JDeveloper 10.1.3.3 JSP Compiler Errors in JSF faces

I have run into the following error while modifying JSF pages in JDeveloper 10.1.3.3 on openSUSE. While modifying the page contents using the JDeveloper editor, the page stops working when accessed from the browser and you get an Internal Server Error with a JspCompileException but nothing else. The page was still accessible from the internal JDeveloper Design editor and would complie correctly from inside JDeveloper.

A remedy that sometimes worked was to remove a few components from the page put them back and then hope it would work.

Eventually I came up with the following simple trick. Just remove all contents from ~/jdevhome/mywork/WorkSpace/ViewController/classes/.jsps and rebuild your project.

Delphi: How to install BDE on a client machine

Suppose you have a Delphi application that access data using the Borland Database Engine (BDE) and you wish to deploy it on a user's client computer. If you compile the project without runtime packages and no BDE support is required, then merely copying the EXE file on the target computer is usually enough.

Now installing BDE on a client computer is performed as follows :

1. Locate the file bdeinst.cab located in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Borland Shared\BDE.
2. Open it using winZip or something equivalant.
3. The .cab file contains only one file BDEINST.DLL. Extract this to the users client computer.
4. Use the command regsvr32.exe bdeinst.dll from the command prompt to perform the installation.
5. Run your application

BDE un-installation can be performed by folloowing these steps :

1. Delete the folder containing BDE data
2. Delete the BDEADMIN.CPL file in the Wiindows\System folder, in order to get rid of the control file applet
3. Use regedit in order to delete the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Borland\BDEAdmin
4. Next locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Borland and delete the subkeys BLW32, Borland Shared and Database engine.
5. Reboot your machine

Note : Having said all that I would like to give you an extract from the file bdedeploy.txt located at the BDE installation directory.

2. BORLAND-CERTIFIED INSTALLATION PROGRAMS
===========================================================
Borland products which include redistribution rights
include an Borland-certified install program, such as
InstallShield Express, to ensure proper installation and
uninstallation of your applications so that they co-exist
well with other applications which use the Borland Database
Engine (BDE) including those created with Visual dBASE,
Paradox, Delphi, and C++Builder.

Borland has also provided BDE and SQL Links installation
information to other install vendors such as Sax Software,
WISE Software, Great Lakes Business Systems (GLBS) makers
of the WISE install tool and Eschalon Development so that
their products can also be ensured to be fully compatible
with the BDE.

From time to time, Borland Software Corporation may, 
at its discretion, certify additional installation programs 
for use as the Borland Certified Install Program for this 
product.
  
Also check the Borland-sponsored announcement newsgroups:

  news:borland.public.announce
  news:borland.public.bde

3. BDE DEPLOYMENT (ALL DATABASE APPLICATIONS)
===========================================================
3.1 Deploying the BDE
---------------------
A Borland-certified installation program provides all
needed functionality and steps for redistributing the
Borland Database Engine (BDE), including:

  * Selecting files to redistribute
  * Determining final directory locations
  * Comparing versions of BDE files
  * Creation of BDE aliases
  
Follow the instructions of the particular installation
program used for specific steps to create an installation
program that includes the BDE.

JSF How to create and use dependent list boxes

Back in 2006, Frank Nimphius has written two excellent articles about using AJAX style combo (or list) boxes in a web page that filter one another based on values of a master detail relationship. I have to admit that thanks to him, my users have one less reason to grumble :-)

The first one is entitled ADF Faces: How-to build dependent lists boxes with ADF and ADF Faces and the second one ADF Faces: How-to build dependent lists boxes with ADF and ADF Faces Part - II

Thank you Frank.

ABAP: How to tell if user input is a number

ABAP casts between types by just sequentially copying (as many as the size of the target type) bytes from one memory area to an other and then checks if the new contents of the target memory area can be perceived as the appropriate type. As a general rule strings and character objects are always copied left while numbers get copied right justified)

This little code fragment will get a number out of a string and convert it to practically any numeric format.

        DATA :
           temp_str(10) type c value '1234,34'.
           my_number TYPE f.

*       If the value of temp_str is comming from user input of from any other
*       user or ABAP dictionary type then it is also wise to execute something like
        CONDENSE temp_str.

*       You may want to execute this if you --like me -- your 
*       decimal symbol is a comma
        REPLACE ',' WITH '.' INTO temp_str.

        CATCH SYSTEM-EXCEPTIONS conversion_errors = 4.
          my_number = temp_str.
        ENDCATCH.
        IF sy-subrc <> 0.
          MESSAGE e888(sabapdocu) WITH temp_str ' is not a number'.
        ENDIF.

ABAP Obtaining an object's characteristics from the classification system

The easiest way to get a list of all the characteristics of an object is to use the BAPI_OBJCL_GETCLASSES BAPI. The function requires that you supply an object key, the database table where the object is stored, the class type of the obect to look for -- e.g. '001' for material or '023' for batch -- and finally whether or not to return the entire list of characteristics.

