B.2 Creating Additional Data Dictionary Structures

Oracle Database supplies other scripts that create additional structures you can use in managing your database and creating database applications. These scripts are listed in Table B-2.

See Also:

Your operating system-specific Oracle documentation for the exact names and locations of these scripts on your operating system

Table B-2 Creating Additional Data Dictionary Structures

Script Name Needed For Run By Description

catblock.sql

Performance management

SYS

Creates views that can dynamically display lock dependency graphs

See Also: Oracle Database Administrator’s Guide

caths.sql

Heterogeneous Services

SYS

Installs packages for administering heterogeneous services

See Also: Oracle Database Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows

catio.sql

Performance management

SYS

Allows I/O to be traced on a table-by-table basis

catqueue.sql

Advanced Queuing

Creates the dictionary objects required for Advanced Queuing

catrep.sql

Oracle Replication

SYS

Runs all SQL scripts for enabling database replication

catwrr.sql

Database Replay

SYS

Master script that creates the entire schema related to Database Replay - calls the create schema scripts for Workload Capture, Database Replay, Workload Replay, and Workload Intelligence

catwrrwitb.sql

Database Replay

SYS

Creates the schema for Workload Intelligence

dbmsiotc.sql

Storage management

Any user

Analyzes chained rows in index-organized tables

dbmspool.sql

Performance management

SYS or SYSDBA

Enables DBA to lock PL/SQL packages, SQL statements, and triggers into the shared pool

See Also: Oracle Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference

userlock.sql

Concurrency control

SYS or SYSDBA

Provides a facility for user-named locks that can be used in a local or clustered environment to aid in sequencing application actions

utlbstat.sql and utlestat.sql

Performance monitoring

SYS

Respectively start and stop collecting performance tuning statistics

utlchn1.sql

Storage management

Any user

For use with the Oracle Database. Creates tables for storing the output of the ANALYZE command with the CHAINED ROWS option. Can handle both physical and logical rowids.

See Also: Oracle Database Administrator’s Guide

utlconst.sql

Year 2000 compliance

Any user

Provides functions to validate that CHECK constraints on date columns are year 2000 compliant

utldtree.sql

Metadata management

Any user

Creates tables and views that show dependencies between objects

See Also: Oracle Database SecureFiles and Large Objects Developer's Guide

utlexpt1.sql

Constraints

Any user

For use with the Oracle Database. Creates the default table (EXCEPTIONS) for storing exceptions from enabling constraints. Can handle both physical and logical rowids.

See Also: Oracle Database Administrator’s Guide

utlfixdirs.sql

Moving a database to a new Oracle home

SYS

Used after moving a database to a new Oracle home. Updates directory objects to use the new path names for the Oracle home and Oracle base directories, as defined by the new values for the ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_BASE environment variables.

When you run this script in the root container of a CDB, it updates directory objects in the root, as well as any Oracle-maintained directory objects in the PDBs; you must manually update any PDB directory objects that are not Oracle-maintained.

utlip.sql

PL/SQL

SYS

Used primarily for upgrade and downgrade operations. It invalidates all existing PL/SQL modules by altering certain dictionary tables so that subsequent recompilations will occur in the format required by the database. It also reloads the packages STANDARD and DBMS_STANDARD, which are necessary for any PL/SQL compilations.

utlirp.sql

PL/SQL

SYS

Used to change from 32-bit to 64-bit word size or vice versa. This script recompiles existing PL/SQL modules in the format required by the new database. It first alters some data dictionary tables. Then it reloads the packages STANDARD and DBMS_STANDARD, which are necessary for using PL/SQL. Finally, it triggers a recompilation of all PL/SQL modules, such as packages, procedures, and types.

utllockt.sql

Performance monitoring

SYS or SYSDBA

Displays a lock wait-for graph, in tree structure format

See Also: Oracle Database Administrator’s Guide

utlpwdmg.sql

Security

SYS or SYSDBA

Creates PL/SQL functions for default password complexity verification. Sets the default password profile parameters and enables password management features.

See Also: Oracle Database Security Guide

utlrp.sql

PL/SQL

SYS

Recompiles all existing PL/SQL modules that were previously in an INVALID state, such as packages, procedures, and types.

utlsampl.sql

Examples

SYS or any user with DBA role

Creates sample tables, such as emp and dept, and users, such as scott

utlscln.sql

Oracle Replication

Any user

Copies a snapshot schema from another snapshot site

utltkprf.sql

Performance management

SYS

Creates the TKPROFER role to allow the TKPROF profiling utility to be run by non-DBA users

utlvalid.sql

Partitioned tables

Any user

Creates tables required for storing output of ANALYZE TABLE ...VALIDATE STRUCTURE of a partitioned table

utlxplan.sql

Performance management

Any user

Creates the table PLAN_TABLE, which holds output from the EXPLAIN PLAN statement

See Also: Oracle Database Data Warehousing Guide