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27 Monitoring Oracle Streams Apply Processes

The following topics describe monitoring Oracle Streams apply processes:

Note:

The Oracle Streams tool in Oracle Enterprise Manager is also an excellent way to monitor an Oracle Streams environment. See Oracle Database 2 Day + Data Replication and Integration Guide and the online Help for the Oracle Streams tool for more information.

See Also:

Determining the Queue, Rule Sets, and Status for Each Apply Process

You can determine the following information for each apply process in a database by running the query in this section:

To display this general information about each apply process in a database, run the following query:

COLUMN APPLY_NAME HEADING 'Apply|Process|Name' FORMAT A15
COLUMN QUEUE_NAME HEADING 'Apply|Process|Queue' FORMAT A15
COLUMN RULE_SET_NAME HEADING 'Positive|Rule Set' FORMAT A15
COLUMN NEGATIVE_RULE_SET_NAME HEADING 'Negative|Rule Set' FORMAT A15
COLUMN STATUS HEADING 'Apply|Process|Status' FORMAT A15

SELECT APPLY_NAME, 
       QUEUE_NAME, 
       RULE_SET_NAME, 
       NEGATIVE_RULE_SET_NAME,
       STATUS
  FROM DBA_APPLY;

Your output looks similar to the following:

Apply           Apply                                           Apply
Process         Process         Positive        Negative        Process
Name            Queue           Rule Set        Rule Set        Status
--------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------
STRM01_APPLY    STREAMS_QUEUE   RULESET$_36                     ENABLED
APPLY_EMP       STREAMS_QUEUE   RULESET$_16                     DISABLED
APPLY           STREAMS_QUEUE   RULESET$_21     RULESET$_23     ENABLED

If the status of an apply process is ABORTED, then you can query the ERROR_NUMBER and ERROR_MESSAGE columns in the DBA_APPLY data dictionary view to determine the error. These columns are populated when an apply process aborts or when an apply process is disabled after reaching a limit. These columns are cleared when an apply process is restarted.

Note:

The ERROR_NUMBER and ERROR_MESSAGE columns in the DBA_APPLY data dictionary view are not related to the information in the DBA_APPLY_ERROR data dictionary view.

See Also:

"Checking for Apply Errors" to check for apply errors if the apply process status is ABORTED

Displaying General Information About Each Apply Process

You can display the following general information about each apply process in a database by running the query in this section:

To display this general information about each apply process in a database, run the following query:

COLUMN APPLY_NAME HEADING 'Apply Process Name' FORMAT A20
COLUMN APPLY_CAPTURED HEADING 'Applies Captured LCRs?' FORMAT A30
COLUMN APPLY_USER HEADING 'Apply User' FORMAT A20

SELECT APPLY_NAME, APPLY_CAPTURED, APPLY_USER
  FROM DBA_APPLY;

Your output looks similar to the following:

Apply Process Name   Applies Captured LCRs?         Apply User
-------------------- ------------------------------ --------------------
STRM01_APPLY         YES                            STRMADMIN
SYNC_APPLY           NO                             STRMADMIN

Listing the Parameter Settings for Each Apply Process

The following query displays the current setting for each apply process parameter for each apply process in a database:

COLUMN APPLY_NAME HEADING 'Apply Process|Name' FORMAT A15
COLUMN PARAMETER HEADING 'Parameter' FORMAT A25
COLUMN VALUE HEADING 'Value' FORMAT A20
COLUMN SET_BY_USER HEADING 'Set by User?' FORMAT A15

SELECT APPLY_NAME,
       PARAMETER, 
       VALUE,
       SET_BY_USER  
  FROM DBA_APPLY_PARAMETERS;

Your output looks similar to the following:

Apply Process
Name            Parameter                 Value                Set by User?
--------------- ------------------------- -------------------- ---------------
APPLY_HR        ALLOW_DUPLICATE_ROWS      N                    NO
APPLY_HR        COMMIT_SERIALIZATION      FULL                 NO
APPLY_HR        DISABLE_ON_ERROR          Y                    NO
APPLY_HR        DISABLE_ON_LIMIT          N                    NO
APPLY_HR        MAXIMUM_SCN               INFINITE             NO
APPLY_HR        PARALLELISM               1                    NO
APPLY_HR        STARTUP_SECONDS           0                    NO
APPLY_HR        TIME_LIMIT                INFINITE             NO
APPLY_HR        TRACE_LEVEL               0                    NO
APPLY_HR        TRANSACTION_LIMIT         INFINITE             NO
APPLY_HR        TXN_LCR_SPILL_THRESHOLD   5000                 YES
APPLY_HR        WRITE_ALERT_LOG           Y                    NO

Note:

If the Set by User? column is NO for a parameter, then the parameter is set to its default value. If the Set by User? column is YES for a parameter, then the parameter might or might not be set to its default value.

Displaying Information About Apply Handlers

This section contains instructions for displaying information about apply process message handlers and error handlers.

This section contains these topics:

Displaying All of the Error Handlers for Local Apply Processes

When you specify a local error handler using the SET_DML_HANDLER procedure in the DBMS_APPLY_ADM package at a destination database, you can specify either that the handler runs for a specific apply process or that the handler is a general handler that runs for all apply processes in the database that apply changes locally when an error is raised by an apply process. A specific error handler takes precedence over a generic error handler. An error handler is run for a specified operation on a specific table.