The return value consists of a table containing all the classes the object is currently assigned and if requested three additional tables with values of the object characteristics, one for string valued, one for numeric and one for currency.

Information about objects, db tables and corresponding class types is stored in the inob table. So one way of getting all this would be to write code like :

  DATA : 
    wa_inob TYPE inob, 
    my_object LIKE inob-objek.

  CLEAR wa_inob.
  CONCATENATE my_matnr my_batch INTO my_object.
  SELECT SINGLE * 
    FROM inob 
    INTO wa_inob
    WHERE objek = my_object.

So calling the BAPI would be as straight forward as ....

  DATA :
    class_list TYPE STANDARD TABLE of bapi1003_alloc_list.
    valueschar TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF bapi1003_alloc_values_char, 
    valuescurr TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF bapi1003_alloc_values_curr, 
    valuesnum  TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF bapi1003_alloc_values_num,
    return     TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF bapiret2.

  CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_OBJCL_GETCLASSES'
    EXPORTING
      objectkey_imp         = wa_inob-objek
      objecttable_imp       = wa_inob-obtab
      classtype_imp         = wa_inob-klart
      read_valuations       = 'X'
      keydate               = sy-datum
*     language              = 'E'
    TABLES
      alloclist             = class_list
      allocvalueschar       = valueschar
      allocvaluescurr       = valuescurr
      allocvaluesnum        = valuesnum
      return                = return.

Determining if an object has indeed been assigned classification information is performed by checking the return table value. Correct classification means that the return table contains one line with field "TYPE" set to 'S', "ID" set to 'CL' and NUMBER set to 741. (When no allocations are found number is 740). So before trying to read any characteristic values is safer to test like this.

     FIELD-SYMBOLS
        <ret> TYPE bapiret2.

     READ TABLE return INDEX 1 ASSIGNING <ret>.

*   Check that object allocations exist
    IF  sy-subrc = 0 AND
        <ret>-id = 'CL' AND
        <ret>-number = 741.

      ....

Now getting a specific value from let's say the string valued characteristics can be accomplished by code similar to following, which gets the value of a characteristic named QUALITY:

  FIELD-SYMBOLS :
    <fs> TYPE bapi1003_alloc_values_char.

  READ TABLE valueschar WITH KEY charact = 'QUALITY' ASSIGNING <fs>.

  if <fs> IS ASSIGNED.
*   The language independent value of the characteristic is 
    my_quality_id = <fs>-value_neutral.
*   The language dependent i.e. the one that will appear in the
*   result table of CL30N is 
    my_quality_descr = <fs>-value_char.
  ENDIF.

NOTE: The following approach is generic and is supposed to work fine on all systems. In our system however (Release 4.6C) the inob table does not have an index on inob-objek, so the SELECT SINGLE statement is executed by performing sequential reads. One way to overcome this would be to manually create the index. The other, as far as I am concerned, is to know beforehand the type of objects and classes that your program deals with, and therefore hard code the database table to 'MARA' or MCH1' and the class type to '001' and '023' for materials and batches respectively.

JavaScript Best practices

Just came up with an excellent article on JavaScript.

http://www.javascripttoolbox.com/bestpractices/

Thank you Mr Matt Kruse

HTML Code for searching your site with Google.

I had seen this done in many sites and to be honest I always thought of it as a fancy trick for showing off HTML skills. Lately while using Steve Muench's Blog I realized that this little HTML form turns out to be of ultimate use. Then I said ok let's do it and ended up looking at HTML code from various sites....Finally I ended up with the following solution, that you can copy at use as is, Just replacing my site with yours.

---

<form action="http://www.google.com/search" method="get">
    <table border="0" align="center">
        <tr>
            <td>
                <input maxlength="255" value="" name="q" size="31" type="text"/>
                <input value="Google Search" type="submit"/>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <input value="" name="sitesearch" type="radio"/>
                The Web
                <input checked value="abakalidis.blogspot.com" name="sitesearch" type="radio"/>
                This Blog
            </td>
        </tr>
    </table>
</form>

---

Thank you Kate for the messy HTML color syntax.:-)

Java: How to tell if an LDAP user is member of a group

Here is a Java class that I use in order to determine if a user of an LDAP server is a member of a group. The class uses the Mozilla LDAP SDK available for download from Mozilla

In many JSF applications this class lies in the heart of my UserInfo managed beans allowing or f orbiting access to various parts of the application.

Things you need to fill before using it are :

• server name or IP address
• Server port
• A user name and a password that will allow your code to execute queries on the LDAP Server
• The base DN to start the search at

The usual place to find these values is the LDAP server itself. If you server is an Oracle IAS 10.2 infrastructure then check the file $ORACLE_HOME/install/portlist.ini.

