With the October patch OCT 2020 PSU, Oracle has changed the internal JVM contained in the Oracle Database from version JDK 1.6 to JDK 1.7. Unfortunately, a statically initialized field from a nested class was affected by the modified behavior of the Java runtime in version 1.7. An indication of this fatal behavior is when […]
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Recent updates in the Oracle PL/SQL extensions product line (April)
OraSFTP OraSFTP is now in version 1.4.7 with recent enhancements being a fix for connecting to SFTP server FileMage Gateway located on Azure and a new method that allows setting remote file permissions. OraRSA OraRSA has been updated to version 1.3.4 with a different set of setup files for Oracle 11-18 and Oracle19. A set […]
New authentication methods in OraSFTP
OraSFTP version 1.4.5 adds support for Elliptic Curve based SFTP key exchange and public-key signatures. The complete list of new cryptography enhancements in this version is available below: Key exchange (KEX) An SSH session begins with a cryptographic exchange based on asymmetric cryptography algorithms, in order for the client and the server to agree on […]
OraRSA with CMS cryptography, OraSFTP with WGET
In the past few months, we have released a couple of updates to both OraRSA and OraSFTP. OraRSA The newest version of OraRSA now provides CMS (Cryptography Message Syntax) support. Encrypting, signing, decrypting and verifying CMS data is now supported from PL/SQL. OraSFTP Custom timeout adjustment is now possible when establishing an SFTP connection. A […]
java.sql.SQLException: ORA-00942: table or view doesn’t exist
When loading one of our addon products for the Oracle© Database, with the loadjava tool, you may encounter the error: java.sql.SQLException: ORA-00942: table or view doesn’t exist The reason for the above error is that the schema (database login account) under which the loadjava must store the JAR files of our addon doesn’t have sufficient […]
OraRSA is a proven solution for the German energy sector
As of August 1, 2019, the RSASSA-PSS digital signing algorithm must be used by all operators in the German energy and water industry sector. The ORA_SMIME package that ships with DidiSoft OraRSA have already been verified by two Geman TSO organizations to fulfill the S/MIME email format requirements for exchanging electric energy supply information. ORA_SMIME […]
“ORA-01536: space quota exceeded for tablespace ‘USERS”
Loading Java stored procedures in Oracle© Databases with the loadjava utility you may encounter errors with error messages: “ORA-01536: space quota exceeded for tablespace ‘USERS” Such error indicates that the schema where the Java classes needed for the stored procedure has surpassed its tablespace quota. The easiest way to overcome this error and continue with […]
OraSFTP connection refused
When trying to establish connection to a remote SFTP server from within Oracle Database using our product OraSFTP you may encounter connection refused error with stack trace similar to the one presented below: ORA-29532: Java call terminated by uncaught Java exception: java.sql.SQLException: SFTPException : There was a problem while connecting to <host>:<port>[recv() failed, errno = […]
OraSFTP v 1.2.6 now supports current remote folder
DidiSoft OraSFTP prior to version 1.2.6 were limited to either absolute paths or paths relative from the current user remote home directory. As of version 1.2.6 the current remote folder can be changed this way allowing for easy traversing and manipulation of complex remote folder structures. The new methods that support this functionality are: ORA_SFTP.CURRENT_DIRECTORY […]
OraRSA 1.1 offering various SHA based signings
DidiSoft OraRSA version 1.1 was released today. It offers to customize the digital signature algorithm in contrast to version 1.0 where only SHA1withRSA was available. How to use the new algorithms? In order to use the new algorithms, you must specify the algorithm needed as the last parameter of the ORA_RSA.SIGN and ORA_RSA.VERIFY methods. Available values […]