To display the error handler for each apply process that applies changes locally in a database, run the following query:

COLUMN OBJECT_OWNER HEADING 'Table|Owner' FORMAT A5
COLUMN OBJECT_NAME HEADING 'Table Name' FORMAT A10
COLUMN OPERATION_NAME HEADING 'Operation' FORMAT A10
COLUMN USER_PROCEDURE HEADING 'Handler Procedure' FORMAT A30
COLUMN APPLY_NAME HEADING 'Apply Process|Name' FORMAT A15

SELECT OBJECT_OWNER, 
       OBJECT_NAME, 
       OPERATION_NAME, 
       USER_PROCEDURE,
       APPLY_NAME 
  FROM DBA_APPLY_DML_HANDLERS
  WHERE ERROR_HANDLER = 'Y'
  ORDER BY OBJECT_OWNER, OBJECT_NAME;

Your output looks similar to the following:

Table                                                      Apply Process
Owner Table Name Operation  Handler Procedure              Name
----- ---------- ---------- ------------------------------ --------------
HR    REGIONS    INSERT     "STRMADMIN"."ERRORS_PKG"."REGI
                            ONS_PK_ERROR"

Apply Process Name is NULL for the strmadmin.errors_pkg.regions_pk_error error handler. Therefore, this handler is a general handler that runs for all of the local apply processes.

Displaying the Message Handler for Each Apply Process

To display each message handler in a database, run the following query:

COLUMN APPLY_NAME HEADING 'Apply Process Name' FORMAT A20
COLUMN MESSAGE_HANDLER HEADING 'Message Handler' FORMAT A20

SELECT APPLY_NAME, MESSAGE_HANDLER FROM DBA_APPLY
  WHERE MESSAGE_HANDLER IS NOT NULL;

Your output looks similar to the following:

Apply Process Name   Message Handler
-------------------- --------------------
STRM03_APPLY         "OE"."MES_HANDLER"

Displaying the Precommit Handler for Each Apply Process

You can display the following information about each precommit handler used by an apply process in a database by running the query in this section:

To display each this information for each precommit handler in the database, run the following query:

COLUMN APPLY_NAME HEADING 'Apply Process Name' FORMAT A15
COLUMN PRECOMMIT_HANDLER HEADING 'Precommit Handler' FORMAT A30
COLUMN APPLY_CAPTURED HEADING 'Applies Captured|Messages?' FORMAT A20

SELECT APPLY_NAME, PRECOMMIT_HANDLER, APPLY_CAPTURED
  FROM DBA_APPLY
  WHERE PRECOMMIT_HANDLER IS NOT NULL;

Your output looks similar to the following:

Applies Captured
Apply Process Name   Precommit Handler              Messages?
-------------------- ------------------------------ --------------------
STRM01_APPLY         "STRMADMIN"."HISTORY_COMMIT"   YES

Displaying Information About the Reader Server for Each Apply Process

The reader server for an apply process dequeues messages from the queue. The reader server is a process that computes dependencies between LCRs and assembles messages into transactions. The reader server then returns the assembled transactions to the coordinator, which assigns them to idle apply servers.

The query in this section displays the following information about the reader server for each apply process:

The information displayed by this query is valid only for an enabled apply process.

Run the following query to display this information for each apply process:

COLUMN APPLY_NAME HEADING 'Apply Process|Name' FORMAT A15
COLUMN APPLY_CAPTURED HEADING 'Dequeues Captured|Messages?' FORMAT A17
COLUMN PROCESS_NAME HEADING 'Process|Name' FORMAT A7
COLUMN STATE HEADING 'State' FORMAT A17
COLUMN TOTAL_MESSAGES_DEQUEUED HEADING 'Total Messages|Dequeued' FORMAT 99999999

SELECT r.APPLY_NAME,
       ap.APPLY_CAPTURED,
       SUBSTR(s.PROGRAM,INSTR(s.PROGRAM,'(')+1,4) PROCESS_NAME,
       r.STATE,
       r.TOTAL_MESSAGES_DEQUEUED
       FROM V$STREAMS_APPLY_READER r, V$SESSION s, DBA_APPLY ap 
       WHERE r.SID = s.SID AND 
             r.SERIAL# = s.SERIAL# AND 
             r.APPLY_NAME = ap.APPLY_NAME;

Your output looks similar to the following:

Apply Process   Dequeues Captured Process                   Total Messages
Name            Messages?         Name    State                   Dequeued
--------------- ----------------- ------- ----------------- --------------
APPLY_SPOKE     YES               AS01    DEQUEUE MESSAGES              54

Monitoring Transactions and Messages Spilled by Each Apply Process

If the txn_lcr_spill_threshold apply process parameter is set to a value other than infinite, then an apply process can spill messages from memory to hard disk when the number of messages in a transaction exceeds the specified number.

