Oracle

Note: The DBMSs for Oracle v8-9 are deprecated.

When working with Oracle triggers, you can use the TRGBODY and TRGDESC variables. For information about working with variables, see Customizing and Extending PowerDesigner > DBMS Definition Files > PDM Variables and Macros.

The following table lists Oracle dimension objects and their equivalents in PowerDesigner:

Oracle object	PowerDesigner object
Dimension	Dimension (see Dimensions (PDM))
Hierarchy	Dimension hierarchy (see Hierarchies (PDM))
Level	Dimension attribute used in a hierarchy (see Fact and Dimension Attributes (PDM))
Attribute	Dimension attribute used as detail attribute (seeFact and Dimension Attributes (PDM))

The following sections list the extensions provided for Oracle.

Note: We do not provide documentation for the properties on the Physical Options and certain other tabs, though minimal information is available for them in the Resource Editor. For information about these properties, consult your DBMS reference documentation.

Note: In Oracle, the storage composite physical option is used as a template to define all the storage values in a storage entry to avoid having to set values independently each time you need to re-use them same values in a storage clause. For this reason, the Oracle physical option does not include the storage name (%s).

Abstract Data Types Attributes

The following extensions are available on the Oracle tab for attributes of abstract data types of type OBJECT or SQLJ_OBJECT:

Name	Description
Declare REF	Generates a REF modifier on attribute to declare references, which hold pointers to objects. Scripting name: RefAttribute

Name

Description

Declare REF

Generates a REF modifier on attribute to declare references, which hold pointers to objects.

Scripting name: RefAttribute

Columns

The following extensions are available on the Oracle tab:

Name	Description
Deferrable	[v11g and higher] Specifies that in subsequent transactions you can use the SET CONSTRAINT clause to defer checking of this constraint until after the transaction is committed. Scripting name: CheckDeferrable, NotNullDeferrable
Initially deferred	[v11g and higher] Specifies that Oracle should check this constraint at the end of subsequent transactions. Scripting name: CheckInitiallyDeferred, NotNullInitiallyDeferred
Deferred option of check constraint	[up to v10gR2] Defines the deferred option of a column constraint check. It is used in the definition or create and add items statements. Scripting name: ExtColumnDeferOption
Constraint name/Name of not null constraint	[v8i and higher] Defines the name of the not null constraint for a column. Scripting name: ExtNotNullConstraintName
Deferred option of not null constraint	[up to v10gR2] Defines the deferred option of a column not null constraint. It is used in "create" and "add" statement items definition. An empty value means "Not deferrable". Scripting name: ExtNotNullDeferOption
Encrypted	[v10gR2 and higher] Specifies if column is encrypted. Scripting name: Encrypted
Algorithm	[v10gR2 and higher] Specifies the algorithm used for encryption. Scripting name: Algorithm
With salt	[v10gR2 and higher] Specifies if encryption adds salt to encoded data. Scripting name: EncryptionWithSalt
Identified by Password	[v10gR2 and higher] Identifies by password. Scripting name: IdentifiedByPassword

XML Virtual Columns

If the table type is set to XML, the Columns tab is replaced by the XML Virtual Columns tab.The following extensions are available on the General tab of XML virtual columns:

Name	Description
Expression	Specifies the SQL expression used to compute virtual column value. Scripting name: Expression

Name

Description

Expression

Specifies the SQL expression used to compute virtual column value.

Scripting name: Expression

Database Packages

The following extensions are available on the Oracle tab:

Name	Description
Add serially_reusable pragma on package specification	[v9i and higher] When set to True, defines that the pragma serially_reusable clause must be applied on the database package specification. Scripting name: IsSpecPragma
Add serially_reusable pragma on package body	[v9i and higher] When set to True, defines that the pragma serially_reusable clause must be applied on the database package body declaration. Scripting name: IsPragma

Name

Description

Add serially_reusable pragma on package specification

[v9i and higher] When set to True, defines that the pragma serially_reusable clause must be applied on the database package specification.

Scripting name: IsSpecPragma

Add serially_reusable pragma on package body

[v9i and higher] When set to True, defines that the pragma serially_reusable clause must be applied on the database package body declaration.

Scripting name: IsPragma

Models

The following extensions are available on the Oracle tab:

Name	Description
Password Encryption	[v10gR2 and higher] Specifies the master key for encoding and decoding encrypted data. Scripting name: PasswordEncryption

Name

Description

Password Encryption

[v10gR2 and higher] Specifies the master key for encoding and decoding encrypted data.

Scripting name: PasswordEncryption

References

The following extensions are available on the Oracle tab:

Name	Description
Deferred option	Defines the deferred option of a reference. It is used in the definition of create and add items statements. Scripting name: ExtReferenceDeferOption
Exceptions into	Specifies a table into which Oracle places the ROWIDs of all rows violating the constraint. Scripting name: ExceptionsInto
Rely	[v8i and higher] Specifies whether an enabled constraint is to be enforced. Specify RELY to enable an existing constraint without enforcement. Specify NORELY to enable and enforce an existing constraint. Scripting name: Rely
Disable	Disables the integrity constraint. Scripting name: Disable
Validate	Checks that all old data also obeys the constraint. Scripting name: Validate

Tables

The following extensions are available on the Oracle tab:

Name	Description
Materialized view log	Specifies the materialized view log associated with the table. Scripting name: MaterializedViewLog

Name

Description

Materialized view log

Specifies the materialized view log associated with the table.

