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From Martin Bowes@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 18 10:25:00 2021

Hi All,

So one day I did...
copydb -c -uoqs oqs_result_live ztrans_symdig
INGRES COPYDB Copyright 2016 Actian Corporation
Unload directory is '/user/ingres'.
Reload directory is '/user/ingres'.
There are 0 sequences owned by user 'oqs'.
There is one table owned by user 'oqs'.
E_AD2003 ADF routine was passed an unknown datatype name.

'WTF!' I thought to myself and after some investigation....

select column_sequence, column_datatype
from iicolumns
where table_name='ztrans_symdig' and column_name = 'responses';

�� column_sequence�column_datatype � ��
� 18� � ��
(1 row)
How is that possible?

Now iicolumns is a view and so I went back to the iirelation and iiattribute tables:

select varchar(r.relid, 13), attid, varchar(attname, 13),
a.attfrmt, a.attfrml,
varchar(uppercase(iitypename(ii_ext_type(a.attfrmt, a.attfrml))), 12) as datatype
from iiattribute a
join iirelation r on a.attrelid = r.reltid and a.attrelidx = r.reltidx where a.attname = 'responses'

��
�col1 �attid �col3 �attfrmt�attfrml �datatype � ��
�symdig � 18�responses � 22� 32�LONG VARCHAR� �ztrans_symdig� 18�responses � 36� 16� � ��
(2 rows)

I'm trying to track down how the user has created this table and if they have a log of the activity.
I think the user is doing a create table ztrans_symdig as select * from symdig where 1 = 0;
However, when I try this the responses column correctly becomes a long varchar without any problem.

Any suggestions?

Marty

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Hi All,<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
So one day I did…<o:p></o:p>
copydb -c -uoqs oqs_result_live ztrans_symdig<o:p></o:p>
INGRES COPYDB Copyright 2016 Actian Corporation<o:p></o:p>
Unload directory is '/user/ingres'.<o:p></o:p>
Reload directory is '/user/ingres'.<o:p></o:p>
There are 0 sequences owned by user 'oqs'.<o:p></o:p>
There is one table owned by user 'oqs'.<o:p></o:p>
E_AD2003 ADF routine was passed an unknown datatype name.<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
‘WTF!’ I thought to myself and after some investigation….<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
select column_sequence, column_datatype<o:p></o:p>
from iicolumns<o:p></o:p>
where table_name='ztrans_symdig' and column_name = 'responses';<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
��<o:p></o:p>
�column_sequence�column_datatype                 �
<o:p></o:p>
��<o:p></o:p>
�             18�        &
nbsp;                       �<o:p></o:p>
��<o:p></o:p>
(1 row)<o:p></o:p>
How is that possible?<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
Now iicolumns is a view and so I went back to the iirelation and iiattribute tables:<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
select varchar(r.relid, 13), attid, varchar(attname, 13),<o:p></o:p>
a.attfrmt, a.attfrml,<o:p></o:p>
varchar(uppercase(iitypename(ii_ext_type(a.attfrmt, a.attfrml))), 12) as datatype<o:p></o:p>
from iiattribute a<o:p></o:p>
    join iirelation r on a.attrelid = r.reltid and a.attrelidx = r.reltidx<o:p></o:p>
where a.attname = 'responses'<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
��<o:p></o:p>
�col1         �attid �col3         �attfrmt�
attfrml      �datatype    �<o:p></o:p>
��<o:p></o:p>
�symdig       �    18�responses    �     22� 
          32�LONG VARCHAR�<o:p></o:p>
�ztrans_symdig�    18�responses    �     36�      
     16�            �<o:p></o:p>
��<o:p></o:p>
(2 rows)<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
I’m trying to track down how the user has created this table and if they have a log of the activity.<o:p></o:p>
I think the user is doing a create table ztrans_symdig as select * from symdig where 1 = 0;<o:p></o:p>
However,  when I try this the responses column correctly becomes a long varchar without any problem.<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
Any suggestions?<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
Marty<o:p></o:p>
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From Paul White@21:1/5 to Martin Bowes on Fri Jun 18 22:08:22 2021

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This is a bit like Colonel Mustard in the Drawing room with the ice pick

Need some clues Marty.

help table? create time? what is in errlog.log, iidbms...log around
the time?