The first query in this section displays the following information about each transaction currently being applied for which the apply process has spilled messages:

To display this information for each apply process in a database, run the following query:

COLUMN APPLY_NAME HEADING 'Apply Name' FORMAT A20
COLUMN 'Transaction ID' HEADING 'Transaction ID' FORMAT A15
COLUMN FIRST_SCN HEADING 'First SCN'   FORMAT 99999999
COLUMN MESSAGE_COUNT HEADING 'Message Count' FORMAT 99999999
 
SELECT APPLY_NAME,
       XIDUSN ||'.'|| 
       XIDSLT ||'.'||
       XIDSQN "Transaction ID",
       FIRST_SCN,
       MESSAGE_COUNT
  FROM DBA_APPLY_SPILL_TXN;

Your output looks similar to the following:

Apply Name           Transaction ID  First SCN Message Count
-------------------- --------------- --------- -------------
APPLY_HR             1.42.2277         2246944           100

The next query in this section displays the following information about the messages spilled by the apply processes in the local database:

To display this information for each apply process in a database, run the following query:

COLUMN APPLY_NAME HEADING 'Apply Name' FORMAT A15
COLUMN TOTAL_MESSAGES_SPILLED HEADING 'Total|Spilled Messages' FORMAT 99999999
COLUMN ELAPSED_SPILL_TIME HEADING 'Elapsed Time|Spilling Messages' FORMAT 99999999.99

SELECT APPLY_NAME,
       TOTAL_MESSAGES_SPILLED,
       (ELAPSED_SPILL_TIME/100) ELAPSED_SPILL_TIME
  FROM V$STREAMS_APPLY_READER;

Your output looks similar to the following:

Total      Elapsed Time
Apply Name      Spilled Messages Spilling Messages
--------------- ---------------- -----------------
APPLY_HR                     100              2.67

Note:

The elapsed time spilling messages is displayed in seconds. The V$STREAMS_APPLY_READER view displays elapsed time in centiseconds by default. A centisecond is one-hundredth of a second. The query in this section divides each elapsed time by one hundred to display the elapsed time in seconds.

Determining Capture to Dequeue Latency for a Message

The query in this section displays the following information about the last message dequeued by each apply process:

The information displayed by this query is valid only for an enabled apply process.

Run the following query to display this information for each apply process:

COLUMN APPLY_NAME HEADING 'Apply Process|Name' FORMAT A17
COLUMN LATENCY HEADING 'Latency|in|Seconds' FORMAT 9999
COLUMN CREATION HEADING 'Message Creation' FORMAT A17
COLUMN LAST_DEQUEUE HEADING 'Last Dequeue Time' FORMAT A20
COLUMN DEQUEUED_MESSAGE_NUMBER HEADING 'Dequeued|Message Number' FORMAT 999999

SELECT APPLY_NAME,
     (DEQUEUE_TIME-DEQUEUED_MESSAGE_CREATE_TIME)*86400 LATENCY,
     TO_CHAR(DEQUEUED_MESSAGE_CREATE_TIME,'HH24:MI:SS MM/DD/YY') CREATION,
     TO_CHAR(DEQUEUE_TIME,'HH24:MI:SS MM/DD/YY') LAST_DEQUEUE,
     DEQUEUED_MESSAGE_NUMBER  
  FROM V$STREAMS_APPLY_READER;

Your output looks similar to the following:

Latency
Apply Process          in                                              Dequeued
Name              Seconds Message Creation  Last Dequeue Time    Message Number
----------------- ------- ----------------- -------------------- --------------
APPLY$_STM1_14          1 15:22:15 06/13/05 15:22:16 06/13/05            502129

Displaying General Information About Each Coordinator Process

A coordinator process gets transactions from the reader server and passes these transactions to apply servers. The coordinator process name is APnn, where nn is a coordinator process number.

The query in this section displays the following information about the coordinator process for each apply process:

The information displayed by this query is valid only for an enabled apply process.

Run the following query to display this information for each apply process:

COLUMN APPLY_NAME HEADING 'Apply Process|Name' FORMAT A17
COLUMN PROCESS_NAME HEADING 'Coordinator|Process|Name' FORMAT A11
COLUMN SID HEADING 'Session|ID' FORMAT 9999
COLUMN SERIAL# HEADING 'Session|Serial|Number' FORMAT 9999
COLUMN STATE HEADING 'State' FORMAT A21

SELECT c.APPLY_NAME,
       SUBSTR(s.PROGRAM,INSTR(s.PROGRAM,'(')+1,4) PROCESS_NAME,
       c.SID,
       c.SERIAL#,
       c.STATE
       FROM V$STREAMS_APPLY_COORDINATOR c, V$SESSION s
       WHERE c.SID = s.SID AND
             c.SERIAL# = s.SERIAL#;

Your output looks similar to the following:

Coordinator         Session
Apply Process     Process     Session  Serial
Name              Name             ID  Number State
----------------- ----------- ------- ------- ---------------------
APPLY_SPOKE       AP01            944       5 IDLE

Displaying Information About Transactions Received and Applied

The query in this section displays the following information about the transactions received, applied, and being applied by each apply process:

The information displayed by this query is valid only for an enabled apply process.