---

package ab.util.ldap;

import java.util.Enumeration;

import netscape.ldap.LDAPAttribute;
import netscape.ldap.LDAPConnection;
import netscape.ldap.LDAPEntry;
import netscape.ldap.LDAPException;
import netscape.ldap.LDAPReferralException;
import netscape.ldap.LDAPSearchResults;

public class MyLDAP 
{
    public static final String ldapHost = "ldap.shelman.int";
    public static final int ldapPort = 3060;
    private static final String authid = "cn=orcladmin";
    private static final String authpw = "my_password";
    private static final String base = "cn=groups,dc=shelman,dc=int";

    /**
     * isGroupMember -- determine if user belongs to an LDAP group
     *
     * #param group name of group to examine
     * #param user name user to search for emembership+-
     */
    public static boolean isGroupMember(String group, String user) 
    {
        String member = "cn=" + user.toLowerCase();
        String filter = "(cn=" + group + ")";
        String[] attrs = { "uniquemember" };
        boolean result = false;

        LDAPConnection ld = new LDAPConnection();
        // System.out.println("Attempting to connect :"  + today.toString());
        try {
            // connect to server and authenticate
            ld.connect(ldapHost, ldapPort, authid, authpw);
            // issue the search request
            LDAPSearchResults res =
                ld.search(base, ld.SCOPE_SUB, filter, attrs, false);
            // loop on results until complete
            while (res.hasMoreElements()) {
                try {
                    LDAPEntry entry = res.next();
                    LDAPAttribute atr = entry.getAttribute(attrs[0]);
                    Enumeration enumVals = atr.getStringValues();

                    while (enumVals != null && enumVals.hasMoreElements()) {
                        String val = (String)enumVals.nextElement();
                        // convert to lower case
                        val = val.toLowerCase();

                        if (val.indexOf(member) >= 0) {
                            result = true;
                            break;
                        }
                    }

                } catch (LDAPReferralException ex) {
                    // ignore referal exceptions
                    continue;
                } catch (LDAPException ex) {
                    System.out.println(ex.toString());
                    continue;
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            System.out.println("Error communicating with LDAP Server " +
                               ldapHost + " Port " + ldapPort);
            System.out.println(ex.toString());
        }

        // finished searching. try to disconnect
        if (ld != null && ld.isConnected()) {
            try {
                ld.disconnect();
            } catch (LDAPException ex) {
                System.out.println(ex.toString());
            }
        }

        // return whatever found
        return result;
    }
}

---

The package ldapjdk-4.17-38 is included in the distribution of all openSUSE systems. For openSUSE 10.2 the package is available for download from here.

ADF Tables. Changing the colour of negative valued columns

My users asked me if it would be possible to display negative values of an ADF table using a different colour than the rest.

The solution turned out to be something as simple as defining two CSS classes like this :

.redFont {
    color: Red;
}
.blueFont {
    color: Navy;
}

The last step was to bind the StyleClass property of the adf:outputText elements using the following EL expression :

#{row.myColumn.value > 0 ? 'blueFont' : 'redFont'}

SuSE Linux Yast Repositories URLs changed

During the last week, I have have noticed a change in the URLs of various package repositories in openSUSE. The correct URLs are still available at the Additional YaST Package Repositories page in the openSUSE website.

If your update system starts complaining about unaccessible repositories,then I suggest you have a look. The good news is that if you start the Add remove update sources applet from YaST and select ignore or skip from the dialog boxes complaining about faulty URL's then the system gives you a chance to remove all non working update sources immediately.

JSF Basics Access the HTTP Session from a backing bean

Here is something I always seem to forget and never realy got to use :-)
Code to gain access to the HTTP session from a inside backing bean :

FacesContext fc = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest)fc.getExternalContext().getRequest();
HttpSession session = request.getSession();

ABAP: How to get the Screen Table row that the cursor is in

Getting the row that the user cursor is in accomplished by using the GET CURSOR LINE statement. As always, we need to declare a global field named something like cur_tbl_line to hold the current table line. Then during PAI processing we need to issue statements like the following : (tc_mydata is the name of the screen table control and XXX is the screen number)

MODULE user_command_XXX INPUT.

* set up the current line variable
  GET CURSOR LINE cur_tbl_line.
  cur_tbl_line = tc_mydata-top_line + cur_tbl_line - 1.

* do the classic stuff
  ok_code = ok_code_XXX.
  CLEAR ok_code_XXX.

  ...
ENDMODULE.

Using this approach, you can get the selected line of the tbl_mydata table by writing code like this

FORM sync_mydata_with_selection
     CHANGING
        f_none_selected TYPE c.

  FIELD-SYMBOLS
    <fs> LIKE LINE OF tbl_mydata.

  CLEAR f_none_selected.

