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Oracle Goldengate 12c Implementers Guide

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Oracle Goldengate 12c Implementers Guide

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Oracle GoldenGate 12c Implementer's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
GGSCI Commands
GoldenGate Installed Components
Acronyms
Index

The SQLEXEC parameter


Another powerful feature of GoldenGate is the SQLEXEC parameter. We will discuss when and how to use it as a standalone statement or in a TABLE or MAP statement to fulfill your data transformation requirements. SQLEXEC is valid for Extract and Replicat processes and can execute SQL statements or PL/SQL stored procedures.

Data lookups

On the target database, the SQLEXEC parameter in the MAP statement allows external calls to be made through a SQL interface that supports the execution of native SQL and PL/SQL stored procedures. This option is typically invoked to perform database lookups, thus obtaining data required to resolve a mapping and can only be executed by the GoldenGate (GGADMIN) database user.

Executing stored procedures

The following code maps data from the CREDITCARD_ACCOUNT table to the NEW_ACCOUNT table. The Extract process executes the LOOKUP_ACCOUNT stored procedure prior to executing the column map. This stored procedure has two parameters: IN and OUT. The...