For example, to display this information for an apply process named apply, run the following query:

COLUMN APPLY_NAME HEADING 'Apply Process Name' FORMAT A25
COLUMN TOTAL_RECEIVED HEADING 'Total|Trans|Received' FORMAT 99999999
COLUMN TOTAL_APPLIED HEADING 'Total|Trans|Applied' FORMAT 99999999
COLUMN TOTAL_ERRORS HEADING 'Total|Apply|Errors' FORMAT 9999
COLUMN BEING_APPLIED HEADING 'Total|Trans Being|Applied' FORMAT 99999999
COLUMN TOTAL_IGNORED HEADING 'Total|Trans|Ignored' FORMAT 99999999

SELECT APPLY_NAME,
       TOTAL_RECEIVED,
       TOTAL_APPLIED,
       TOTAL_ERRORS,
       (TOTAL_ASSIGNED - (TOTAL_ROLLBACKS + TOTAL_APPLIED)) BEING_APPLIED,
       TOTAL_IGNORED 
       FROM V$STREAMS_APPLY_COORDINATOR;

Your output looks similar to the following:

Total     Total  Total       Total     Total
                              Trans     Trans  Apply Trans Being     Trans
Apply Process Name         Received   Applied Errors     Applied   Ignored
------------------------- --------- --------- ------ ----------- ---------
APPLY_FROM_MULT1                 81        73      2           6         0
APPLY_FROM_MULT2                114        96      0          14         4

Determining the Capture to Apply Latency for a Message for Each Apply Process

This section contains two different queries that show the capture to apply latency for a particular message. That is, these queries show the amount of time between when the message was created at a source database and when the message was applied by an apply process. One query uses the V$STREAMS_APPLY_COORDINATOR dynamic performance view. The other uses the DBA_APPLY_PROGRESS static data dictionary view.

The two queries differ in the following ways:

Both queries display the following information about a message applied by each apply process:

Note:

These queries do not pertain to persistent user messages.

Example V$STREAMS_APPLY_COORDINATOR Query for Latency

Run the following query to display the capture to apply latency using the V$STREAMS_APPLY_COORDINATOR view for a captured LCR or a persistent LCR for each apply process:

COLUMN APPLY_NAME HEADING 'Apply Process|Name' FORMAT A17
COLUMN 'Latency in Seconds' FORMAT 999999
COLUMN 'Message Creation' FORMAT A17
COLUMN 'Apply Time' FORMAT A17
COLUMN HWM_MESSAGE_NUMBER HEADING 'Applied|Message|Number' FORMAT 999999

SELECT APPLY_NAME,
     (HWM_TIME-HWM_MESSAGE_CREATE_TIME)*86400 "Latency in Seconds",
     TO_CHAR(HWM_MESSAGE_CREATE_TIME,'HH24:MI:SS MM/DD/YY') 
        "Message Creation",
     TO_CHAR(HWM_TIME,'HH24:MI:SS MM/DD/YY') "Apply Time",
     HWM_MESSAGE_NUMBER  
  FROM V$STREAMS_APPLY_COORDINATOR;

Your output looks similar to the following:

Applied
Apply Process                                                            Message
Name              Latency in Seconds Message Creation  Apply Time         Number
----------------- ------------------ ----------------- ----------------- -------
APPLY$_STM1_14                     4 14:05:13 06/13/05 14:05:17 06/13/05  498215

Example DBA_APPLY_PROGRESS Query for Latency

Run the following query to display the capture to apply latency using the DBA_APPLY_PROGRESS view for a captured LCR for each apply process:

COLUMN APPLY_NAME HEADING 'Apply Process|Name' FORMAT A17
COLUMN 'Latency in Seconds' FORMAT 999999
COLUMN 'Message Creation' FORMAT A17
COLUMN 'Apply Time' FORMAT A17
COLUMN APPLIED_MESSAGE_NUMBER HEADING 'Applied|Message|Number' FORMAT 999999

SELECT APPLY_NAME,
     (APPLY_TIME-APPLIED_MESSAGE_CREATE_TIME)*86400 "Latency in Seconds",
     TO_CHAR(APPLIED_MESSAGE_CREATE_TIME,'HH24:MI:SS MM/DD/YY') 
        "Message Creation",
     TO_CHAR(APPLY_TIME,'HH24:MI:SS MM/DD/YY') "Apply Time",
     APPLIED_MESSAGE_NUMBER  
  FROM DBA_APPLY_PROGRESS;

Your output looks similar to the following:

Applied
Apply Process                                                            Message
Name              Latency in Seconds Message Creation  Apply Time         Number
----------------- ------------------ ----------------- ----------------- -------
APPLY$_STM1_14                    33 14:05:13 06/13/05 14:05:46 06/13/05  498215

Displaying Information About the Apply Servers for Each Apply Process

An apply process can use one or more apply servers that apply LCRs to database objects as DML statements or DDL statements or pass the LCRs to their appropriate handlers. For non-LCR messages, the apply servers pass the messages to the message handler. Each apply server is a process.

The query in this section displays the following information about the apply servers for each apply process:

The information displayed by this query is valid only for an enabled apply process.