* give precedence to the table control selection
  READ TABLE tbl_mydata
  WITH KEY sel = 'X'
  ASSIGNING  <fs>.

  IF sy-subrc <> 0.
*   No selection was made so get the current row using the
*   cursor
    IF cur_tbl_line > 0.
      READ TABLE tbl_packages INDEX cur_tbl_line
        ASSIGNING .
    ELSE.
      f_none_selected = 'X'.     
    ENDIF.
  ENDIF.
ENDFORM.

After this is executed, the header line of tbl_mydata contains the selected row and if your user has not selected anything then f_none_selected will have a value of 'X'.

ABAP: Gettting the selected column

Every TABLEVIEW control defined in an ABAP program contains a cols field that contains information about selected columns. Whether or not column selection is allowed is set by the tableview object's properties in the screen painter. (see also the relevant image for the posting How to setup a Screen containing a Table a few days back.

One common use for column selection is sorting, so an example sorting function that sorts a global table named tbl_my_data based on the selected column might look like this :

FORM sort_table USING  sort_mode LIKE sy-ucomm.
  FIELD-SYMBOLS
     TYPE cxtab_column.

* find out if a column is selected.
  READ TABLE tc_mytab-cols
    WITH KEY selected = 'X'
    ASSIGNING <selected_col>.

  IF sy-subrc <> 0.
    MESSAGE s888(sabapdocu) WITH 'No column is selected'.
    EXIT.
  ENDIF.

* sort according to the selected column
  CASE sort_mode.
    WHEN 'SORT_ASC'.
      CASE <selected_col>-index.
        WHEN 1.
          SORT tbl_mydata ASCENDING BY field1.
        WHEN 2.
          SORT tbl_mydata ASCENDING BY field2.
        WHEN OTHERS.
          MESSAGE s888(sabapdocu) WITH 'Not yet implemented'.
      ENDCASE.
    WHEN 'SORT_DSC'.
      CASE <selected_col>-index.
        WHEN 1.
          SORT tbl_mydata DESCENDING BY field1.
        WHEN 2.
          SORT tbl_mydata DESCENDING BY field2.
        WHEN OTHERS.
          MESSAGE s888(sabapdocu) WITH 'Not yet implemented'.
      ENDCASE.
  ENDCASE.
ENDFORM.                    " sort_table

SuSE Linux: Speeding up boot time by getting rid of zmd

Here is a cool post I found at linuxQuestions.org.. If you feel that your openSUSE 10.x Linux box is taking too much time to boot, then it might be a good idea to remove ZMD altogether.

The actual details can be found here

ABAP: Responding to changes on screen fields

The general case for checking user input during PAI can be summarized as follows :

PROCESS AFTER INPUT.

  FIELD fieldA MODULE check_fieldA ON REQUEST.
  ...
  FIELD fieldB MODULE check_fieldB ON REQUEST.

Any messages of type e or w executed during execution of the corresponding modules will cause SAPGui to stop processing, return focus to the appropriate field and execute the module again until no messages are thrown.

If you wish to perform the same check on both fields then the fields can be chained.

PROCESS AFTER INPUT.
  CHAIN.
    FIELD :
            fieldA,
            fieldB

    MODULE check_fieldA_and_B ON CHAIN-REQUEST.
  ENDCHAIN.

if the field to be checked belongs to an internal table accessed via a table control then the checking and processing phase should be carried out as follows:

PROCESS AFTER INPUT. 
  ...
  LOOP AT tbl_mydata.
    CHAIN.
      FIELD
              tbl_mydata-my_field.

      MODULE check_tbl_mydata_my_field ON CHAIN-REQUEST.
    ENDCHAIN.

    MODULE write_table_line.

  ENDLOOP.

ABAP: How to setup a Screen containing a Table

This little guide aims to serve as a general template regarding how to create a SAP screen in a dialog module or a report program that will allow the user to edit data stored in an internal table using a table control grid. This may not appear to be the most elegant of approaches to programming but that is the way ABAP works.

First of all lets keep in mind that: in order to pass data to and from screen fields, they must have the same name as a global variable. Having said that we must define a global array containing our data and a global table view control that will be used to program the data transfers.

Let us start with the data. Assuming that the table you wish to work with corrsponds to an ABAP dictionary structure named ZMY_STRUCT, then the table definition might look something like the following:

* Basic ITAB
DATA  BEGIN OF tbl_mydata OCCURS 0.
DATA:  sel TYPE c.
       INCLUDE STRUCTURE zmy_struct.
DATA:  END OF tbl_mydata.

One can reasonably ask why a table with a header line and again why an ABAP dictionary structure. The answer to both questions will be given shortly afterwards but for now let's just say that things work much easier this way, or otherwise they don't work at all :-). The table control definition should be something like

CONTROLS :
 tc_mydata TYPE TABLEVIEW USING SCREEN 0200.

