-- -- acs-kernel/sql/acs-objects-create.sql -- -- A base object type that provides auditing columns, permissioning, -- attributes, and relationships to any subtypes. -- -- @author Michael Yoon (michael@arsdigita.com) -- @author Rafael Schloming (rhs@mit.edu) -- @author Jon Salz (jsalz@mit.edu) -- -- @creation-date 2000-05-18 -- -- @cvs-id $Id: acs-objects-create.sql,v 1.1.1.1 2002/07/09 17:34:58 rmello Exp $ -- ----------------------------- -- PREDEFINED OBJECT TYPES -- ----------------------------- declare attr_id acs_attributes.attribute_id%TYPE; begin -- -- The ultimate supertype: object -- acs_object_type.create_type ( supertype => null, object_type => 'acs_object', pretty_name => 'Object', pretty_plural => 'Objects', table_name => 'acs_objects', id_column => 'object_id', package_name => 'acs_object', name_method => 'acs_object.default_name' ); attr_id := acs_attribute.create_attribute ( object_type => 'acs_object', attribute_name => 'object_type', datatype => 'string', pretty_name => 'Object Type', pretty_plural => 'Object Types' ); attr_id := acs_attribute.create_attribute ( object_type => 'acs_object', attribute_name => 'creation_date', datatype => 'date', pretty_name => 'Created Date' ); attr_id := acs_attribute.create_attribute ( object_type => 'acs_object', attribute_name => 'creation_ip', datatype => 'string', pretty_name => 'Creation IP Address' ); attr_id := acs_attribute.create_attribute ( object_type => 'acs_object', attribute_name => 'last_modified', datatype => 'date', pretty_name => 'Last Modified On' ); attr_id := acs_attribute.create_attribute ( object_type => 'acs_object', attribute_name => 'modifying_ip', datatype => 'string', pretty_name => 'Modifying IP Address' ); attr_id := acs_attribute.create_attribute ( object_type => 'acs_object', attribute_name => 'creation_user', datatype => 'integer', pretty_name => 'Creation user', pretty_plural => 'Creation users', min_n_values => 0, max_n_values => 1 ); attr_id := acs_attribute.create_attribute ( object_type => 'acs_object', attribute_name => 'context_id', datatype => 'integer', pretty_name => 'Context ID', pretty_plural => 'Context IDs', min_n_values => 0, max_n_values => 1 ); commit; end; / show errors -- ****************************************************************** -- * OPERATIONAL LEVEL -- ****************************************************************** ------------- -- OBJECTS -- ------------- create sequence acs_object_id_seq cache 1000; create table acs_objects ( object_id integer not null constraint acs_objects_pk primary key, object_type not null constraint acs_objects_object_type_fk references acs_object_types (object_type), context_id constraint acs_objects_context_id_fk references acs_objects(object_id), security_inherit_p char(1) default 't' not null, constraint acs_objects_sec_inherit_p_ck check (security_inherit_p in ('t', 'f')), creation_user integer, creation_date date default sysdate not null, creation_ip varchar2(50), last_modified date default sysdate not null, modifying_user integer, modifying_ip varchar2(50), constraint acs_objects_context_object_un unique (context_id, object_id) disable ); create index acs_objects_context_object_idx on acs_objects (context_id, object_id); alter table acs_objects modify constraint acs_objects_context_object_un enable; create index acs_objects_creation_user_idx on acs_objects (creation_user); create index acs_objects_modify_user_idx on acs_objects (modifying_user); -- create bitmap index acs_objects_object_type_idx on acs_objects (object_type); create index acs_objects_object_type_idx on acs_objects (object_type); create or replace trigger acs_objects_mod_ip_insert_tr before insert on acs_objects for each row begin :new.modifying_ip := :new.creation_ip; end acs_objects_mod_ip_insert_tr; / show errors create or replace trigger acs_objects_last_mod_update_tr before update on acs_objects for each row begin :new.last_modified := sysdate; end acs_objects_last_mod_update_tr; / show errors comment on table acs_objects is ' '; comment on column acs_objects.context_id is ' The context_id column points to an object that provides a context for this object. Often this will reflect an observed hierarchy in a site, for example a bboard message would probably list a bboard topic as it''s context, and a bboard topic might list a sub-site as it''s context. Whenever we ask a question of the form "can user X perform action Y on object Z", the acs security model will defer to an object''s context if there is no information about user X''s permission to perform action Y on object Z. '; comment on column acs_objects.creation_user is ' Who created the object; may be null since objects can be created by automated processes '; comment on column acs_objects.modifying_user is ' Who last modified the object '; ----------------------- -- CONTEXT HIERARCHY -- ----------------------- create table acs_object_context_index ( object_id not null constraint acs_obj_context_idx_obj_id_fk references acs_objects(object_id), ancestor_id not null constraint acs_obj_context_idx_anc_id_fk references acs_objects(object_id), n_generations integer not null constraint acs_obj_context_idx_n_gen_ck check (n_generations >= 0), constraint acs_object_context_index_pk primary key (object_id, ancestor_id) ) organization index; create index acs_obj_ctx_idx_ancestor_idx on acs_object_context_index (ancestor_id); create or replace view acs_object_paths as select object_id, ancestor_id, n_generations from acs_object_context_index; create or replace view acs_object_contexts as select object_id, ancestor_id, n_generations from acs_object_context_index where object_id != ancestor_id; create or replace trigger acs_objects_context_id_in_tr after insert on acs_objects for each row begin insert into acs_object_context_index (object_id, ancestor_id, n_generations) values (:new.object_id, :new.object_id, 0); if :new.context_id is not null and :new.security_inherit_p = 't' then insert into acs_object_context_index (object_id, ancestor_id, n_generations) select :new.object_id as object_id, ancestor_id, n_generations + 1 as n_generations from acs_object_context_index where object_id = :new.context_id; elsif :new.object_id != 0 then -- 0 is the id of the security context root object insert into acs_object_context_index (object_id, ancestor_id, n_generations) values (:new.object_id, 0, 1); end if; end; / show errors create or replace trigger acs_objects_context_id_up_tr after update on acs_objects for each row begin if :new.object_id = :old.object_id and :new.context_id = :old.context_id and :new.security_inherit_p = :old.security_inherit_p then return; end if; -- Remove my old ancestors from my descendants. delete from acs_object_context_index where object_id in (select object_id from acs_object_contexts where ancestor_id = :old.object_id) and ancestor_id in (select ancestor_id from acs_object_contexts where object_id = :old.object_id); -- Kill all my old ancestors. delete from acs_object_context_index where object_id = :old.object_id; insert into acs_object_context_index (object_id, ancestor_id, n_generations) values (:new.object_id, :new.object_id, 0); if :new.context_id is not null and :new.security_inherit_p = 't' then -- Now insert my new ancestors for my descendants. for pair in (select * from acs_object_context_index where ancestor_id = :new.object_id) loop insert into acs_object_context_index (object_id, ancestor_id, n_generations) select pair.object_id, ancestor_id, n_generations + pair.n_generations + 1 as n_generations from acs_object_context_index where object_id = :new.context_id; end loop; elsif :new.object_id != 0 then -- We need to make sure that :NEW.OBJECT_ID and all of its -- children have 0 as an ancestor. for pair in (select * from acs_object_context_index where ancestor_id = :new.object_id) loop insert into acs_object_context_index (object_id, ancestor_id, n_generations) values (pair.object_id, 0, pair.n_generations + 1); end loop; end if; end; / show errors create or replace trigger acs_objects_context_id_del_tr before delete on acs_objects for each row begin delete from acs_object_context_index where object_id = :old.object_id; end; / show errors ---------------------- -- ATTRIBUTE VALUES -- ---------------------- create sequence acs_attribute_value_id_seq; create table acs_attribute_values ( object_id not null constraint acs_attr_values_obj_id_fk references acs_objects (object_id) on delete cascade, attribute_id not null constraint acs_attr_values_attr_id_fk references acs_attributes (attribute_id), attr_value varchar2(4000), constraint acs_attribute_values_pk primary key (object_id, attribute_id) ); create index acs_attr_values_attr_id_idx on acs_attribute_values (attribute_id); comment on table acs_attribute_values is ' Instead of coercing everything into a big string, we could use a "union", i.e, a string column, a number column, a date column, and a discriminator. '; create table acs_static_attr_values ( object_type not null constraint acs_static_a_v_obj_id_fk references acs_object_types (object_type) on delete cascade, attribute_id not null constraint acs_static_a_v_attr_id_fk references acs_attributes (attribute_id), attr_value varchar2(4000), constraint acs_static_a_v_pk primary key (object_type, attribute_id) ); create index acs_stat_attrs_attr_id_idx on acs_static_attr_values (attribute_id); comment on table acs_static_attr_values is ' Stores static values for the object attributes. One row per object type. '; ------------------------ -- ACS_OBJECT PACKAGE -- ------------------------ create or replace package acs_object as function new ( object_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE default null, object_type in