Run the following query to display information about the apply servers for each apply process:

COLUMN APPLY_NAME HEADING 'Apply Process Name' FORMAT A22
COLUMN PROCESS_NAME HEADING 'Process Name' FORMAT A12
COLUMN STATE HEADING 'State' FORMAT A17
COLUMN TOTAL_ASSIGNED HEADING 'Total|Transactions|Assigned' FORMAT 99999999
COLUMN TOTAL_MESSAGES_APPLIED HEADING 'Total|Messages|Applied' FORMAT 99999999

SELECT r.APPLY_NAME,
       SUBSTR(s.PROGRAM,INSTR(S.PROGRAM,'(')+1,4) PROCESS_NAME,
       r.STATE,
       r.TOTAL_ASSIGNED, 
       r.TOTAL_MESSAGES_APPLIED
  FROM V$STREAMS_APPLY_SERVER R, V$SESSION S 
  WHERE r.SID = s.SID AND 
        r.SERIAL# = s.SERIAL# 
  ORDER BY r.APPLY_NAME, r.SERVER_ID;

Your output looks similar to the following:

Total     Total
                                                      Transactions  Messages
Apply Process Name     Process Name State                 Assigned   Applied
---------------------- ------------ ----------------- ------------ ---------
APPLY_SPOKE            AS00         IDLE                         2       216
APPLY_SPOKE            AS03         IDLE                         1        28
APPLY_SPOKE            AS04         IDLE                         1        20

Displaying Effective Apply Parallelism for an Apply Process

In some environments, an apply process might not use all of the apply servers available to it. For example, apply process parallelism can be set to five, but only three apply servers are ever used by the apply process. In this case, the effective apply parallelism is three.

The following query displays the effective apply parallelism for an apply process named apply:

SELECT COUNT(SERVER_ID) "Effective Parallelism"
  FROM V$STREAMS_APPLY_SERVER
  WHERE APPLY_NAME = 'APPLY' AND
        TOTAL_MESSAGES_APPLIED > 0;

Your output looks similar to the following:

Effective Parallelism
---------------------
                    2

This query returned two for the effective parallelism. If parallelism is set to three for the apply process named apply, then one apply server has not been used since the last time the apply process was started.

You can display the total number of messages applied by each apply server by running the following query:

COLUMN SERVER_ID HEADING 'Apply Server ID' FORMAT 99
COLUMN TOTAL_MESSAGES_APPLIED HEADING 'Total Messages Applied' FORMAT 999999

SELECT SERVER_ID, TOTAL_MESSAGES_APPLIED 
  FROM V$STREAMS_APPLY_SERVER
  WHERE APPLY_NAME = 'APPLY'
  ORDER BY SERVER_ID;

Your output looks similar to the following:

Apply Server ID Total Messages Applied
--------------- ----------------------
              1                   2141
              2                    276
              3                      0

In this case, apply server 3 has not been used by the apply process since it was last started. If the parallelism setting for an apply process is higher than the effective parallelism for the apply process, then consider lowering the parallelism setting.

Viewing Rules that Specify a Destination Queue on Apply

You can specify a destination queue for a rule using the SET_ENQUEUE_DESTINATION procedure in the DBMS_APPLY_ADM package. If an apply process has such a rule in its positive rule set, and a message satisfies the rule, then the apply process enqueues the message into the destination queue.

To view destination queue settings for rules, run the following query:

COLUMN RULE_OWNER HEADING 'Rule Owner' FORMAT A15
COLUMN RULE_NAME HEADING 'Rule Name' FORMAT A15
COLUMN DESTINATION_QUEUE_NAME HEADING 'Destination Queue' FORMAT A30

SELECT RULE_OWNER, RULE_NAME, DESTINATION_QUEUE_NAME
  FROM DBA_APPLY_ENQUEUE;

Your output looks similar to the following:

Rule Owner      Rule Name       Destination Queue
--------------- --------------- ------------------------------
STRMADMIN       DEPARTMENTS17   "STRMADMIN"."STREAMS_QUEUE"

Viewing Rules that Specify No Execution on Apply

You can specify an execution directive for a rule using the SET_EXECUTE procedure in the DBMS_APPLY_ADM package. An execution directive controls whether a message that satisfies the specified rule is executed by an apply process. If an apply process has a rule in its positive rule set with NO for its execution directive, and a message satisfies the rule, then the apply process does not execute the message and does not send the message to any apply handler.

To view each rule with NO for its execution directive, run the following query:

COLUMN RULE_OWNER HEADING 'Rule Owner' FORMAT A20
COLUMN RULE_NAME HEADING 'Rule Name' FORMAT A20

SELECT RULE_OWNER, RULE_NAME
  FROM DBA_APPLY_EXECUTE
  WHERE EXECUTE_EVENT = 'NO';

Your output looks similar to the following:

Rule Owner           Rule Name
-------------------- --------------------
STRMADMIN            DEPARTMENTS18

Determining Which Apply Processes Use Combined Capture and Apply

When an apply process uses combined capture and apply, a capture process sends captured LCRs directly to the apply process. Combined capture and apply is typically more efficient than using queues and propagations to send captured LCRs from a capture process to an apply process.

When an apply process uses combined capture and apply, the following columns in the V$STREAMS_APPLY_READER data dictionary view are populated:

When an apply process does not use combined capture and apply, the PROXY_SID and PROXY_SERIAL columns are 0 (zero), and the PROXY_SPID and CAPTURE_BYTES_RECEIVED columns are not populated.