Make sure that the screen number corresponds to the actual screen number of your program. Next move to the screen and press the layout button to invoke the screen painter. Inside the screen drop a table control item and name it TC_MYDATA. Size it so that it fits your screen according to your needs. Double click on the table control to bring up the properties dialog box.

The sel field of the tbl_mydata table will mark the user selected lines. Getting a field symbol to point at the selected line is as easy as writing something like :

 FIELD-SYMBOLS
   <fs> LIKE LINE OF tbl_mydata.

 READ TABLE tbl_mydata ASSIGNING <fs> WITH KEY sel = 'X' .
 IF NOT <fs> IS ASSIGNED.
   MESSAGE s888(sabapdocu) WITH text-e01. " No Selection
 ELSE.
*   Do what ever you want with -...

 ENDIF.

Now press F6 to invoke the screen painter Dict.Program Fields window. In the field named Table field Name enter a search patter like like TBL_MYDATA-* and press the button labeled Get from program to display the matching table entries. Select the ones you wish to add to you screen and press the green ok button at the bottom. Then click inside the table view control to create the appropriate columns. Had the tbl_mydata table been declared any other way -- i.e. using a TYPES section or without the header line, then the process or field selection through F6 would not work.

Note: At this point just save the screen and exit screen painter without performing any kind of syntax check or activation.

Moving back to the screen properties, the basic flow logic should at least contain the following

PROCESS BEFORE OUTPUT.

 MODULE status_0200.

 LOOP AT tbl_mydata WITH CONTROL tc_mydata
                        CURSOR tc_mydata-current_line.

   MODULE read_tbl_line.
 ENDLOOP.


PROCESS AFTER INPUT.

 MODULE exit_screen_0200 AT EXIT-COMMAND.

 LOOP AT tbl_mydata.

   MODULE write_tbl_line.
 ENDLOOP.

 MODULE user_command_0200.

The basic idea is that during PBO the contents of the entire table are copied from the table to the table control. Then during PAI the contemns of the table control will be copied from the control back to the table.

Before copying any data though, we must first set the size of the table control. The best place to do this is probably at the status module. Now, although my mother told me never to use global variables, the usual approach to setting the table size during PBO, starts by declaring a global field named somthing liketotal_entries or table_size being of type i. Having done that your status_XXX module should at least contain the following.

MODULE status_0200 OUTPUT.
 SET TITLEBAR 'TB_200'.
 SET PF-STATUS 'SCREEN-0200'.

 DESCRIBE TABLE tbl_istat LINES total_entries.
 tc_mydata-lines = total_entries.
ENDMODULE.                 " status_0200  OUTPUT

To create the read_tbl_line module, double click on the read_tbl_line inside the screen flow editor. A message will pop up asking if the a module named read_tbl_line should be created. Answer yes and depending on the type of program you are creating select the appropriate file. After you press ok, change the text in the editor so it looks like this.

MODULE read_tbl_line OUTPUT.
 MOVE-CORRESPONDING tbl_mydata TO tc_mydata.
ENDMODULE.                 " read_tbl_line  OUTPUT

Finally the write_tbl_line PAI module does the exact opposite. It moves the data from the table control back to the internal table.

MODULE write_tbl_line INPUT.
 MODIFY tbl_mydata INDEX tc_mydata-current_line.

 IF sy-subrc <> 0.
   APPEND tbl_mydata.
 ENDIF.

ENDMODULE.                 " write_tbl_line  INPUT

From now on any code executing during the user_command_XXX module will get a consistent copy of the data.

Screen programming in ABAP is a complex subject. This post provides only the basic template for minimal operations. More post will follow explaining how to respond to data changes, sort tables based on selected columns and dynamically changing your screen.

PL/SQL: User Privileges are not inherited from roles

FACT: When executing DDL from withing PL/SQL using NDS, then the user running the procedure must have the appropriate privilege assigned directly to create a whatever object the DDL is trying to create.

Privileges are not inherited from a role if a procedure is used.

PL/SQL: Collection Types

All programming languages need arrays. Oracle PL/SQL provides three types. The following post aims to serve as a quick reference and provide some minor examples for each type.

VARRAY's

VARRAY's are the closest to the Pascal or C motion of an array. They are always defined to be of fixed length and start at index 1. VARRAY's can be used on both SQL or PL/SQL and whenever they are stored into the databse, they preserve the order of their elements.

Declaring a VARRAY can be performed as follows

    declare
      TYPE week_type IS VARRAY(7) of VARCHAR2(30);
      week_day week_type := week_type();
  

Nested Tables

Nested tables are much like VARRAY's in the sense that they are single dimensional arrays that can be used in both SQL and PL/SQL, but they do not posses the maximum length limitation. Unlike VARRAY's, nested tables are multisets which means that there is no inherent order to their elements

Both VARRAY's and nested tables must be initialized with the default collection-type constructor, meaning that all declarations of the form my_collection CollectionType must end like := collectionType().

