Oracle PRVT_SMGUTIL
Version 26ai

General Information
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Purpose Internal support for Management Packs and Real Application Testing (RAT)
AUTHID DEFINER
Dependencies
DBMS_ADDM DBMS_RAT_MASK_INTERNAL PRVTEMX_ADMIN
DBMS_ADVISOR DBMS_SQLPA PRVTEMX_CELL
DBMS_ASH_INTERNAL DBMS_SQLTUNE PRVT_ADVISOR
DBMS_KEG_LIB DBMS_SYS_ERROR PRVT_AWR_VIEWER
DBMS_MANAGEMENT_PACKS DBMS_WRR_PROTECTED PRVT_HDM
DBMS_PERF    
Documented No
Exceptions
Error Code Reason
ORA-13722 invalid input value for procedure argument PACK_NAME
First Available Not Known
Security Model Owned by SYS with no privileges granted
Source {ORACLE_HOME}/rdbms/admin/prvssmgu.plb
Subprograms
 
CHECK_PACK_ENABLED
Completes successfully if the named pack is enabled prvt_smgutil.check_pack_enabled(pack_name IN VARCHAR2);
exec prvt_smgutil.check_pack_enabled('RAT');
     *
ORA-13722: invalid input value for procedure argument PACK_NAME


exec prvt_smgutil.check_pack_enabled('TUNING');

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
 
CHECK_RAT_OPTION
Completes successfully if Real Application Clusters is a valid option prvt_smgutil.check_rat_option;
exec prvt_smgutil.check_rat_option;

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
 
IS_PACK_ENABLED
Completes successfully if the named pack is enabled prvt_smgutil.is_pack_enabled(pack_name IN VARCHAR2) RETURN BOOLEAN;
BEGIN
  IF prvt_smgutil.is_pack_enabled('DIAGNOSTIC') THEN
    dbms_output.put_line('Enabled');
  ELSE
    dbms_output.put_line('Disabled');
  END IF;
END;
/
Enabled

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
 
IS_RAT_OPTION_ENABLED
Completes successfully if Real Application Testing is enabled prvt_smgutil.is_rat_option_enabled RETURN BOOLEAN;
BEGIN
  IF prvt_smgutil.is_rat_option_enabled THEN
    dbms_output.put_line('Enabled');
  ELSE
    dbms_output.put_line('Disabled');
  END IF;
END;
/
Enabled

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
 
PRVT_PACK_ENABLED
Returns 1 of the identified pack is enabled prvt_smgutil.prvt_pack_enabled(
pack_name   IN BINARY_INTEGER,
raise_error IN BINARY_INTEGER)
RETURN BINARY_INTEGER;
DECLARE
 retVal BINARY_INTEGER;
BEGIN
  retVal := prvt_smgutil.prvt_pack_enabled(2, 7445);
    dbms_output.put_line(retVal);
END;
/
1

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
 
VALIDATE_ARG_LEN
Undocumented prvt_smgutil.validate_arg_len(
p_value IN VARCHAR2,
p_name  IN VARCHAR2,
p_len   IN NUMBER);
exec prvt_smgutil.validate_arg_len('TEST', 'MORGAN', 1);
     *
ORA-13723: input value for procedure argument MORGAN exceeds maximum allowed length of 1


-- note that the following is also a violation of ORA-13723
-- likely an invalid exception message as a P_LEN of 3 also fails


exec prvt_smgutil.validate_arg_len('TEST', 'MORGAN', 4);

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

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