acs_objects.object_type%TYPE default 'acs_object', creation_date in acs_objects.creation_date%TYPE default sysdate, creation_user in acs_objects.creation_user%TYPE default null, creation_ip in acs_objects.creation_ip%TYPE default null, context_id in acs_objects.context_id%TYPE default null ) return acs_objects.object_id%TYPE; procedure delete ( object_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE ); function name ( object_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE ) return varchar2; -- The acs_object_types.name_method for "acs_object" -- function default_name ( object_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE ) return varchar2; -- Determine where the attribute is stored and what sql needs to be -- in the where clause to retreive it -- Used in get_attribute and set_attribute procedure get_attribute_storage ( object_id_in in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE, attribute_name_in in acs_attributes.attribute_name%TYPE, v_column out varchar2, v_table_name out varchar2, v_key_sql out varchar2 ); -- Get/set the value of an object attribute, as long as -- the type can be cast to varchar2 function get_attribute ( object_id_in in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE, attribute_name_in in acs_attributes.attribute_name%TYPE ) return varchar2; procedure set_attribute ( object_id_in in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE, attribute_name_in in acs_attributes.attribute_name%TYPE, value_in in varchar2 ); function check_representation ( object_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE ) return char; procedure update_last_modified ( object_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE, last_modified in acs_objects.last_modified%TYPE default sysdate ); end acs_object; / show errors create or replace package body acs_object as procedure initialize_attributes ( object_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE ) is v_object_type acs_objects.object_type%TYPE; begin -- XXX This should be fixed to initialize supertypes properly. -- Initialize dynamic attributes insert into acs_attribute_values (object_id, attribute_id, attr_value) select initialize_attributes.object_id, a.attribute_id, a.default_value from acs_attributes a, acs_objects o where a.object_type = o.object_type and o.object_id = initialize_attributes.object_id and a.storage = 'generic' and a.static_p = 'f'; -- Retreive type for static attributes select object_type into v_object_type from acs_objects where object_id = initialize_attributes.object_id; -- Initialize static attributes begin insert into acs_static_attr_values (object_type, attribute_id, attr_value) select v_object_type, a.attribute_id, a.default_value from acs_attributes a, acs_objects o where a.object_type = o.object_type and o.object_id = initialize_attributes.object_id and a.storage = 'generic' and a.static_p = 't' and not exists (select 1 from acs_static_attr_values where object_type = a.object_type); exception when no_data_found then null; end; end initialize_attributes; function new ( object_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE default null, object_type in acs_objects.object_type%TYPE default 'acs_object', creation_date in acs_objects.creation_date%TYPE default sysdate, creation_user in acs_objects.creation_user%TYPE default null, creation_ip in acs_objects.creation_ip%TYPE default null, context_id in acs_objects.context_id%TYPE default null ) return acs_objects.object_id%TYPE is v_object_id acs_objects.object_id%TYPE; begin if object_id is null then select acs_object_id_seq.nextval into v_object_id from dual; else v_object_id := object_id; end if; insert into acs_objects (object_id, object_type, context_id, creation_date, creation_user, creation_ip) values (v_object_id, object_type, context_id, creation_date, creation_user, creation_ip); acs_object.initialize_attributes(v_object_id); return v_object_id; end new; procedure delete ( object_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE ) is v_exists_p char; begin -- Delete dynamic/generic attributes delete from acs_attribute_values where object_id = acs_object.delete.object_id; for object_type in (select table_name, id_column from acs_object_types start with object_type = (select object_type from acs_objects o where o.object_id = acs_object.delete.object_id) connect by object_type = prior supertype) loop -- Delete from the table if it exists. select decode(count(*),0,'f','t') into v_exists_p from user_tables where table_name = upper(object_type.table_name); if v_exists_p = 't' then execute immediate 'delete from ' || object_type.table_name || ' where ' || object_type.id_column || ' = :object_id' using in object_id; end if; end loop; end delete; function name ( object_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE ) return varchar2 is object_name