Both VARRAY's and nested tables must be extended to accumulate space for their data. No matter wheither you define the maximum size of an array or not, array slots start with a null value. So you cannot just start assigning values to slots unless you create the appropriate space first. See the examples later on.

Nested tables like their "Associative Array" cousins that we shall discuss shortly are what Steven Feuersteinin refers to as sparse data structures. This means that elements can be removed from nested tables leaving an empty slot in the middle of the array. For a demonstration of the concept, Sse the example on nested tables later on.

Declaring a nested table can be performed as follows

    DECLARE
      TYPE string30_table IS TABLE OF Varchar2(30);
      week_day week_type := tring30_table();
  

Associative Arrays

Associative Arrays are single dimensional arrays with a unique index only available in PL/SQL code. Their index can be of any type may that be Integer or Varchar2. Associative Arrays do not need to be initialized using any default constructor. You just declare them and user them.

Declaring an associative array can be performed as follows

    DECLARE
      TYPE string30_array IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(30)
            INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
      week_day string30_array;
  

Steven Feuersteinin his excelant Oracle PL/SQL Programming 4th Edition book presents the following example regarding usage of associative arrays.

DECLARE
  TYPE list_of_names_t IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(50)
           INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER;
  happy_family list_of_names_t;
  l_row PLS_INTEGER;
BEGIN
  happy_family(202020202) := 'Eli';
  happy_family(-15070) := 'Steven';
  happy_family(-90900) := 'Chris';
  happy_family(88) := 'Neva';

  l_row := happy_family.FIRST;
  WHILE l_row IS NOT NULL
  LOOP
    DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line( happy_family(l_row));
    l_row := happy_family.NEXT(l_row);  
  END LOOP;
END;

When dealing with VARRAY's and nested tables then the type definition may be stored at schema level. Again a small example this time from Oracle PL/SQL for Dummies . Notice the different naming styles between the two.

DECLARE 
  TYPE month_nt IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(50);
  v_month_nt month_nt := month_nt();
  i NUMBER;
BEGIN
  v_month_nt.extend(3);
  v_month_nt(1) := 'January';
  v_month_nt(2) := 'February';
  v_month_nt(3) := 'March';

  v_month_nt.DELETE(2);
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Count ' || v_month_nt.COUNT);
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Last ' || v_month_nt.LAST);

  i := v_month_nt.FIRST;
  LOOP
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_month_nt(i));
    i := v_month_nt.NEXT(i);

    IF i IS NULL THEN
      EXIT;
    END IF;

  END LOOP;
END;

The output of the previous script is ...

Count 2
Last 3
January
March

... meaning that we have an array with three slots and a gap between them. I wanted to take this example a little bit further so I changed the definition of the array type to VARRAY., making the program look like this. (Notice the standard FOR loop used for traversing a VARRAY.

DECLARE 
  TYPE month_va IS VARRAY(20) OF VARCHAR2(50);
  v_month_va month_va := month_va();
  i PLS_INTEGER;
BEGIN
  v_month_va.extend(3);
  v_month_va(1) := 'January';
  v_month_va(2) := 'February';
  v_month_va(3) := 'March';

  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Count ' || v_month_va.COUNT);
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Last ' || v_month_va.LAST);

  FOR i IN v_month_va.FIRST .. v_month_va.LAST
  LOOP
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_month_va(i));
  END LOOP;
END;

SuSE Linux: Running SQLDeveloper 1.2 on openSUSE 10.2

I have just downloaded and installed SQL developer version 1.2 from Oracle.OTN .

Immediately noticeable improvement are the new GUI, the support for two additional RDBMS's like MySQL and SQL Server and also the improved data export capability. In my opinion, the support offered by the previous version was not working correctly since it offered on DML statements for creating the tables you might have wanted to copy or move to an other database using SQL.

I had one small problem though. It seems to me that sql developer is checking the values of the JAVA_HOME and JDK_HOME variables in order to determine the JDK to use. openSUSE defaults these to the /usr/lib/jvm/java path which contains a 1.4.2 jdk, so the workaround was to modify sqldeveloper.sh file so it looks like this :

#!/bin/bash
export JAVA_HOME=/home/thanassis/java/jdk1.5.0_12
export JDK_HOME=/home/thanassis/java/jdk1.5.0_12

cd "`dirname $0`"/sqldeveloper/bin && bash sqldeveloper $*

Oracle Table containing the list of all countries

I wanted to create a table containing all country codes and countries.so I set off looking for the list of all two letter country codes. I have to admit that today was my lucky day since I ended up finding not only the list but also ready made SQL code to create and populate a MySQL table ready to cut and paste into your PHPMyAdmin SQL window. The link for the MySQL version can be found here

