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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>So is byref broken / superseded then?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Or is this some DBA joke that non-DBAs don’t get ?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Adrian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> info-ingres-bounces@lists.planetingres.org <info-ingres-bounces@lists.planetingres.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Martin Bowes<br><b>Sent:</b> 15 May 2018 14:44<br><b>To:</b> Adrian Williamson <adrian.williamson@rationalcommerce.com>; info-ingres@lists.planetingres.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Info-ingres] E_OP0897 Consistency Check?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>That was my suspicion too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Marty<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Adrian Williamson [<a href="mailto:adrian.williamson@rationalcommerce.com">mailto:adrian.williamson@rationalcommerce.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> 15 May 2018 14:42<br><b>To:</b> Martin Bowes; <a href="mailto:info-ingres@lists.planetingres.org">info-ingres@lists.planetingres.org</a><br><b>Cc:</b> 'Karl and Betty Schendel'<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Info-ingres] E_OP0897 Consistency Check?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Ah, must have been something to do with that ‘byref’ statement I slipped in.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Adrian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Adrian Williamson <<a href="mailto:adrian.williamson@rationalcommerce.com">adrian.williamson@rationalcommerce.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> 15 May 2018 14:40<br><b>To:</b> 'Martin Bowes' <<a href="mailto:martin.bowes@ndph.ox.ac.uk">martin.bowes@ndph.ox.ac.uk</a>>; 'info-ingres@lists.planetingres.org' <<a href="mailto:info-ingres@lists.planetingres.org">info-ingres@lists.planetingres.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> 'Karl and Betty Schendel' <<a href="mailto:schendel@kbcomputer.com">schendel@kbcomputer.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Info-ingres] E_OP0897 Consistency Check?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>My apologies Marty – you did correct it completely – I didn’t try your full solution I only did the inOUT procedure part.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Thinking now…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Adrian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> <a href="mailto:info-ingres-bounces@lists.planetingres.org">info-ingres-bounces@lists.planetingres.org</a> <<a href="mailto:info-ingres-bounces@lists.planetingres.org">info-ingres-bounces@lists.planetingres.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Martin Bowes<br><b>Sent:</b> 15 May 2018 14:33<br><b>To:</b> Adrian Williamson <<a href="mailto:adrian.williamson@rationalcommerce.com">adrian.williamson@rationalcommerce.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:info-ingres@lists.planetingres.org">info-ingres@lists.planetingres.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Info-ingres] E_OP0897 Consistency Check?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Yes please,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Marty<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Adrian Williamson [<a href="mailto:adrian.williamson@rationalcommerce.com">mailto:adrian.williamson@rationalcommerce.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> 15 May 2018 14:32<br><b>To:</b> Martin Bowes; <a href="mailto:info-ingres@lists.planetingres.org">info-ingres@lists.planetingres.org</a><br><b>Cc:</b> 'Karl and Betty Schendel'<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Info-ingres] E_OP0897 Consistency Check?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Marty; I just tried your suggested syntax and it fails the same way as mine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Karl; The columns all match for type (integer2 in this case):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Column Name Type Length Nulls Defaults Seq<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>dl_no char 9 no no 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>dlc_code char 3 no no 2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>dly_prov_cnt integer 2 no no<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>dlc_start_dt ingresdate no no<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>dlc_end_dt ingresdate no no<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>mto_code integer 1 no no<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>dlc_audit_us char 32 no yes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>dlc_audit_dt ingresdate no yes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>opt_lock_cnt integer 1 no yes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>agne_code integer 2 no yes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>dlc_aud_agne integer 2 no yes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>This is the provoking statement:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>insert into driving_lic_cat values ('16645875','A', 1, date('today'), date('14-may-2020') , 0, 'DRIVERWS',date('now'),0,55,55);\g<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>There is a non-updateable view which makes reference to this table but other than that it is uncomplicated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Marty, I’ll drop you over a create table statement if you want?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Karl, is there something I can switch on so I can try and narrow down where it is getting upset?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Adrian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> <a href="mailto:info-ingres-bounces@lists.planetingres.org">info-ingres-bounces@lists.planetingres.org</a> <<a href="mailto:info-ingres-bounces@lists.planetingres.org">info-ingres-bounces@lists.planetingres.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Martin Bowes<br><b>Sent:</b> 15 May 2018 14:15<br><b>To:</b> Adrian Williamson <<a href="mailto:adrian.williamson@rationalcommerce.com">adrian.williamson@rationalcommerce.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:info-ingres@lists.planetingres.org">info-ingres@lists.planetingres.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Info-ingres] E_OP0897 Consistency Check?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Adrian,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>My first guess would be something like…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>create procedure incrementprvcnt(<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> INOUT provcnt integer2 not null not default<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>as<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>begin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> provcnt=2;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>end;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>create rule proccntpatch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>before insert into driving_lic_cat referencing new as newcat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>where newcat.dlc_audit_us = ‘DRIVERWS’ and newcat.dly_prov_cnt = 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>for each row execute procedure incrementprvcnt(provcnt = newcat.dly_prov_cnt)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>If that doesn’t work send me your table structure and I’ll see what I can do.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Marty<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Adrian Williamson [</span><a href="mailto:adrian.williamson@rationalcommerce.com"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>mailto:adrian.williamson@rationalcommerce.com</span></a><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>] <br><b>Sent:</b> 15 May 2018 14:06<br><b>To:</b> </span><a href="mailto:info-ingres@lists.planetingres.org"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>info-ingres@lists.planetingres.org</span></a><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><br><b>Subject:</b> [Info-ingres] E_OP0897 Consistency Check?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My goto database ape (DBA) is off driving around Spain at the moment so I was hoping someone could shed some light on how I managed to get this lovely response after I created a rule fired procedure and then provoked it with an insert statement:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>E_OP0897 Consistency Check: a query tree constant or resdom node uses a<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> source/destination type.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> (Tue May 15 13:54:25 2018)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve not written too many rules in the past, and the trouble is it was in the past. So I fully expect this to be user error somewhere.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is syntax which I got the database to agree to:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>create or replace procedure IncrementPrvCnt(provcnt = i2 not null) as begin provcnt = 2 ;end;\g<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>create rule PrvCntPatch before insert into driving_lic_cat referencing new as newcat <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>where newcat.dlc_audit_us = 'DRIVERWS' and newcat.dly_prov_cnt = 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>for each row execute procedure IncrementPrvCnt(provcnt = byref(newcat.dly_prov_cnt));<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What have I done wrong?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>i.e. could someone translate the error message into something useful?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Adrian<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>