IMP-00017: following statement failed with ORACLE error 2304:
IMP-00003: ORACLE error 2304 encountered
ORA-02304: invalid object identifier literal
IMP-00063: Warning: Skipping table "x"."x" because object
type "x"."x" cannot be created or has different identifier
These errors will occur if the schema has a user defined object type(s)
(CREATE TYPE) and a relational table column of a user defined datatype.
The IMP-00017 error is of particular interest since it indicates te source
of the error:
IMP-00017: following statement failed with ORACLE error 2304:
"CREATE TYPE "xxxx" TIMESTAMP '1999-01-01:12:00:00' OID '####' as object ..."
In brief, if the FROMUSER's object types already exist on the target instance,
errors occur because the object identifiers (OIDs) of the TOUSER's object types
already exist. Within a single database instance, object identifiers (OIDs) must
be unique. As a result, the error causes Import will skip the creation of
relational tables with columns of the pre-existing user defined type.
So what are the options available to us for completing this import?
Possible Solution Scenarios:
============================
A.) Use the IGNORE=Y clause on the import
This WILL NOT succeed since CREATE TYPE errors are only ignored if
importing into the originating schema, not into a separate "to"
schema!
B.) Pre-create the relational table in the TOUSER's schema
This WILL NOT succeed since the CREATE TYPE statement is present in
the export file.
C.) Drop the TABLE and TYPE in the FROMUSER schema prior to performing
the import.
This WILL succeed. Note that we cannot simply drop
the type since this will result in an ORA-02303 error as follows:
ORA-02303: cannot drop or replace a type with type or table dependents
We must first drop all tables containing the target TYPE, then the TYPE
itself as follows:
SQL> drop table mytypetable;
SQL> drop table mytypetable2;
SQL> drop type mytype;
D.) From import.log note down the object id (OID) for the erroring type.
I.e., the OID '####' of the error.
Then run the following statement as dba:
SQL> select OWNER, TYPE_NAME from dba_types where TYPE_OID='####';
This statement would give you the owner and the typename for this OID.
If not needed, drop this type as below:
SQL>drop type XXX;
Run the import again.
E.) Perform a cascading drop of the FROMUSER prior to performing the import.
This WILL succeed since it is essentially the same as option C, only
far less selective. The syntax is quite simple:
SQL> drop user myfromuser cascade;
F.) Recreate the TYPE in an independent schema, grant all on the TYPE to PUBLIC,
create a copy of the TABLE in the FROMUSER schema using this public TYPE,
copy all the old TABLE into the new TABLE using PL/SQL, and redo the
export. Subsequently, perform the TOUSER import.
This WILL succeed since the owner of the TYPE is not involved in the
export or import operations. As such, the CREATE TYPE statement is
not issued as a part of the import operation.
The trick part of this option is recreating the object in question using
the public TYPE. This can accomplished by following this guide:
-- create the public type
SQL> connect system/manager@local
SQL> create or replace type mytype as object (m1 number, m2 varchar2(20));
SQL> grant all on mytype to public;
-- rename the user-type table
SQL> connect myuser/mypassword@local
SQL> rename mytypetable to mytypetemp;
-- create the new public-type table to be corrected
SQL> create table mytypetable (id number primary key, person system.mytype);
-- copy the data from the user-type table to the public-type table
SQL> declare
v_col1 number;
v_col2 mytype;
cursor c1 is
select * from mytypetemp;
begin
open c1;
loop
fetch c1 into v_col1, v_col2;
exit when c1%notfound;
insert into mytypetable
values (v_col1, system.mytype(v_col2.m1, v_col2.m2));
commit;
end loop;
close c1;
end;
/
-- drop the user-type and user-type table
SQL> drop table mytypetable;
SQL> drop type mytype;
Summmary:
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In summary, if FROMUSER/TOUSER import is used to duplicate a schema in an
instance then object types should be isolated in a schema designated only for
object types. This is a design and maintenance issue that requires serious
consideration. IGNORE=Y only ignores CREATE TYPE import errors if the import
schema is the export schema.
Note: A table level export/import works exactly the same as a schema level in
regards to object types since the object type is a component of the table