ADD_conflicttype_RESOLUTION Procedure

These procedures designate a method for resolving an update, delete, or uniqueness conflict. You must call these procedures from the master definition site. The procedure that you need to call is determined by the type of conflict that the routine resolves.

Table 48-12 ADD_conflicttype_RESOLUTION Procedures

Conflict Type	Procedure Name
update	ADD_UPDATE_RESOLUTION
uniqueness	ADD_UNIQUE_RESOLUTION
delete	ADD_DELETE_RESOLUTION

See Also: Oracle9i Replication for more information about designating methods to resolve update conflicts, selecting uniqueness conflict resolution methods, and assigning delete conflict resolution methods

Syntax

DBMS_REPCAT.ADD_UPDATE_RESOLUTION (
   sname                  IN   VARCHAR2, 
   oname                  IN   VARCHAR2, 
   column_group           IN   VARCHAR2,
   sequence_no            IN   NUMBER,
   method                 IN   VARCHAR2, 
   parameter_column_name  IN   VARCHAR2 
                               | DBMS_REPCAT.VARCHAR2s 
                               | DBMS_UTILITY.LNAME_ARRAY, 
   priority_group         IN   VARCHAR2     := NULL,
   function_name          IN   VARCHAR2     := NULL,
   comment                IN   VARCHAR2     := NULL);

DBMS_REPCAT.ADD_DELETE_RESOLUTION (
   sname                  IN   VARCHAR2, 
   oname                  IN   VARCHAR2, 
   sequence_no            IN   NUMBER,
   parameter_column_name  IN   VARCHAR2 | DBMS_REPCAT.VARCHAR2s, 
   function_name          IN   VARCHAR2,
   comment                IN   VARCHAR2     := NULL
   method                 IN   VARCHAR2     := 'USER FUNCTION');

DBMS_REPCAT.ADD_UNIQUE_RESOLUTION(
   sname                 IN   VARCHAR2, 
   oname                 IN   VARCHAR2, 
   constraint_name       IN   VARCHAR2,
   sequence_no           IN   NUMBER,
   method                IN   VARCHAR2, 
   parameter_column_name IN   VARCHAR2
                              | DBMS_REPCAT.VARCHAR2s 
                              | DBMS_UTILITY.LNAME_ARRAY,
   function_name         IN   VARCHAR2     := NULL,
   comment               IN   VARCHAR2     := NULL);

Parameters

Table 48-13 ADD_conflicttype_RESOLUTION Procedure Parameters (Page 1 of 2)

Parameter	Description
sname	Name of the schema containing the table to be replicated.
oname	Name of the table to which you are adding a conflict resolution routine. The table can be the storage table of a nested table.
column_group	Name of the column group to which you are adding a conflict resolution routine. Column groups are required for update conflict resolution routines only.
constraint_name	Name of the unique constraint or unique index for which you are adding a conflict resolution routine. Use the name of the unique index if it differs from the name of the associated unique constraint. Constraint names are required for uniqueness conflict resolution routines only.
sequence_no	Order in which the designated conflict resolution methods should be applied.
method	Type of conflict resolution routine that you want to create. This can be the name of one of the standard routines provided with advanced replication, or, if you have written your own routine, you should choose user function, and provide the name of your method as the function_name parameter. The standard methods supported in this release for update conflicts are: minimum maximum latest timestamp earliest timestamp additive, average priority group site priority overwrite discard The standard methods supported in this release for uniqueness conflicts are: append site name, append sequence, and discard. There are no built-in (Oracle supplied) methods for delete conflicts.
parameter_column_name	Name of the columns used to resolve the conflict. The standard methods operate on a single column. For example, if you are using the latest timestamp method for a column group, then you should pass the name of the column containing the timestamp value as this parameter. If your are using a user function, then you can resolve the conflict using any number of columns. For update or unique conflicts, this parameter accepts either a comma-separated list of column names, or a PL/SQL index-by table of type DBMS_REPCAT.VARCHAR2 or DBMS_UTILITY.LNAME_ARRAY. Use DBMS_UTILITY.LNAME_ARRAY if any column name is greater than or equal to 30 bytes, which may occur when you specify the attributes of column objects. For delete conflicts, this parameter accepts either a comma-separated list of column names or a PL/SQL index-by table of type DBMS_REPCAT.VARCHAR2. The single value '*' indicates that you want to use all of the columns in the table (or column group, for update conflicts) to resolve the conflict. If you specify '*', then the columns are passed to your function in alphabetical order. LOB columns cannot be specified for this parameter. See Also: "Usage Notes" if you are using column objects
priority_group	If you are using the priority group or site priority update conflict resolution method, then you must supply the name of the priority group that you have created. See Oracle9i Replication for more information. If you are using a different method, you can use the default value for this parameter, NULL. This parameter is applicable to update conflicts only.
function_name	If you selected the user function method, or if you are adding a delete conflict resolution routine, then you must supply the name of the conflict resolution routine that you have written. If you are using one of the standard methods, then you can use the default value for this parameter, NULL.
comment	This user comment is added to the DBA_REPRESOLUTION view.

Exceptions

Table 48-14 ADD_conflicttype_RESOLUTION Procedure Exceptions

Exception	Description
nonmasterdef	Invocation site is not the master definition site.
missingobject	Specified object does not exist as a table in the specified schema using row-level replication.
missingschema	Specified schema does not exist.
missingcolumn	Column that you specified as part of the parameter_column_name parameter does not exist.
missinggroup	Specified column group does not exist.
missingprioritygroup	The priority group that you specified does not exist for the table.
invalidmethod	Resolution method that you specified is not recognized.
invalidparameter	Number of columns that you specified for the parameter_column_name parameter is invalid. (The standard routines take only one column name.)
missingfunction	User function that you specified does not exist.
missingconstraint	Constraint that you specified for a uniqueness conflict does not exist.
notquiesced	Replication group to which the specified table belongs is not quiesced.
duplicateresolution	Specified conflict resolution method is already registered.
duplicatesequence	The specified sequence number already exists for the specified object.
invalidprioritygroup	The specified priority group does not exist.
paramtype	Type is different from the type assigned to the priority group.

Usage Notes

If you are using column objects, then whether you can specify the attributes of the column objects for the parameter_column_name parameter depends on whether the conflict resolution method is built-in (Oracle supplied) or user-created:

• If you are using a built-in conflict resolution method, then you can specify attributes of objects for this parameter. For example, if a column object named cust_address has street_address as an attribute, then you can specify cust_address.street_address for this parameter.

• If you are using a built-in conflict resolution method, the following types of columns cannot be specified for this parameter: LOB attribute of a column object, collection or collection attribute of a column object, REF, or an entire column object.

• If you are using a user-created conflict resolution method, then you must specify an entire column object. You cannot specify the attributes of a column object. For example, if a column object named cust_address has street_address as an attribute (among other attributes), then you can specify only cust_address for this parameter.