Is the database and table journaled? Maybe run auditdb
-aborted_transactions near the create time.

What is the state of the the extended table?

select r1.relid as base_table, c.attname as column_name, r2.relid as extend_table
from iirelation r1,iirelation r2,iiattribute c,iiextended_relation e
where r1.reltid=e.etab_base and r2.reltid=e.etab_extension
and r1.reltid=c.attrelid
and c.attid=e.etab_attid
and r1.reltidx=0
and c.attrelidx=0
where column_name = 'responses'
order by base_table,column_name

help table (r2.relid from above)

select * from iirelation where table_name = (r2.relid from above)

Paul

On 18/06/2021 9:18 pm, Martin Bowes wrote:

Hi All,

Knowing the perverted nature of the user in question I wondered if he
had created the table from a distributed database via a statement like:

direct execute immediate ‘create table ztrans_symdig as select * from symdig’

with node = ‘…’, database =’…’

So I set up a test case and … nope, worked perfectly.

The user’s log file had better be phenomenally good.

Marty

*From:*Martin Bowes <martin.bowes@ndph.ox.ac.uk>
*Sent:* 18 June 2021 11:25
*To:* info-ingres@lists.planetingres.org
*Subject:* [Info-ingres] The column with no datatype

Hi All,

So one day I did…

copydb -c -uoqs oqs_result_live ztrans_symdig

INGRES COPYDB Copyright 2016 Actian Corporation

Unload directory is '/user/ingres'.

Reload directory is '/user/ingres'.

There are 0 sequences owned by user 'oqs'.

There is one table owned by user 'oqs'.

E_AD2003 ADF routine was passed an unknown datatype name.

‘WTF!’ I thought to myself and after some investigation….

select column_sequence, column_datatype

from iicolumns

where table_name='ztrans_symdig' and column_name = 'responses';

┌───────────────┬────────────────────────────────┐

│column_sequence│column_datatype │

├───────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤

│ 18│ │

└───────────────┴────────────────────────────────┘

(1 row)

How is that possible?

Now iicolumns is a view and so I went back to the iirelation and
iiattribute tables:

select varchar(r.relid, 13), attid, varchar(attname, 13),

a.attfrmt, a.attfrml,

varchar(uppercase(iitypename(ii_ext_type(a.attfrmt, a.attfrml))), 12)
as datatype

from iiattribute a

 join iirelation r on a.attrelid = r.reltid and a.attrelidx = r.reltidx

where a.attname = 'responses'

┌─────────────┬──────┬─────────────┬───────┬─────────────┬────────────┐

│col1 │attid │col3 │attfrmt│attfrml │datatype │

├─────────────┼──────┼─────────────┼───────┼─────────────┼────────────┤

│symdig │ 18│responses │ 22│ 32│LONG VARCHAR│

│ztrans_symdig│ 18│responses │ 36│ 16│ │

└─────────────┴──────┴─────────────┴───────┴─────────────┴────────────┘

(2 rows)

I’m trying to track down how the user has created this table and if
they have a log of the activity.

I think the user is doing a create table ztrans_symdig as select *
from symdig where 1 = 0;

However, when I try this the responses column correctly becomes a
long varchar without any problem.

Any suggestions?

Marty

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This is a bit like Colonel Mustard in the Drawing room with the
ice pick
 

Need some clues Marty. 

help table? create time? what is in errlog.log, iidbms...log
around the time? 

Is the database and table journaled? Maybe run auditdb
-aborted_transactions near the create time. 

What is the state of the the extended table?
select r1.relid as base_table, c.attname as
column_name, r2.relid as extend_table 
from iirelation r1,iirelation r2,iiattribute c,iiextended_relation
e 
where r1.reltid=e.etab_base and r2.reltid=e.etab_extension 
and r1.reltid=c.attrelid 
and c.attid=e.etab_attid 
and r1.reltidx=0 
and c.attrelidx=0 
where column_name = 'responses' 
order by base_table,column_name
help table (r2.relid from above)
select *
from iirelation where table_name = (r2.relid from above) 

Paul
 

On 18/06/2021 9:18 pm, Martin Bowes wrote: 