varchar2(500); v_object_id integer := object_id; begin -- Find the name function for this object, which is stored in the -- name_method column of acs_object_types. Starting with this -- object's actual type, traverse the type hierarchy upwards until -- a non-null name_method value is found. -- for object_type in (select name_method from acs_object_types start with object_type = (select object_type from acs_objects o where o.object_id = name.object_id) connect by object_type = prior supertype) loop if object_type.name_method is not null then -- Execute the first name_method we find (since we're traversing -- up the type hierarchy from the object's exact type) using -- Native Dynamic SQL, to ascertain the name of this object. -- --execute immediate 'select ' || object_type.name_method || '(:1) from dual' execute immediate 'begin :1 := ' || object_type.name_method || '(:2); end;' using out object_name, in object_id; --into object_name exit; end if; end loop; return object_name; end name; function default_name ( object_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE ) return varchar2 is object_type_pretty_name acs_object_types.pretty_name%TYPE; begin select ot.pretty_name into object_type_pretty_name from acs_objects o, acs_object_types ot where o.object_id = default_name.object_id and o.object_type = ot.object_type; return object_type_pretty_name || ' ' || object_id; end default_name; procedure get_attribute_storage ( object_id_in in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE, attribute_name_in in acs_attributes.attribute_name%TYPE, v_column out varchar2, v_table_name out varchar2, v_key_sql out varchar2 ) is v_object_type acs_attributes.object_type%TYPE; v_static acs_attributes.static_p%TYPE := null; v_attr_id acs_attributes.attribute_id%TYPE := null; v_storage acs_attributes.storage%TYPE := null; v_attr_name acs_attributes.attribute_name%TYPE := null; v_id_column varchar2(200) := null; v_sql varchar2(4000) := null; v_return varchar2(4000) := null; -- Fetch the most inherited attribute cursor c_attribute is select a.attribute_id, a.static_p, a.storage, a.table_name, a.attribute_name, a.object_type, a.column_name, t.id_column from acs_attributes a, (select object_type, id_column from acs_object_types connect by object_type = prior supertype start with object_type = (select object_type from acs_objects where object_id = object_id_in) ) t where a.attribute_name = attribute_name_in and a.object_type = t.object_type; begin -- Determine the attribute parameters open c_attribute; fetch c_attribute into v_attr_id, v_static, v_storage, v_table_name, v_attr_name, v_object_type, v_column, v_id_column; if c_attribute%NOTFOUND then close c_attribute; raise_application_error (-20000, 'No such attribute ' || v_object_type || '::' || attribute_name_in || ' in acs_object.get_attribute_storage.'); end if; close c_attribute; -- This should really be done in a trigger on acs_attributes, -- instead of generating it each time in this function -- If there is no specific table name for this attribute, -- figure it out based on the object type if v_table_name is null then -- Determine the appropriate table name if v_storage = 'generic' then -- Generic attribute: table name/column are hardcoded v_column := 'attr_value'; if v_static = 'f' then v_table_name := 'acs_attribute_values'; v_key_sql := '(object_id = ' || object_id_in || ' and ' || 'attribute_id = ' || v_attr_id || ')'; else v_table_name := 'acs_static_attr_values'; v_key_sql := '(object_type = ''' || v_object_type || ''' and ' || 'attribute_id = ' || v_attr_id || ')'; end if; else -- Specific attribute: table name/column need to be retreived if v_static = 'f' then select table_name, id_column into v_table_name, v_id_column from acs_object_types where object_type = v_object_type; else raise_application_error(-20000, 'No table name specified for storage specific static attribute ' || v_object_type || '::' || attribute_name_in || ' in acs_object.get_attribute_storage.'); end if; end if; else -- There is a custom table name for this attribute. -- Get the id column out of the acs_object_tables -- Raise an error if not found select id_column into v_id_column from acs_object_type_tables where object_type = v_object_type and table_name = v_table_name; end if; if v_column is null then if v_storage = 'generic' then v_column := 'attr_value'; else v_column := v_attr_name; end if; end if; if v_key_sql is null then if v_static = 'f' then v_key_sql := v_id_column || ' = ' || object_id_in ; else v_key_sql := v_id_column || ' = ''' || v_object_type || ''''; end if; end if; exception when no_data_found then if c_attribute%ISOPEN then close c_attribute; end if; raise_application_error(-20000, 'No data found for attribute ' || v_object_type || '::' || attribute_name_in || ' in acs_object.get_attribute_storage'); end get_attribute_storage; -- Get/set