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Database Interface Upgrades

Compatibility with newer versions of popular databases is among the many features of APPX 4.3.
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Oracle

  • Oracle 10g R2 (10.2.0.1)
  • Oracle 11g
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>		The Oracle connectivity is provided by the Oracle Instant Client.
  Quick installation steps:
  • Install Oracle Instant Client Basic.
  • Make the Oracle Instant Client library files visible to the system with the ldconfig tool or it's equivalent.
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  • Set, in either the APPX Login Manager's daemon environment or the appx.env file, the APPX environment variable APPX_OCI_DIR to the directory containing the Oracle Instant Client library files.
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  • Set, in either the APPX Login Manager's daemon environment or the appx.env file, the APPX environment variable APPX_OCI_LIB equal to the file name of the liblcntsh.so contained in the Oracle Instant Client library files (For example APPX_OCI_LIB=libclntsh.so.10.1).
  Detailed installation example:
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>		Here are the steps I used to make connection with APPX 4.3.0 and Oracle 10gR2 with both installed on the same Red Hat Enterprise 5.1, 32 bit server.
 
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>		I'm going to create a directory to place the zipped bundled Oracle Instant Client files. For my example, I'm going to use /usr/local/src/oracle/instantclient/.
 
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>		[root@tubes /]# mkdir -p /usr/local/src/oracle/instantclient/ [root@tubes /]# cd /usr/local/src/oracle/instantclient/ [root@tubes instantclient]#
  Download the Oracle Instant Client files for Linux. APPX requires at least the Basic package, but it is recommended that you grab the SQL*Plus package too for debugging.
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>		For 10gR2, the current versions are, oracle-instantclient-basic-10.2.0.4-1.i386.zip (34,687,861 bytes), and oracle-instantclient-sqlplus-10.2.0.4-1.i386.zip (744,730 bytes)
 
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>		For 11g, the current versions are, basic.zip (42,285,643 bytes), and sqlplus.zip (784,417 bytes)
  Place the basic and sqlplus zipped files into /usr/local/src/oracle/instantclient/, and unzip them:
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>		[root@tubes instantclient]# pwd /usr/local/src/oracle/instantclient [root@tubes instantclient]# ls -la
 total 34656
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<		drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 4 08:41 . drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jun 3 16:03 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34687861 Jun 3 16:03 oracle-instantclient-basic-10.2.0.4-1.i386.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 744730 Jun 4 08:41 oracle-instantclient-sqlplus-10.2.0.4-1.i386.zip [root@tubes instantclient]# [root@tubes instantclient]# unzip oracle-instantclient-basic-10.2.0.4-1.i386.zip
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>		drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 5 15:01 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 5 14:59 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34687861 Jun 5 15:01 oracle-instantclient-basic-10.2.0.4-1.i386.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 744730 Jun 5 15:01 oracle-instantclient-sqlplus-10.2.0.4-1.i386.zip [root@tubes instantclient]# unzip oracle-instantclient-basic-10.2.0.4-1.i386.zip
 Archive: oracle-instantclient-basic-10.2.0.4-1.i386.zip inflating: instantclient_10_2/BASIC_README inflating: instantclient_10_2/classes12.jar
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  inflating: instantclient_10_2/libociei.so inflating: instantclient_10_2/libocijdbc10.so inflating: instantclient_10_2/ojdbc14.jar
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 Archive: oracle-instantclient-sqlplus-10.2.0.4-1.i386.zip inflating: instantclient_10_2/SQLPLUS_README inflating: instantclient_10_2/glogin.sql inflating: instantclient_10_2/libsqlplus.so inflating: instantclient_10_2/libsqlplusic.so inflating: instantclient_10_2/sqlplus
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>		[root@tubes instantclient]# ls -la total 34660 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 5 15:01 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 5 14:59 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 5 15:01 instantclient_10_2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34687861 Jun 5 15:01 oracle-instantclient-basic-10.2.0.4-1.i386.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 744730 Jun 5 15:01 oracle-instantclient-sqlplus-10.2.0.4-1.i386.zip [root@tubes instantclient]# ls -la instantclient_10_2/ total 102424 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 5 15:01 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 5 15:01 .. -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 238 Feb 17 03:57 BASIC_README -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1609607 Feb 17 03:57 classes12.jar -rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 67766 Feb 17 03:57 genezi -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1525 Feb 17 03:58 glogin.sql -rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 19076649 Feb 17 03:57 libclntsh.so.10.1 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 5656445 Feb 17 03:57 libnnz10.so -rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 1398244 Feb 17 03:57 libocci.so.10.1 -rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 72698427 Feb 17 03:57 libociei.so -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 120443 Feb 17 03:57 libocijdbc10.so -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1434263 Feb 17 03:58 libsqlplusic.so -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1069221 Feb 17 03:58 libsqlplus.so -r--r--r-- 1 root root 1555682 Feb 17 03:57 ojdbc14.jar -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8903 Feb 17 03:58 sqlplus -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 242 Feb 17 03:58 SQLPLUS_README [root@tubes instantclient]#
  Now move the unzipped directory (instantclient_10_2) that contains both the basic and SQL*Plus files from the Oracle Instant Client, into the desired permanent directory. In my example, I'm using /usr/local/, so that the Oracle files will be in a directory /usr/local/instantclient_10_2/.
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>		[root@tubes instantclient]# pwd /usr/local/src/oracle/instantclient [root@tubes instantclient]# ls -la total 34660 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 5 15:01 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 5 14:59 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 5 15:01 instantclient_10_2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34687861 Jun 5 15:01 oracle-instantclient-basic-10.2.0.4-1.i386.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 744730 Jun 5 15:01 oracle-instantclient-sqlplus-10.2.0.4-1.i386.zip [root@tubes instantclient]# ls /usr/local/ appx appx.tgz basic.zip bin etc games include lib libexec sbin share src [root@tubes instantclient]# mv instantclient_10_2/ /usr/local/ [root@tubes instantclient]# ls /usr/local/ appx appx.tgz basic.zip bin etc games include instantclient_10_2 lib libexec sbin share src
 [root@tubes instantclient]#
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  Now we must register the Oracle Instant Client library files with the system to make the shared library's path known. I'm going to use ldconfig.
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 include ld.so.conf.d/*.conf
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>		[root@tubes instantclient]# Now, let's rebuild the ldconfig cache, and verify that the library's are available system wide. 
[root@tubes instantclient]# ldconfig
[root@tubes instantclient]# ldconfig -v|grep libclntsh
 libclntsh.so.10.1 -> libclntsh.so.10.1
[root@tubes instantclient]# ldconfig -v|grep instant
 /usr/local/instantclient_10_2:
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>		[joe@tubes instantclient_10_2]$ ls -la /usr/local/instantclient_1*/libclnt* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19076649 Feb 17 03:57 /usr/local/instantclient_10_2/libclntsh.so.10.1 -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35295891 Aug 1 2007 /usr/local/instantclient_11_1/libclntsh.so.11.1 [joe@tubes instantclient_10_2]$ As you can see my libclntsh files are libclntsh.so.10.1, which came bundled with the Oracle Instant Client 10.2 Basic bundle, and libclntsh.so.11.1, which came bundled with the Oracle Instant Client 11.1 Basic bundle.
 