The truth of the matter was that I needed this for Oracle, so cutting, pasting and dining a bit of editing resulted to the following code :

---

CREATE TABLE COUNTRY (
 COUNTRY_ID NUMBER(*,0) NOT NULL ENABLE,
 COUNTRY_CODE VARCHAR2(10 BYTE) NOT NULL ENABLE,
 COUNTRY VARCHAR2(4000 BYTE) NOT NULL ENABLE,
 CURRENCY VARCHAR2(4 BYTE),
 CONSTRAINT "COUNTRY_PK" PRIMARY KEY (COUNTRY_ID) ENABLE,
 CONSTRAINT "COUNTRY_CODE_UNIQUE" UNIQUE (COUNTRY_CODE) ENABLE
);

-- INSERTING into COUNTRY
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (1,'ac','Ascension Island',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (2,'ad','Andorra',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (3,'ae','United Arab Emirates',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (4,'af','Afghanistan',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (5,'ag','Antigua and Barbuda',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (6,'ai','Anguilla',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (7,'al','Albania',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (8,'am','Armenia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (9,'an','Netherlands Antilles',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (10,'ao','Angola',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (11,'aq','Antartica',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (12,'ar','Argentina',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (13,'as','American Samoa',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (14,'au','Australia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (15,'aw','Aruba',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (16,'az','Azerbaijan',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (17,'ba','Bosnia and Herzegovina',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (18,'bb','Barbados',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (19,'bd','Bangladesh',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (20,'be','Belgium',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (21,'bf','Burkina Faso',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (22,'bg','Bulgaria',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (23,'bh','Bahrain',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (24,'bi','Burundi',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (25,'bj','Benin',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (26,'bm','Bermuda',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (27,'bn','Brunei Darussalam',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (28,'bo','Bolivia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (29,'br','Brazil',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (30,'bs','Bahamas',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (31,'bt','Bhutan',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (32,'bv','Bouvet Island',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (33,'bw','Botswana',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (34,'by','Belarus',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (35,'bz','Belize',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (36,'ca','Canada',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (37,'cc','Cocos (Keeling) Islands',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (38,'cd','Congo, Democratic People''s Republic',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (39,'cf','Central African Republic',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (40,'cg','Congo, Republic of',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (41,'ch','Switzerland',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (42,'ci','Cote d''Ivoire',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (43,'ck','Cook Islands',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (44,'cl','Chile',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (45,'cm','Cameroon',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (46,'cn','China',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (47,'co','Colombia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (48,'cr','Costa Rica',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (49,'cu','Cuba',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (50,'cv','Cap Verde',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (51,'cx','Christmas Island',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (52,'cy','Cyprus',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (53,'cz','Czeck Republic',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (54,'de','Germany',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (55,'dj','Djibouti',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (56,'dk','Denmark',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (57,'dm','Dominica',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (58,'do','Dominican Republic',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (59,'dz','Algeria',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (60,'ec','Ecuador',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (61,'ee','Estonia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (62,'eg','Egypt',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (63,'eh','Western Sahara',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (64,'er','Eritrea',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (65,'es','Spain',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (66,'et','Ethiopia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (67,'fi','Finland',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (68,'fj','Fiji',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (69,'fk','Falkland Islands (Malvina)',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (70,'fm','Micronesia, Federal State of',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (71,'fo','Faroe Islands',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (72,'fr','France',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (73,'ga','Gabon',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (74,'gd','Grenada',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (75,'ge','Georgia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (76,'gf','French Guiana',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (77,'gg','Guernsey',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (78,'gh','Ghana',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (79,'gi','Gibraltar',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (80,'gl','Greenland',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (81,'gm','Gambia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (82,'gn','Guinea',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (83,'gp','Guadeloupe',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (84,'gq','Equatorial Guinea',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (85,'gr','Greece',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (86,'gs','South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (87,'gt','Guatemala',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (88,'gu','Guam',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (89,'gw','Guinea-Bissau',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (90,'gy','Guyana',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (91,'hk','Hong Kong',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (92,'hm','Heard and McDonald Islands',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (93,'hn','Honduras',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (94,'hr','Croatia/Hrvatska',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (95,'ht','Haiti',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (96,'hu','Hungary',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (97,'id','Indonesia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (98,'ie','Ireland',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (99,'il','Israel',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (100,'im','Isle of Man',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (101,'in','India',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (102,'io','British Indian Ocean Territory',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (103,'iq','Iraq',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (104,'ir','Iran (Islamic Republic of)',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (105,'is','Iceland',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (106,'it','Italy',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (107,'je','Jersey',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (108,'jm','Jamaica',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (109,'jo','Jordan',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (110,'jp','Japan','Yen');