Scripting name: MaterializedViewLog

The following extensions are available on the XML properties tab (for v11g and higher) when the table type is set to XML:

Name	Description
Definition	Specifies that the properties of object tables are essentially the same as those of relational tables. However, instead of specifying columns, you specify attributes of the object. Scripting name: XmlTypeObjProperty
Storage type	Specifies that XMLType columns can be stored in LOB, object-relational, or binary XML columns. Scripting name: XMLTypeStorage
Basic file	Use this clause to specify the traditional LOB storage. Scripting name: BasicFile
Secure file	Use this clause to specify high-performance LOB. Scripting name: SecureFile
LOB segment name	Specify the name of the LOB data segment. You cannot use LOB_segname if you specify more than one LOB_item. Scripting name: LOBSegname
LOB parameters	Use this clause to specify various elements of LOB parameters. Scripting name: LOBParameters

Tablespaces

The following extensions are available on the Oracle tab:

Name	Description
Size specification	[v10g and higher] Specifies whether the tablespace is a bigfile or smallfile tablespace. This clause overrides any default tablespace type setting for the database. You can choose from the following settings: bigfile - contains only one datafile or tempfile. The maximum size of the single datafile or tempfile is 128 terabytes (TB) for a tablespace with 32K blocks and 32TB for a tablespace with 8K blocks. smallfile - a traditional Oracle tablespace. Scripting name: SizeSpecification
Temporary tablespace	Use this option to create a locally managed temporary tablespace, which is an allocation of space in the database that can contain transient data that persists only for the duration of a session. This transient data cannot be recovered after process or instance failure. Scripting name: Temporary
Undo tablespace	Use this option to create an undo tablespace. When you run the database in automatic undo management mode, Oracle Database manages undo space using the undo tablespace instead of rollback segments. This clause is useful if you are now running in automatic undo management mode but your database was not created in automatic undo management mode. Scripting name: Undo

Name

Description

Size specification

[v10g and higher] Specifies whether the tablespace is a bigfile or smallfile tablespace. This clause overrides any default tablespace type setting for the database. You can choose from the following settings:

bigfile - contains only one datafile or tempfile. The maximum size of the single datafile or tempfile is 128 terabytes (TB) for a tablespace with 32K blocks and 32TB for a tablespace with 8K blocks.
smallfile - a traditional Oracle tablespace.

Scripting name: SizeSpecification

Temporary tablespace

Use this option to create a locally managed temporary tablespace, which is an allocation of space in the database that can contain transient data that persists only for the duration of a session. This transient data cannot be recovered after process or instance failure.

Scripting name: Temporary

Undo tablespace

Use this option to create an undo tablespace. When you run the database in automatic undo management mode, Oracle Database manages undo space using the undo tablespace instead of rollback segments. This clause is useful if you are now running in automatic undo management mode but your database was not created in automatic undo management mode.

Scripting name: Undo

Note: If you do not have a login "System", when reversing tablespaces via a live database connection, physical options will not be reversed. If you want to cancel the reverse engineering of tablespace physical options, you should clear the SqlAttrQuery query in the Tablespace category in the Oracle DBMS.

Users

The following extensions are available on the General tab (for v9i and higher):

Name	Description
Identification type	Specifies how the user will be identified. You can choose between: by - requires a password externally - requires a distinguished name globally - requires a distinguished name Scripting name: Identification
Distinguished name	[external or global identification types] Specifies the user's distinguished name (DN) in the directory or certificate. Scripting name: DistinguishedName
Password	[by identification type] Specifies the user password. Scripting name: ClearPassword

Name

Description

Identification type

Specifies how the user will be identified. You can choose between:

by - requires a password
externally - requires a distinguished name
globally - requires a distinguished name

Scripting name: Identification

Distinguished name

[external or global identification types] Specifies the user's distinguished name (DN) in the directory or certificate.

Scripting name: DistinguishedName

Password

[by identification type] Specifies the user password.

Scripting name: ClearPassword

The following extensions are available on the Options tab (for v9i and higher):

Name	Description
Default tablespace	Specifies the default tablespace for objects that the user creates. Scripting name: DefaultTablespace
Temporary tablespace	Specifies the tablespace or tablespace group for the user's temporary segments. Scripting name: TemporaryTablespace
Quota definition	Specifies the maximum amount of space the user can allocate in the tablespace. Scripting name: QuotaDefinition
Profile	Specifies the profile to assign to the user. Scripting name: Profile
Password expire	Specifies that the user's password will expire. Scripting name: PasswordExpire
Account lock	Select lock to lock the user's account and disable access or unlock to enable access to the account. Scripting name: AccountLock

Views

The following extensions are available on the Oracle tab:

Name	Description
Super view object	[v9i and higher] Used in the UNDER clause to specify the superview the current object view is based on. Scripting name: ExtObjSuperView
Object view key	[v8i and higher] Specifies the attributes of the object type that will be used as a key to identify each row in the object view. Scripting name: ExtObjOIDList
Object view type	[v8i and higher] Defines the type of the object view. Scripting name: ExtObjViewType
Force	When set to TRUE, allows you to create the view regardless of the existence of the base tables or the owner privileges on these tables. Scripting name: ExtViewForce