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  • I can now either create a symbolic link named libclntsh.so that points to the version I want to use and set the APPX_OCI_DIR environment variable equal to the location of the Oracle Instant Client files: 
[root@tubes appx]# cd /usr/local/instantclient_10_2/
[root@tubes instantclient_10_2]# ln -s /usr/local/instantclient_10_2/libclntsh.so.10.1 /usr/local/instantclient_10_2/libclntsh.so
[root@tubes appx]# ls -la /usr/local/instantclient_10_2/libclntsh.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 47 Jun  5 15:56 libclntsh.so -> /usr/local/instantclient_10_2/libclntsh.so.10.1
[root@tubes instantclient_10_2]# 
[root@tubes appx]# grep APPX_OCI_DIR /usr/local/appx/data/appx.env
 [root@tubes instantclient_10_2]#
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  • Or I can set an APPX environment variable equal to the name of the file. First let's see if it is set in the %APPXPATH%/appx.env file:
 
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[root@tubes appx]# 
[root@tubes appx]# grep APPX_OCI_LIB /usr/local/appx/data/appx.env
[root@tubes appx]# 
[root@tubes appx]# echo APPX_OCI_LIB=libclntsh.so.10.1 >> /usr/local/appx/data/appx.env
[root@tubes appx]# 
[root@tubes appx]# grep APPX_OCI_LIB /usr/local/appx/data/appx.env
APPX_OCI_LIB=libclntsh.so.10.1
[root@tubes appx]#
 
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>		Now let's verify that we can connect to Oracle using Oracle's SQL*Plus tool. I'm going to use the following parameters for my example, be sure and use values that are correct for your Oracle instance. user=scott, password=password, server=tubes, port=1521, and Oracle Instance=appx.
 
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 SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Wed Jun 4 09:17:55 2008
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 Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All Rights Reserved.
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 Connected to: Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
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 Connected to: Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
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 Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options [root@tubes instantclient_10_2]#
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 Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options [root@tubes instantclient_10_2]#
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>		Well, that looks good. Let's configure our FMS settings inside APPX and make a connection!

  • In APPX, Go to System Administration, then File Management, then FMS Groups.
oracle-fms-01.jpg

  • Create an FMS group with an appropriate name, and specify type 5.
oracle-fms-02.jpg

  • File in the Server Name and Table Naming Scheme in the FMS Group Attributes of your new FMS group.  The Server Name field has a format of ORACLE-HOST-NAME:ORACLE-PORT/ORACLE-SID. The Table Naming Scheme could be picked from the suggestions shown when clicking on the Hints button.
oracle-fms-03.jpg

  • Under Identities, define at least a default identity.
oracle-fms-04.jpg

  • Enter the Oracle account to use for the Default Identity, leave Realm empty.
oracle-fms-05.jpg

  • Enter the Oracle account's password.
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Some environment variables to keep in mind.

  • APPX
    • APPX_OCI_DIR
    • APPX_OCI_LIB
    • APPX_OCI_LIBS
    • APPX_SS_LOG
    • APPX_SS_CODE
    • APPX_SQL_CMD=/usr/local/appx/appx_sql_cmd.log
    • APPX_DBG_CODE=0xFFFFFFFF
  • Oracle
    • ORACLE_SID
    • ORACLE_HOME
    • TNS_ADMIN
Some OS tools to aid in debugging
  • strace
  • ldd
 

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