told Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin he wants to be able to say the same thing in a year.
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After a season in which the Cal Golden Bears ranked near the bottom of the Football Bowl Subdivision with a defense that allowed 529.6 yards per game, coach Sonny Dykes has reportedly demoted defensive coordinator Andy Buh and brought in former Cincinnati defensive coordinator Art Kaufman.
FootballScoop.com reported the story.
Cal ranked 124th among the 125 FBS schools in total defense last season while surrendering 47.4 points per game, which ranked dead last in major college football.
Kaufman was a longtime assistant for Tommy Tuberville, serving as his defensive coordinator at Ole Miss 1995-98 and remaining there for two more seasons after Tuberville left to Auburn and then rejoined Tuberville at Texas Tech in 2012 and Cincinnati in 2013.
In 2012, Kaufman engineered a defensive turnaround that saw Texas Tech rise from 114th in the nation in total defense to 38th, while Cincinnati ranked ninth in total defense in 2013 and 14th in scoring defense.
Kaufman has been a college football defensive assistant since 1983 and has been a defensive coordinator for 16 of those. He's been at Northwestern State, Louisiana Tech, Arkansas Tech, East Carolina, Middle Tennessee, Southern Mississippi, North Carolina as well as Ole Miss, Texas Tech and Cincinnati.
It's the right move. Cal looked simply overmatched often last season defensively and there appeared to be little in the way of adjustments to attempt to correct the problems.
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- Solicit from the Society membership, including Technical Directors, section officers and Forum participants, topics for future Forums;
- Identify, recommend topics and draft abstracts for Forums for the following year to the FSCC for review and comment, and for subsequent submittal to the SPE Board for approval at the February/March meeting;
- Identify and submit recommendations for chairpersons of approved Forums in the area of responsibility to the FSCC; such recommendations as approved are submitted to the SPE Board annually at the June meeting;
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- Review results of each Forum and submit recommendations to the FSCC for revisions to Forum Series guidelines and policies approved by the FSCC, such recommendations are submitted to the SPE Board;
- Attend the Forum itself and act as coach and mentor to the Steering Committee.
- Prepare and submit an annual report on the Forums held in the area of responsibility. The report should include the number for Forums held, Forum topics, and evaluations to each Forum by participants, the Forum chairperson, and other Steering Committee members.
- Participate in 2 meetings a year with one held at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. The second meeting for FSIC-EH is usually held during the Offshore Europe and the second meeting for FSIC-WH is usually held in December.
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- As Liaison from FSIC to a Forum steering committee, coach the Forum Chairperson, and attend or participate by teleconference individual Forum Steering Committee meetings to ensure that the scheduling and planning for each Forum is handled in accordance with policies and guidelines adopted by the SPE Board.
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