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The CREATE TABLE statement is used to declare an Oracle table or view within an Omnidex Environment File. The Omnidex Environment File will contain a declaration for each Oracle table or view to be accessed, and will correlate all of the schema information between Omnidex and Oracle, including object names and datatypes. This statement can either be issued directly, or it can be extracted from Oracle using the EXTRACT statement as discussed in the previous section.
The following example compares the Oracle declarations with the Omnidex declarations.
Oracle CREATE TABLE Statement
create table STATES (STATE_CD CHAR(2), DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2(31), STATE_NUM CHAR(2), REGION_CD CHAR(2), COUNTRY_CD CHAR(2), TAX_RATE NUMBER(16,6));
Omnidex CREATE TABLE Statement
create table "STATES" physical "SIMPLE.STATES" ( "STATE" CHARACTER(2) physical "STATE_CD", "DESCRIPTION" STRING(31), "STATE_CODE" CHARACTER(2) physical "STATE_NUM", "REGION" CHARACTER(2) physical "REGION_CD", "COUNTRY" CHARACTER(2) physical "COUNTRY_CD", "TAX_RATE" FLOAT ) in "simple.xml";
In the Omnidex declaration, note that the PHYSICAL clause for table points to the Oracle syntax of user.table. Also note that the columns use the PHYSICAL clause to point to the underlying Oracle column name, and use Omnidex datatypes rather than Oracle datatypes.
When Omnidex accesses a table, it only knows about the data objects that are declared in the Omnidex Environment File. It does not have an independent understanding of the Oracle environment. This allows administrators to shape the Omnidex Environment the way they want. Some of the opportunities this provides are:
Omnidex table declarations can reference Oracle Views. Omnidex will retrieve from the Oracle view just as though it is a table. Oracle Views can be used to provide different views of the data, appropriate for the application.
When referencing an Oracle view, it is necessary to declare a UNIQUE constraint. This requirement for the UNIQUE constraint is independent of any PRIMARY or FOREIGN constraints, discussed in the next page. The UNIQUE constraint tells Omnidex how to uniquely identify a row. When Omnidex retrieves individual rows, it will use this unique value; therefore, it is important that access to this column (or columns) be properly indexed in the underlying table.
Oracle CREATE VIEW Statement
create view STATES_VIEW ( CTRY_DESCRIPTION, CTRY_CAPITAL, STATE_CD, DESCRIPTION, STATE_NUM, REGION_CD, COUNTRY_CD, TAX_RATE ) as select C.DESCRIPTION, C.CAPITAL, S.STATE_CD, S.DESCRIPTION, S.STATE_NUM, S.REGION_CD, S.COUNTRY_CD, S.TAX_RATE from SIMPLE.STATES S, SIMPLE.COUNTRIES C where S.COUNTRY_CD = C.COUNTRY_CD;
Omnidex CREATE TABLE Statement
create table "STATES_VIEW" physical "SIMPLE.STATES_VIEW" ( "CTRY_DESCRIPTION" STRING(47), "CTRY_CAPITAL" STRING(31), "STATE" CHARACTER(2) physical "STATE_CD", "DESCRIPTION" STRING(31), "STATE_CODE" CHARACTER(2) physical "STATE_NUM", "REGION" CHARACTER(2) physical "REGION_CD", "COUNTRY" CHARACTER(2) physical "COUNTRY_CD", "TAX_RATE" FLOAT, constraint STATES_STATE_UK unique ("STATE") ) in "simple.xml";
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