the value of an object attribute, as long as -- the type can be cast to varchar2 function get_attribute ( object_id_in in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE, attribute_name_in in acs_attributes.attribute_name%TYPE ) return varchar2 is v_table_name varchar2(200); v_column varchar2(200); v_key_sql varchar2(4000); v_return varchar2(4000); begin get_attribute_storage(object_id_in, attribute_name_in, v_column, v_table_name, v_key_sql); begin execute immediate 'select ' || v_column || ' from ' || v_table_name || ' where ' || v_key_sql into v_return; exception when no_data_found then return null; end; return v_return; end get_attribute; procedure set_attribute ( object_id_in in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE, attribute_name_in in acs_attributes.attribute_name%TYPE, value_in in varchar2 ) is v_table_name varchar2(200); v_column varchar2(200); v_key_sql varchar2(4000); v_return varchar2(4000); v_dummy integer; begin get_attribute_storage(object_id_in, attribute_name_in, v_column, v_table_name, v_key_sql); execute immediate 'update ' || v_table_name || ' set ' || v_column || ' = :value where ' || v_key_sql using value_in; end set_attribute; function check_context_index ( object_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE, ancestor_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE, n_generations in integer ) return char is n_rows integer; n_gens integer; begin -- Verify that this row exists in the index. select decode(count(*),0,0,1) into n_rows from acs_object_context_index where object_id = check_context_index.object_id and ancestor_id = check_context_index.ancestor_id; if n_rows = 1 then -- Verify that the count is correct. select n_generations into n_gens from acs_object_context_index where object_id = check_context_index.object_id and ancestor_id = check_context_index.ancestor_id; if n_gens != n_generations then acs_log.error('acs_object.check_representation', 'Ancestor ' || ancestor_id || ' of object ' || object_id || ' reports being generation ' || n_gens || ' when it is actually generation ' || n_generations || '.'); return 'f'; else return 't'; end if; else acs_log.error('acs_object.check_representation', 'Ancestor ' || ancestor_id || ' of object ' || object_id || ' is missing an entry in acs_object_context_index.'); return 'f'; end if; end; function check_object_ancestors ( object_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE, ancestor_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE, n_generations in integer ) return char is context_id acs_objects.context_id%TYPE; security_inherit_p acs_objects.security_inherit_p%TYPE; n_rows integer; n_gens integer; result char(1); begin -- OBJECT_ID is the object we are verifying -- ANCESTOR_ID is the current ancestor we are tracking -- N_GENERATIONS is how far ancestor_id is from object_id -- Note that this function is only supposed to verify that the -- index contains each ancestor for OBJECT_ID. It doesn''t -- guarantee that there aren''t extraneous rows or that -- OBJECT_ID''s children are contained in the index. That is -- verified by seperate functions. result := 't'; -- Grab the context and security_inherit_p flag of the current -- ancestor''s parent. select context_id, security_inherit_p into context_id, security_inherit_p from acs_objects where object_id = check_object_ancestors.ancestor_id; if ancestor_id = 0 then if context_id is null then result := 't'; else -- This can be a constraint, can''t it? acs_log.error('acs_object.check_representation', 'Object 0 doesn''t have a null context_id'); result := 'f'; end if; else if context_id is null or security_inherit_p = 'f' then context_id := 0; end if; if check_context_index(object_id, ancestor_id, n_generations) = 'f' then result := 'f'; end if; if check_object_ancestors(object_id, context_id, n_generations + 1) = 'f' then result := 'f'; end if; end if; return result; end; function check_object_descendants ( object_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE, descendant_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE, n_generations in integer ) return char is result char(1); begin -- OBJECT_ID is the object we are verifying. -- DESCENDANT_ID is the current descendant we are tracking. -- N_GENERATIONS is how far the current DESCENDANT_ID is from -- OBJECT_ID. -- This function will verfy that each actualy descendant of -- OBJECT_ID has a row in the index table. It does not check that -- there aren't extraneous rows or that the ancestors of OBJECT_ID -- are maintained correctly. result := 't'; -- First verify that OBJECT_ID and DESCENDANT_ID are actually in -- the index. if check_context_index(descendant_id, object_id, n_generations) = 'f' then result := 'f'; end if; -- For every child that reports inheriting from OBJECT_ID we need to call -- ourselves recursively. for obj in (select * from acs_objects where context_id = descendant_id and security_inherit_p = 't') loop if check_object_descendants(object_id, obj.object_id, n_generations + 1) = 'f' then result := 'f'; end if; end loop; return result; end; function check_path ( object_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE, ancestor_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE ) return char is context_id acs_objects.context_id%TYPE; security_inherit_p acs_objects.security_inherit_p%TYPE; begin if object_id = ancestor_id then return 't'; end if; select context_id, security_inherit_p into context_id, security_inherit_p from acs_objects where object_id = check_path.object_id; if context_id is null or security_inherit_p = 'f' then context_id := 0; end if; return check_path(context_id, ancestor_id); end; function check_representation ( object_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE ) return char is result char(1); object_type acs_objects.object_type%TYPE; n_rows integer; begin result := 't'; acs_log.notice('acs_object.check_representation', 'Running acs_object.check_representation on object_id = ' || object_id || '.'); -- If this fails then there isn''t even an object associated with -- this id. I'm going to let that error propogate as an exception. select object_type into object_type from acs_objects where object_id = check_representation.object_id; acs_log.notice('acs_object.check_representation', 'OBJECT STORAGE INTEGRITY TEST'); -- Let's look through every primary storage table associated with -- this object type and all of its supertypes and make sure there -- is a row with OBJECT_ID as theh primary key. for t in (select t.object_type, t.table_name, t.id_column from acs_object_type_supertype_map m, acs_object_types t where m.ancestor_type = t.object_type and m.object_type = check_representation.object_type union select object_type, table_name, id_column from acs_object_types where object_type = check_representation.object_type) loop execute immediate 'select decode(count(*),0,0,1) from ' || t.table_name || ' where ' || t.id_column || ' = ' || object_id into n_rows; if n_rows = 0 then result := 'f'; acs_log.error('acs_object.check_representation', 'Table ' || t.table_name || ' (primary storage for ' || t.object_type || ') doesn''t have a row for object ' || object_id || ' of type ' || object_type || '.'); end if; end loop; acs_log.notice('acs_object.check_representation', 'OBJECT CONTEXT INTEGRITY TEST'); -- Do a bunch of dirt simple sanity checks. -- First let's check that all of our ancestors appear in -- acs_object_context_index with the correct generation listed. if check_object_ancestors(object_id, object_id, 0) = 'f' then result := 'f'; end if; -- Now let's check that all of our descendants appear in -- acs_object_context_index with the correct generation listed. if check_object_descendants(object_id, object_id, 0) = 'f' then result := 'f'; end if; -- Ok, we know that the index contains every entry that it is -- supposed to have. Now let's make sure it doesn't contain any -- extraneous entries. for row in (select * from acs_object_context_index where object_id = check_representation.object_id or ancestor_id = check_representation.object_id) loop if check_path(row.object_id, row.ancestor_id) = 'f' then acs_log.error('acs_object.check_representation', 'acs_object_context_index contains an extraneous row: ' || 'object_id = ' || row.object_id || ', ancestor_id = ' || row.ancestor_id || ', n_generations = ' || row.n_generations || '.'); result := 'f'; end if; end loop; acs_log.notice('acs_object.check_representation', 'Done running acs_object.check_representation ' || 'on object_id = ' || object_id || '.'); return result; end check_representation; procedure update_last_modified ( object_id in acs_objects.object_id%TYPE, last_modified in acs_objects.last_modified%TYPE default sysdate ) is v_parent_id acs_objects.context_id%TYPE; begin update acs_objects set acs_objects.last_modified = acs_object.update_last_modified.last_modified where acs_objects.object_id in (select ao.object_id from acs_objects ao connect by prior ao.context_id = ao.object_id start with ao.object_id = acs_object.update_last_modified.object_id) and acs_objects.context_id is not null and acs_objects.object_id != 0; end update_last_modified; end acs_object; / show errors ------------------- -- MISCELLANEOUS -- ------------------- create table general_objects ( object_id not null constraint general_objects_object_id_fk references acs_objects (object_id) constraint general_objects_pk primary key, on_which_table varchar2(30) not null, on_what_id integer not null, constraint general_objects_un unique (on_which_table, on_what_id) ); comment on table general_objects is ' This table can be used to treat non-acs_objects as acs_objects for purposes of access control, categorization, etc. ';