To determine whether an apply process uses combined capture and apply, run the following query:

COLUMN APPLY_NAME HEADING 'Apply Process Name' FORMAT A20
COLUMN PROXY_SID HEADING 'Proxy|Session ID' FORMAT 99999999
COLUMN PROXY_SERIAL HEADING 'Proxy Serial|Number' FORMAT 99999999
COLUMN PROXY_SPID HEADING 'Proxy|Process ID' FORMAT 99999999999
COLUMN CAPTURE_BYTES_RECEIVED HEADING 'Number of|Bytes Received' FORMAT 9999999999

SELECT APPLY_NAME,
       PROXY_SID,
       PROXY_SERIAL,
       PROXY_SPID,
       CAPTURE_BYTES_RECEIVED
   FROM V$STREAMS_APPLY_READER;

Your output looks similar to the following:

Proxy Proxy Serial Proxy             Number of
Apply Process Name   Session ID       Number Process ID   Bytes Received
-------------------- ---------- ------------ ------------ --------------
APPLY_SPOKE1                956         3880 32310              58421625

This output indicates that the apply_spoke1 apply process uses combined capture and apply. Since it last started, the apply process has received 58421625 bytes from the capture process.

Checking for Apply Errors

To check for apply errors, run the following query:

COLUMN APPLY_NAME HEADING 'Apply|Process|Name' FORMAT A10
COLUMN SOURCE_DATABASE HEADING 'Source|Database' FORMAT A10
COLUMN LOCAL_TRANSACTION_ID HEADING 'Local|Transaction|ID' FORMAT A11
COLUMN ERROR_NUMBER HEADING 'Error Number' FORMAT 99999999
COLUMN ERROR_MESSAGE HEADING 'Error Message' FORMAT A20
COLUMN MESSAGE_COUNT HEADING 'Messages in|Error|Transaction' FORMAT 99999999

SELECT APPLY_NAME, 
       SOURCE_DATABASE, 
       LOCAL_TRANSACTION_ID, 
       ERROR_NUMBER,
       ERROR_MESSAGE,
       MESSAGE_COUNT
  FROM DBA_APPLY_ERROR;

If there are any apply errors, then your output looks similar to the following:

Apply                 Local                                         Messages in
Process    Source     Transaction                                         Error
Name       Database   ID          Error Number Error Message        Transaction
---------- ---------- ----------- ------------ -------------------- -----------
APPLY_FROM MULT3.NET  1.62.948            1403 ORA-01403: no data f           1
_MULT3                                         ound

APPLY_FROM MULT2.NET  1.54.948            1403 ORA-01403: no data f           1
_MULT2                                         ound

If there are apply errors, then you can either try to reexecute the transactions that encountered the errors, or you can delete the transactions. If you want to reexecute a transaction that encountered an error, then first correct the condition that caused the transaction to raise an error.

If you want to delete a transaction that encountered an error, then you might need to resynchronize data manually if you are sharing data between multiple databases. Remember to set an appropriate session tag, if necessary, when you resynchronize data manually.

See Also:

Displaying Detailed Information About Apply Errors

This section contains SQL scripts that you can use to display detailed information about the error transactions in the error queue in a database. These scripts are designed to display information about LCRs, but you can extend them to display information about any non-LCR messages used in your environment as well.

To use these scripts, complete the following steps:

  1. Grant Explicit SELECT Privilege on the DBA_APPLY_ERROR View

  2. Create a Procedure that Prints the Value in an ANYDATA Object

  3. Create a Procedure that Prints a Specified LCR

  4. Create a Procedure that Prints All the LCRs in the Error Queue

  5. Create a Procedure that Prints All the Error LCRs for a Transaction

Note:

These scripts display only the first 253 characters for VARCHAR2 values in LCRs.

Step 1   Grant Explicit SELECT Privilege on the DBA_APPLY_ERROR View

The user who creates and runs the print_errors and print_transaction procedures described in the following sections must be granted explicit SELECT privilege on the DBA_APPLY_ERROR data dictionary view. This privilege cannot be granted through a role. Running the GRANT_ADMIN_PRIVILEGE procedure in the DBMS_STREAMS_AUTH package on a user grants this privilege to the user.

To grant this privilege to a user directly, complete the following steps:

  1. Connect as an administrative user who can grant privileges.

  2. Grant SELECT privilege on the DBA_APPLY_ERROR data dictionary view to the appropriate user. For example, to grant this privilege to the strmadmin user, run the following statement:

    GRANT SELECT ON DBA_APPLY_ERROR TO strmadmin;
    
  3. Grant EXECUTE privilege on the DBMS_APPLY_ADM package. For example, to grant this privilege to the strmadmin user, run the following statement:

    GRANT EXECUTE ON DBMS_APPLY_ADM TO strmadmin;
    
  4. Connect to the database as the user to whom you granted the privilege in Step 2 and 3.

Step 2   Create a Procedure that Prints the Value in an ANYDATA Object

The following procedure prints the value in a specified ANYDATA object for some selected data types. Optionally, you can add more data types to this procedure.

