Comments on: Using the Oracle XMLDB Repository to Automatically Shred Windows Office Documents (Part 1)

By: Marco Gralike

Marco Gralike — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:10:37 +0000

Great follow up for XLSX data via Marc Bleron’s blog post here:

http://odieweblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/xml-db-events-reading-an-open-office-xml-document-xlsx/

By: Anton Scheffer

Anton Scheffer — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:15:09 +0000

Changing this registry setting worked for me
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\WebClient\Parameters]
“BasicAuthLevel”=dword:00000002

By: Marco Gralike

Marco Gralike — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:46:39 +0000

There is a “bug” under the latest versions of Windows (or via new SP versions) you should be aware of when using Windows Explorer for WebDAV. Oracle XMLDB does not support yet Digest (now windows default?) authentication but for now only Basic authentication… The Windows default can be altered via altering a Windows Registry Key value:

https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=9154134

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841215

By: Marco Gralike

Marco Gralike — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:32:53 +0000

See “Reference Code” link Anton,

connect events/events

DECLARE
   --
   TYPE v_ntt IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(1024);
   v_res v_ntt := v_ntt( '/xdb/'
                       , '/xdb/upload/'
                       , '/xdb/res/'
                       , '/xdb/download/'
                       );
   --
   v_boolean BOOLEAN;
   v_exist   EXCEPTION;
   --
   PRAGMA EXCEPTION_INIT(v_exist, -31003);
   --
BEGIN
   --
   FOR i IN v_res.FIRST .. v_res.LAST
   LOOP
   --
      BEGIN
         v_boolean := DBMS_XDB.CREATEFOLDER(v_res(i));
      EXCEPTION
         WHEN v_exist THEN NULL;
      END;
   --
   END LOOP;
   --
   COMMIT;
   --
END;
/

So…WebDAV, FTP connections should/can be made via the “events” user or any account that is allowed access to those folders.

For “how to connect” info via WebDAV or FTP, see the Oracle XMLDB Developers Guide: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E14072_01/appdev.112/e10492/xdb22pro.htm

By: Anton Scheffer

Anton Scheffer — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:23:51 +0000

How do you access these xdb folders with a windows webdav client? Which url and which user?

By: Marco Gralike

Marco Gralike — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:15:14 +0000

Would have expected you would have liked it (me reading your cool posts as well)

By: Morten Braten

Morten Braten — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:09:54 +0000

Very interesting post. Looking forward to part 2!