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Hi All,<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
Knowing the
perverted nature of the user in question I wondered if he
had created the table from a distributed database via a
statement like:<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
direct execute
immediate ‘create table ztrans_symdig as select * from
symdig’<o:p></o:p>
with node =
‘…’, database =’…’<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
So I set up a
test case and … nope, worked perfectly.<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
The user’s log
file had better be phenomenally good.<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
Marty<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
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From: Martin
Bowes <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:martin.bowes@ndph.ox.ac.uk"><martin.bowes@ndph.ox.ac.uk></a>
 
Sent: 18 June 2021 11:25 
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:info-ingres@lists.planetingres.org">info-ingres@lists.planetingres.org</a> 
Subject: [Info-ingres] The column with no
datatype<o:p></o:p>
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<o:p> </o:p>
Hi All,<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
So one day I did…<o:p></o:p>
copydb -c -uoqs oqs_result_live
ztrans_symdig<o:p></o:p>
INGRES COPYDB Copyright 2016 Actian
Corporation<o:p></o:p>
Unload directory is '/user/ingres'.<o:p></o:p>
Reload directory is '/user/ingres'.<o:p></o:p>
There are 0 sequences owned by user
'oqs'.<o:p></o:p>
There is one table owned by user 'oqs'.<o:p></o:p>
E_AD2003
ADF routine was passed an unknown datatype name.<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
‘WTF!’ I thought to myself and after some
investigation….<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
select column_sequence, column_datatype<o:p></o:p>
from iicolumns<o:p></o:p>
where table_name='ztrans_symdig' and
column_name = 'responses';<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
┌───────────────┬────────────────────────────────┐<o:p></o:p>
│column_sequence│column_datatype
│<o:p></o:p>
├───────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤<o:p></o:p>
│
18│ │<o:p></o:p>
└───────────────┴────────────────────────────────┘<o:p></o:p>
(1 row)<o:p></o:p>
How is that possible?<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
Now iicolumns is a view and so I went back
to the iirelation and iiattribute tables:<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
select varchar(r.relid, 13), attid,
varchar(attname, 13),<o:p></o:p>
a.attfrmt, a.attfrml,<o:p></o:p>
varchar(uppercase(iitypename(ii_ext_type(a.attfrmt,
a.attfrml))), 12) as datatype<o:p></o:p>
from iiattribute a<o:p></o:p>
 join iirelation r on a.attrelid =
r.reltid and a.attrelidx = r.reltidx<o:p></o:p>
where a.attname = 'responses'<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
┌─────────────┬──────┬─────────────┬───────┬─────────────┬────────────┐<o:p></o:

│col1 │attid │col3
│attfrmt│attfrml │datatype │<o:p></o:p>
├─────────────┼──────┼─────────────┼───────┼─────────────┼────────────┤<o:p></o:

│symdig │ 18│responses
│ 22│ 32│LONG VARCHAR│<o:p></o:p>
│ztrans_symdig│ 18│responses
│ 36│ 16│ │<o:p></o:p>
└─────────────┴──────┴─────────────┴───────┴─────────────┴────────────┘<o:p></o:

(2 rows)<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
I’m trying to track down how the user has
created this table and if they have a log of the activity.<o:p></o:p>
I think the user is doing a create table
ztrans_symdig as select * from symdig where 1 = 0;<o:p></o:p>
However, when I try this the responses
column correctly becomes a long varchar without any problem.<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
Any suggestions?<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
Marty<o:p></o:p>
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From Martin Bowes@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 18 11:18:42 2021

Hi All,

Knowing the perverted nature of the user in question I wondered if he had created the table from a distributed database via a statement like:

direct execute immediate 'create table ztrans_symdig as select * from symdig' with node = '...', database ='...'

So I set up a test case and ... nope, worked perfectly.

The user's log file had better be phenomenally good.

Marty

From: Martin Bowes <martin.bowes@ndph.ox.ac.uk>
Sent: 18 June 2021 11:25
To: info-ingres@lists.planetingres.org
Subject: [Info-ingres] The column with no datatype

Hi All,

So one day I did...
copydb -c -uoqs oqs_result_live ztrans_symdig
INGRES COPYDB Copyright 2016 Actian Corporation
Unload directory is '/user/ingres'.
Reload directory is '/user/ingres'.
There are 0 sequences owned by user 'oqs'.
There is one table owned by user 'oqs'.
E_AD2003 ADF routine was passed an unknown datatype name.