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE print_any(data IN ANYDATA) IS
  tn  VARCHAR2(61);
  str VARCHAR2(4000);
  chr VARCHAR2(1000);
  num NUMBER;
  dat DATE;
  rw  RAW(4000);
  res NUMBER;
BEGIN
  IF data IS NULL THEN
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('NULL value');
    RETURN;
  END IF;
  tn := data.GETTYPENAME();
  IF tn = 'SYS.VARCHAR2' THEN
    res := data.GETVARCHAR2(str);
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(SUBSTR(str,0,253));
  ELSIF tn = 'SYS.CHAR' then
    res := data.GETCHAR(chr);
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(SUBSTR(chr,0,253));
  ELSIF tn = 'SYS.VARCHAR' THEN
    res := data.GETVARCHAR(chr);
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(chr);
  ELSIF tn = 'SYS.NUMBER' THEN
    res := data.GETNUMBER(num);
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(num);
  ELSIF tn = 'SYS.DATE' THEN
    res := data.GETDATE(dat);
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(dat);
  ELSIF tn = 'SYS.RAW' THEN
    -- res := data.GETRAW(rw);
    -- DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(SUBSTR(DBMS_LOB.SUBSTR(rw),0,253));
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('BLOB Value');
  ELSIF tn = 'SYS.BLOB' THEN
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('BLOB Found');
  ELSE
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('typename is ' || tn);
  END IF;
END print_any;
/

Step 3   Create a Procedure that Prints a Specified LCR

The following procedure prints a specified LCR. It calls the print_any procedure created in "Create a Procedure that Prints the Value in an ANYDATA Object".

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE print_lcr(lcr IN ANYDATA) IS
  typenm    VARCHAR2(61);
  ddllcr    SYS.LCR$_DDL_RECORD;
  proclcr   SYS.LCR$_PROCEDURE_RECORD;
  rowlcr    SYS.LCR$_ROW_RECORD;
  res       NUMBER;
  newlist   SYS.LCR$_ROW_LIST;
  oldlist   SYS.LCR$_ROW_LIST;
  ddl_text  CLOB;
  ext_attr  ANYDATA;
BEGIN
  typenm := lcr.GETTYPENAME();
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('type name: ' || typenm);
  IF (typenm = 'SYS.LCR$_DDL_RECORD') THEN
    res := lcr.GETOBJECT(ddllcr);
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('source database: ' || 
                         ddllcr.GET_SOURCE_DATABASE_NAME);
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('owner: ' || ddllcr.GET_OBJECT_OWNER);
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('object: ' || ddllcr.GET_OBJECT_NAME);
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('is tag null: ' || ddllcr.IS_NULL_TAG);
    DBMS_LOB.CREATETEMPORARY(ddl_text, TRUE);
    ddllcr.GET_DDL_TEXT(ddl_text);
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('ddl: ' || ddl_text);    
    -- Print extra attributes in DDL LCR
    ext_attr := ddllcr.GET_EXTRA_ATTRIBUTE('serial#');
      IF (ext_attr IS NOT NULL) THEN
        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('serial#: ' || ext_attr.ACCESSNUMBER());
      END IF;
    ext_attr := ddllcr.GET_EXTRA_ATTRIBUTE('session#');
      IF (ext_attr IS NOT NULL) THEN
        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('session#: ' || ext_attr.ACCESSNUMBER());
      END IF; 
    ext_attr := ddllcr.GET_EXTRA_ATTRIBUTE('thread#');
      IF (ext_attr IS NOT NULL) THEN
        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('thread#: ' || ext_attr.ACCESSNUMBER());
      END IF;   
    ext_attr := ddllcr.GET_EXTRA_ATTRIBUTE('tx_name');
      IF (ext_attr IS NOT NULL) THEN
        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('transaction name: ' || ext_attr.ACCESSVARCHAR2());
      END IF;
    ext_attr := ddllcr.GET_EXTRA_ATTRIBUTE('username');
      IF (ext_attr IS NOT NULL) THEN
        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('username: ' || ext_attr.ACCESSVARCHAR2());
      END IF;      
    DBMS_LOB.FREETEMPORARY(ddl_text);
  ELSIF (typenm = 'SYS.LCR$_ROW_RECORD') THEN
    res := lcr.GETOBJECT(rowlcr);
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('source database: ' || 
                         rowlcr.GET_SOURCE_DATABASE_NAME);
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('owner: ' || rowlcr.GET_OBJECT_OWNER);
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('object: ' || rowlcr.GET_OBJECT_NAME);
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('is tag null: ' || rowlcr.IS_NULL_TAG); 
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('command_type: ' || rowlcr.GET_COMMAND_TYPE); 
    oldlist := rowlcr.GET_VALUES('old');
    FOR i IN 1..oldlist.COUNT LOOP
      IF oldlist(i) IS NOT NULL THEN
        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('old(' || i || '): ' || oldlist(i).column_name);
        print_any(oldlist(i).data);
      END IF;
    END LOOP;
    newlist := rowlcr.GET_VALUES('new', 'n');
    FOR i in 1..newlist.count LOOP
      IF newlist(i) IS NOT NULL THEN
        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('new(' || i || '): ' || newlist(i).column_name);
        print_any(newlist(i).data);
      END IF;
    END LOOP;
    -- Print extra attributes in row LCR
    ext_attr := rowlcr.GET_EXTRA_ATTRIBUTE('row_id');
      IF (ext_attr IS NOT NULL) THEN
        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('row_id: ' || ext_attr.ACCESSUROWID());
      END IF;
    ext_attr := rowlcr.GET_EXTRA_ATTRIBUTE('serial#');
      IF (ext_attr IS NOT NULL) THEN
        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('serial#: ' || ext_attr.ACCESSNUMBER());
      END IF;
    ext_attr := rowlcr.GET_EXTRA_ATTRIBUTE('session#');
      IF (ext_attr IS NOT NULL) THEN
        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('session#: ' || ext_attr.ACCESSNUMBER());
      END IF; 
    ext_attr := rowlcr.GET_EXTRA_ATTRIBUTE('thread#');
      IF (ext_attr IS NOT NULL) THEN
        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('thread#: ' || ext_attr.ACCESSNUMBER());
      END IF;   
    ext_attr := rowlcr.GET_EXTRA_ATTRIBUTE('tx_name');
      IF (ext_attr IS NOT NULL) THEN
        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('transaction name: ' || ext_attr.ACCESSVARCHAR2());
      END IF;
    ext_attr := rowlcr.GET_EXTRA_ATTRIBUTE('username');
      IF (ext_attr IS NOT NULL) THEN
        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('username: ' || ext_attr.ACCESSVARCHAR2());
      END IF;          
  ELSE
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Non-LCR Message with type ' || typenm);
  END IF;
END print_lcr;
/