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (111,'ke','Kenya',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (112,'kg','Kyrgyzstan',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (113,'kh','Cambodia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (114,'ki','Kiribati',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (115,'km','Comoros',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (116,'kn','Saint Kitts and Nevis',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (117,'kp','Korea, Democratic People''s Republic',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (118,'kr','Korea, Republic of',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (119,'kw','Kuwait',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (120,'ky','Cayman Islands',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (121,'kz','Kazakhstan',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (122,'la','Lao, People''s Democratic Republic',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (123,'lb','Lebanon',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (124,'lc','Saint Lucia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (125,'li','Liechtenstein',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (126,'lk','Sri Lanka',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (127,'lr','Liberia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (128,'ls','Lesotho',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (129,'lt','Lithuania',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (130,'lu','Luxembourg',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (131,'lv','Latvia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (132,'ly','Libyan Arab Jamahiriya',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (133,'ma','Morocco',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (134,'mc','Monaco',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (135,'md','Moldova, Republic of',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (136,'mg','Madagascar',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (137,'mh','Marshall Islands',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (138,'mk','Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (139,'ml','Mali',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (140,'mm','Myanmar',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (141,'mn','Mongolia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (142,'mo','Macau',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (143,'mp','Northern Mariana Islands',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (144,'mq','Martinique',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (145,'mr','Mauritania',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (146,'ms','Montserrat',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (147,'mt','Malta',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (148,'mu','Mauritius',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (149,'mv','Maldives',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (150,'mw','Malawi',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (151,'mx','Mexico',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (152,'my','Malaysia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (153,'mz','Mozambique',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (154,'na','Namibia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (155,'nc','New Caledonia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (156,'ne','Niger',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (157,'nf','Norfolk Island',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (158,'ng','Nigeria',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (159,'ni','Nicaragua',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (160,'nl','Netherlands',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (161,'no','Norway',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (162,'np','Nepal',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (163,'nr','Nauru',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (164,'nu','Niue',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (165,'nz','New Zealand',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (166,'om','Oman',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (167,'pa','Panama',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (168,'pe','Peru',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (169,'pf','French Polynesia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (170,'pg','Papua New Guinea',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (171,'ph','Philippines',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (172,'pk','Pakistan',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (173,'pl','Poland',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (174,'pm','St. Pierre and Miquelon',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (175,'pn','Pitcairn Island',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (176,'pr','Puerto Rico',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (177,'pt','Portugal',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (178,'pw','Palau',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (179,'py','Paraguay',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (180,'qa','Qatar',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (181,'re','Reunion Island',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (182,'ro','Romania',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (183,'ru','Russian Federation',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (184,'rw','Rwanda',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (185,'sa','Saudi Arabia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (186,'sb','Solomon Islands',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (187,'sc','Seychelles',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (188,'sd','Sudan',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (189,'se','Sweden',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (190,'sg','Singapore',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (191,'sh','St. Helena',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (192,'si','Slovenia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (193,'sj','Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (194,'sk','Slovak Republic',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (195,'sl','Sierra Leone',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (196,'sm','San Marino',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (197,'sn','Senegal',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (198,'so','Somalia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (199,'sr','Suriname',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (200,'st','Sao Tome and Principe',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (201,'sv','El Salvador',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (202,'sy','Syrian Arab Republic',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (203,'sz','Swaziland',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (204,'tc','Turks and Ciacos Islands',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (205,'td','Chad',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (206,'tf','French Southern Territories',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (207,'tg','Togo',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (208,'th','Thailand',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (209,'tj','Tajikistan',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (210,'tk','Tokelau',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (211,'tm','Turkmenistan',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (212,'tn','Tunisia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (213,'to','Tonga',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (214,'tp','East Timor',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (215,'tr','Turkey',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (216,'tt','Trinidad and Tobago',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (217,'tv','Tuvalu',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (218,'tw','Taiwan',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (219,'tz','Tanzania',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (220,'ua','Ukraine',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (221,'ug','Uganda',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (222,'uk','United Kingdom',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (223,'gb','United Kingdom',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (224,'um','US Minor Outlying Islands',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (225,'us','United States',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (226,'uy','Uruguay',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (227,'uz','Uzbekistan',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (228,'va','Holy See (City Vatican State)',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (229,'vc','Saint Vincent and the Grenadines',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (230,'ve','Venezuela',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (231,'vg','Virgin Islands (British)',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (232,'vi','Virgin Islands (USA)',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (233,'vn','Vietnam',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (234,'vu','Vanuatu',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (235,'wf','Wallis and Futuna Islands',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (236,'ws','Western Samoa',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (237,'ye','Yemen',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (238,'yt','Mayotte',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (239,'yu','Yugoslavia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (240,'za','South Africa',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (241,'zm','Zambia',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (242,'zr','Zaire',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (243,'zw','Zimbabwe',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (250,'at','Austria',null);
Insert into COUNTRY (COUNTRY_ID,COUNTRY_CODE,COUNTRY,CURRENCY) values (251,'ps','Palestine',null);

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