'WTF!' I thought to myself and after some investigation....

select column_sequence, column_datatype
from iicolumns
where table_name='ztrans_symdig' and column_name = 'responses';

�� column_sequence�column_datatype � ��
� 18� � ��
(1 row)
How is that possible?

Now iicolumns is a view and so I went back to the iirelation and iiattribute tables:

select varchar(r.relid, 13), attid, varchar(attname, 13),
a.attfrmt, a.attfrml,
varchar(uppercase(iitypename(ii_ext_type(a.attfrmt, a.attfrml))), 12) as datatype
from iiattribute a
join iirelation r on a.attrelid = r.reltid and a.attrelidx = r.reltidx where a.attname = 'responses'

��
�col1 �attid �col3 �attfrmt�attfrml �datatype � ��
�symdig � 18�responses � 22� 32�LONG VARCHAR� �ztrans_symdig� 18�responses � 36� 16� � ��
(2 rows)

I'm trying to track down how the user has created this table and if they have a log of the activity.
I think the user is doing a create table ztrans_symdig as select * from symdig where 1 = 0;
However, when I try this the responses column correctly becomes a long varchar without any problem.

Any suggestions?

Marty

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Hi All,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Knowing the perverted nature of the user in question I wondered if he had created the table from a distributed database via a statement like:<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p> direct execute immediate ‘create table ztrans_symdig as select * from symdig’<o:p></o:p>
with node = ‘…’, database =’…’<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p> So I set up a test case and … nope, worked perfectly.<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p> The user’s log file had better be phenomenally good.<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p> Marty<o:p></o:p>
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From: Martin Bowes <martin.bowes@ndph.ox.ac.uk>

Sent: 18 June 2021 11:25 
To: info-ingres@lists.planetingres.org 
Subject: [Info-ingres] The column with no datatype<o:p></o:p> </div>
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<o:p> </o:p>
Hi All,<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
So one day I did…<o:p></o:p>
copydb -c -uoqs oqs_result_live ztrans_symdig<o:p></o:p>
INGRES COPYDB Copyright 2016 Actian Corporation<o:p></o:p>
Unload directory is '/user/ingres'.<o:p></o:p>
Reload directory is '/user/ingres'.<o:p></o:p>
There are 0 sequences owned by user 'oqs'.<o:p></o:p>
There is one table owned by user 'oqs'.<o:p></o:p>
E_AD2003 ADF routine was passed an unknown datatype name.<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
‘WTF!’ I thought to myself and after some investigation….<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
select column_sequence, column_datatype<o:p></o:p>
from iicolumns<o:p></o:p>
where table_name='ztrans_symdig' and column_name = 'responses';<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
��<o:p></o:p>
�column_sequence�column_datatype                 �
<o:p></o:p>
��<o:p></o:p>
�             18�        &
nbsp;                       �<o:p></o:p>
��<o:p></o:p>
(1 row)<o:p></o:p>
How is that possible?<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
Now iicolumns is a view and so I went back to the iirelation and iiattribute tables:<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
select varchar(r.relid, 13), attid, varchar(attname, 13),<o:p></o:p>
a.attfrmt, a.attfrml,<o:p></o:p>
varchar(uppercase(iitypename(ii_ext_type(a.attfrmt, a.attfrml))), 12) as datatype<o:p></o:p>
from iiattribute a<o:p></o:p>
    join iirelation r on a.attrelid = r.reltid and a.attrelidx = r.reltidx<o:p></o:p>
where a.attname = 'responses'<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
��<o:p></o:p>
�col1         �attid �col3         �attfrmt�
attfrml      �datatype    �<o:p></o:p>
��<o:p></o:p>
�symdig       �    18�responses    �     22� 
          32�LONG VARCHAR�<o:p></o:p>
�ztrans_symdig�    18�responses    �     36�      
     16�            �<o:p></o:p>
��<o:p></o:p>
(2 rows)<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
I’m trying to track down how the user has created this table and if they have a log of the activity.<o:p></o:p>
I think the user is doing a create table ztrans_symdig as select * from symdig where 1 = 0;<o:p></o:p>
However,  when I try this the responses column correctly becomes a long varchar without any problem.<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
Any suggestions?<o:p></o:p>
<o:p> </o:p>
Marty<o:p></o:p>
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