Step 4   Create a Procedure that Prints All the LCRs in the Error Queue

The following procedure prints all of the LCRs in all of the error queues. It calls the print_lcr procedure created in "Create a Procedure that Prints a Specified LCR".

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE print_errors IS
  CURSOR c IS
    SELECT LOCAL_TRANSACTION_ID,
           SOURCE_DATABASE,
           MESSAGE_NUMBER,
           MESSAGE_COUNT,
           ERROR_NUMBER,
           ERROR_MESSAGE
      FROM DBA_APPLY_ERROR
      ORDER BY SOURCE_DATABASE, SOURCE_COMMIT_SCN;
  i      NUMBER;
  txnid  VARCHAR2(30);
  source VARCHAR2(128);
  msgno  NUMBER;
  msgcnt NUMBER;
  errnum NUMBER := 0;
  errno  NUMBER;
  errmsg VARCHAR2(2000);
  lcr    ANYDATA;
  r      NUMBER;
BEGIN
  FOR r IN c LOOP
    errnum := errnum + 1;
    msgcnt := r.MESSAGE_COUNT;
    txnid  := r.LOCAL_TRANSACTION_ID;
    source := r.SOURCE_DATABASE;
    msgno  := r.MESSAGE_NUMBER;
    errno  := r.ERROR_NUMBER;
    errmsg := r.ERROR_MESSAGE;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('*************************************************');
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('----- ERROR #' || errnum);
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('----- Local Transaction ID: ' || txnid);
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('----- Source Database: ' || source);
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('----Error in Message: '|| msgno);
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('----Error Number: '||errno);
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('----Message Text: '||errmsg);
    FOR i IN 1..msgcnt LOOP
      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('--message: ' || i);
        lcr := DBMS_APPLY_ADM.GET_ERROR_MESSAGE(i, txnid);
        print_lcr(lcr);
    END LOOP;
  END LOOP;
END print_errors;
/

To run this procedure after you create it, enter the following:

SET SERVEROUTPUT ON SIZE 1000000

EXEC print_errors

Step 5   Create a Procedure that Prints All the Error LCRs for a Transaction

The following procedure prints all the LCRs in the error queue for a particular transaction. It calls the print_lcr procedure created in "Create a Procedure that Prints a Specified LCR".

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE print_transaction(ltxnid IN VARCHAR2) IS
  i      NUMBER;
  txnid  VARCHAR2(30);
  source VARCHAR2(128);
  msgno  NUMBER;
  msgcnt NUMBER;
  errno  NUMBER;
  errmsg VARCHAR2(2000);
  lcr    ANYDATA;
BEGIN
  SELECT LOCAL_TRANSACTION_ID,
         SOURCE_DATABASE,
         MESSAGE_NUMBER,
         MESSAGE_COUNT,
         ERROR_NUMBER,
         ERROR_MESSAGE
      INTO txnid, source, msgno, msgcnt, errno, errmsg
      FROM DBA_APPLY_ERROR
      WHERE LOCAL_TRANSACTION_ID =  ltxnid;
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('----- Local Transaction ID: ' || txnid);
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('----- Source Database: ' || source);
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('----Error in Message: '|| msgno);
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('----Error Number: '||errno);
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('----Message Text: '||errmsg);
  FOR i IN 1..msgcnt LOOP
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('--message: ' || i);
    lcr := DBMS_APPLY_ADM.GET_ERROR_MESSAGE(i, txnid); -- gets the LCR
    print_lcr(lcr);
  END LOOP;
END print_transaction;
/

To run this procedure after you create it, pass to it the local transaction identifier of a error transaction. For example, if the local transaction identifier is 1.17.2485, then enter the following:

SET SERVEROUTPUT ON SIZE 1000000

EXEC print_transaction('1.17.2485')