Oracle® Rdb for OpenVMS Oracle® Rdb for OpenVMS Table of Contents Oracle® Rdb for OpenVMS..............................................................................................................................1 Release Notes.......................................................................................................................................................2 September 2007...................................................................................................................................................3 Contents...............................................................................................................................................................4 Preface..................................................................................................................................................................5 Purpose of This Manual.....................................................................................................................................6 Intended Audience..............................................................................................................................................7 Document Structure............................................................................................................................................8 Chapter 1Installing Oracle Rdb Release 7.2.1.4..............................................................................................9 1.1 Oracle Rdb on HP OpenVMS Industry Standard 64..............................................................................10 1.2 Requirements...............................................................................................................................................11 1.3 Intel Itanium Montecito Processor Support.............................................................................................12 1.4 Maximum OpenVMS Version Check.......................................................................................................13 1.5 Database Format Changed.........................................................................................................................14 1.6 Using Databases from Releases Earlier than V7.0...................................................................................15 1.7 Invoking the VMSINSTAL Procedure.....................................................................................................16 1.8 Stopping the Installation............................................................................................................................17 1.9 After Installing Oracle Rdb.......................................................................................................................18 1.10 VMS$MEM_RESIDENT_USER Rights Identifier Required..............................................................19 1.11 Installation, Configuration, Migration, Upgrade Suggestions..............................................................20 Chapter 2Software Errors Fixed in Oracle Rdb Release 7.2.1.4..................................................................23 2.1 Software Errors Fixed That Apply to All Interfaces...............................................................................24 2.1.1 CPU Bound Loop in PIOUTL$SERVICE_PAGE_BLASTS......................................................24 2.1.2 Wrong Result From Zigzag Match...............................................................................................24 2.1.3 Wrong Result From Outer Join With MISSING Predicate..........................................................26 i Oracle® Rdb for OpenVMS Table of Contents 2.2 SQL Errors Fixed.......................................................................................................................................28 2.2.1 Unexpected Column Reordering After an ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN Statement........28 2.2.2 SET ALL CONSTRAINTS Causes SQLCODE −1005 With Compound Statement..................28 2.2.3 GET DIAGNOSTICS in Distributed Transaction Makes Transaction Non−distributed.............29 2.2.4 IMPORT DATABASE Command Losing Some Command Line Database Attributes...............30 2.2.5 SET FLAGS 'TRANSACTION' Now Displays Global Transaction ID......................................30 2.2.6 Unexpected Bugcheck From IMPORT DATABASE Command.................................................31 2.3 RDO and RDML Errors Fixed..................................................................................................................33 2.3.1 %COBOL−F−AMBIGSYM, Ambiguous Reference With RDBPRE and COBOL....................33 2.3.2 %RDB−F−ARITH_EXCEPT With RDBPRE/COBOL and Literal in Expression.....................34 2.4 RMU Errors Fixed......................................................................................................................................35 2.4.1 RMU/RESTORE or /DUMP/BACKUP Bugchecks.....................................................................35 2.4.2 RMU/CONVERT Could Not Delete System Metadata Below the V7.0 Version........................36 2.4.3 RMU /MOVE_AREA or /COPY_DATABASE With /BLOCKS_PER_PAGE May Fail..........37 2.4.4 RMU/COLLECT/INDEXES Gave No Error If An Index Did Not Exist....................................38 2.4.5 RMU OPTIMIZER_STATISTICS Commands Gave Wrong Fatal Error Exit Message.............38 2.4.6 RMU/CONVERT Created System Logical Areas of an Unspecified Type.................................39 2.4.7 RMU/VERIFY/LOG VMS Exit Status Could Be Incorrect.........................................................41 2.5 LogMiner Errors Fixed..............................................................................................................................42 2.5.1 RMU/UNLOAD/AFTER_JOURNAL Sort Work File Size Potentially Reduced.......................42 2.5.2 RMU/UNLOAD/AFTER_JOURNAL /QUICK_SORT_LIMIT Qualifier..................................42 2.6 RMU Show Statistics Errors Fixed...........................................................................................................43 2.6.1 File Name Overwritten in File IO Statistics Display....................................................................43 2.6.2 Bugcheck When Moving Backwards To Device Information Display........................................43 2.6.3 RMU/SHOW STATISTICS /INPUT= Possible Errors or Bugchecks.........................................43 Chapter 3Software Errors Fixed in Oracle Rdb Release 7.2.1.3..................................................................44 3.1 Software Errors Fixed That Apply to All Interfaces...............................................................................45 3.1.1 Possible Shared Memory Corruption When Multiple Databases Attached..................................45 3.1.2 Remote TCP/IP Bugchecks If Database Is Configured For Internal Security Checking.............45 3.1.3 Incorrect Results From Complex Query Involving RDB$DATABASE System Table...............46 3.1.4 ALTER DATABASE ... SHARED MEMORY IS PROCESS Did Not Disable RESIDENT.....46 3.1.5 Incomplete Error Handling for COSI−E−WORK_DEV..............................................................47 3.1.6 Wrong Result From Query With NOT NULL Test......................................................................47 3.1.7 Bugcheck at COSI$TIMER_GET_REQIDT With RDMS−F−NOREQIDT...............................48 3.1.8 Inappropriate Message When Dropping Journal if No Journals Exist.........................................49 3.1.9 Bugcheck From UNION Query With Constant Boolean.............................................................50 3.2 SQL Errors Fixed.......................................................................................................................................51 3.2.1 Unexpected Constraint Activation After ALTER TABLE ... DISABLE CONSTRAINT..........51 3.2.2 Bugcheck with "SQL$BLRXPR − 15" on Cross−DB Insert........................................................52 3.2.3 Comments Not Always Recognized by SQL$PRE/COBOL.......................................................53 3.2.4 Incorrect Data Displayed from CONCAT Operator.....................................................................54 ii Oracle® Rdb for OpenVMS Table of Contents 3.2 SQL Errors Fixed 3.2.5 CREATE INDEX Inserts Index Key in Wrong Partition.............................................................55 3.2.6 Unexpected Bugcheck When Inserting Into a View.....................................................................55 3.2.7 SQLSTATE 22001 Not Returned with Dynamic SQL.................................................................56 3.2.8 Unexpected Bugcheck When Creating a Duplicates Allowed SORTED RANKED Index.........57 3.2.9 SQLSTATE 22011 and SQLCODE −1044 Added......................................................................57 3.2.10 SUBSTRING Truncation for View Defined in Program............................................................58 3.2.11 Unexpected PORT_LEN Error When Calling Storage Mapping Function................................58 3.2.12 Unexpected Failure of ALTER DATABASE to Enable PERSONA Support...........................59 3.3 RMU Errors Fixed......................................................................................................................................60 3.3.1 RMU Backup To Tape With /ENCRYPTION Can Cause Bugcheck..........................................60 3.3.2 RMU /ANALYZE /INDEX Accesses All Logical and Physical Areas.......................................60