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Oracle® Transparent Gateway for Informix Administrator's Guide
10g Release 1 (10.1) for HP-UX

Part Number B10528-01
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Case Studies

The following case studies for Informix demonstrate some of the features of the Oracle Transparent Gateway. You can verify that the gateway is installed and operating correctly by using the demonstration files included on the distribution CD-ROM.

The demonstration files are automatically copied to disk when the gateway is installed.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Case Descriptions

The cases illustrate:

CD-ROM Contents

The distribution CD-ROM contains the following:

Demonstration Files

After a successful gateway installation, use the demonstration files stored in the directory $ORACLE_HOME/tg4ifmx/demo where $ORACLE_HOME is the $ORACLE_HOME directory under which the gateway is installed. The directory contains the following demonstration files:

bldifmx.sql

case1.sql

case2.sql

case3.sql

case4a.sql

case4b.sql

case4c.sql

case5.sql

case6a.sql

case6b.sql

dropifmx.sql

Demonstration Requirements

The case studies assume these requirements have been met:

Creating Demonstration Tables

The case studies are based on the GTW_EMP, GTW_DEPT, and GTW_SALGRADE tables. If the demonstration tables have not been created in the Informix database, use the bldifmx.sql script to create them, as follows:

Set environment variable DELIMIDENT.

If you have the Bourne or Korn Shell, enter the following:

$ DELIMIDENT = y; export DELIMIDENT

If you have the C Shell, enter the following:

$ setenv DELIMIDENT y

$ cd $ORACLE_HOME/tg4ifmx/demo
$ dbaccess database_name bldifmx.sql

The script creates the demonstration tables in the Informix database accordingly:

CREATE TABLE GTW_EMP (
EMPNO SMALLINT NOT NULL
ENAME VARCHAR(10),
JOB VARCHAR(9),
MGR SMALLINT,
HIREDATE DATETIME,
SAL NUMERIC(7,2),
COMM NUMERIC(7,2),
DEPTNO SMALLINT)
CREATE TABLE GTW_DEPT (
DEPTNO SMALLINT NOT NULL,
DNAME VARCHAR(14),
LOC VARCHAR(13))
CREATE TABLE GTW_SALGRADE (
GRADE MONEY,
LOSAL NUMERIC(9,4),
HISAL NUMERIC(9,4))

Demonstration Table Definitions

The following table definitions use information retrieved by the SQL*PLUS DESCRIBE command:

GTW_EMP

Name                            Null?    Type
------------------------------- -------- ----
EMPNO NOT NULL NUMBER(5)
ENAME VARCHAR2(10)
JOB VARCHAR2(9)
MGR NUMBER(5)
HIREDATE DATE
SAL NUMBER(7,2)
COMM NUMBER(7,2)
DEPTNO NUMBER(5)

GTW_DEPT

Name                            Null?    Type
------------------------------- -------- ----
DEPTNO NOT NULL NUMBER(5)
DNAME VARCHAR2(14)
LOC VARCHAR2(13)

GTW_SALGRADE

Name                            Null?    Type
------------------------------- -------- ----
GRADE NUMBER(19,4)
LOSAL NUMBER(9,4)
HISAL NUMBER(9,4)

Demonstration Table Contents

The contents of the Informix tables are:

GTW_EMP

EMPNO ENAME   JOB         MGR   HIREDATE   SAL   COMM   DEPTNO
----- ----- --- --- -------- --- ---- ------
7369 SMITH CLERK 7902 17-DEC-80 800 20
7499 ALLEN SALESMAN 7698 20-FEB-81 1600 300 30
7521 WARD SALESMAN 7698 22-FEB-81 1250 500 30
7566 JONES MANAGER 7839 02-APR-81 2975 20
7654 MARTIN SALESMAN 7698 28-SEP-81 1250 1400 30
7698 BLAKE MANAGER 7839 01-MAY-81 2850 30
7782 CLARK MANAGER 7839 09-JUN-81 2450 10
7788 SCOTT ANALYST 7566 09-DEC-82 3000 20
7839 KING PRESIDENT 17-NOV-81 5000 10
7844 TURNER SALESMAN 7698 08-SEP-81 1500 0 30
7876 ADAMS CLERK 7788 12-JAN-83 1100 20
7900 JAMES CLERK 7698 03-DEC-81 950 30
7902 FORD ANALYST 7566 03-DEC-81 3000 20
7934 MILLER CLERK 7782 23-JAN-82 1300 10

GTW_DEPT

DEPTNO DNAME          LOC 
----- -------------- --------
10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK
20 RESEARCH DALLAS
30 SALES CHICAGO
40 OPERATIONS BOSTON

GTW_SALGRADE

GRADE      LOSAL      HISAL
------ ------ -----
1 700 1200
2 1201 1400
3 1401 2000
4 2001 3000
5 3001 9999

Case 1: Simple Queries

Case 1 demonstrates the following:

The first query retrieves all the data from GTW_DEPT and confirms that the gateway is working correctly. The second query retrieves all the data from GTW_EMP including the time portion of the hire date because the default date format was set to DD-MON-YY HH24:MM:SS for the session by an ALTER SESSION command.

Case 2: A More Complex Query

Case 2 demonstrates the following:

This query retrieves the departments from GTW_EMP whose total monthly expenses are higher than $10,000.

Case 3: Joining Informix Tables

Case 3 demonstrates the following:

The query retrieves information from three Informix tables and relates the employees to their department name and salary grade, but only for those employees earning more than the average salary.

Case 4: Write Capabilities

Case 4 is split into three cases and demonstrates the following:

DELETE Statement

Case 4a demonstrates bind values and subselect. All employees in department 20 and one employee, WARD, in department 30 are deleted.

UPDATE Statement

Case 4b provides an example of a simple UPDATE statement. In this example, employees are given a $100 a month salary increase.

INSERT Statement

Case 4c is an example of a simple insert statement that does not provide information for all columns.

Case 5: Data Dictionary Query

Case 5 demonstrates data dictionary mapping. It retrieves all the tables and views that exist in the Informix database that begin with "GTW".

Case 6: The Pass-Through Feature

Case 6 demonstrates the gateway pass-through feature which allows an application to send commands or statements to Informix.

This case demonstrates:

UPDATE Statement

Case 6a provides an example of a pass-through UPDATE statement with bind variables. In this example, the salary for EMPNO 7934 is set to 4000.

SELECT Statement

Case 6b provides an example of a pass-through SELECT statement. The data that is returned from the SELECT statement is inserted into a local table at the Oracle database server.


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