Thanks, Scott. oracle_fdw version 1.5.0 from http://pgxn.org/dist/oracle_fdw/
Oracle client version: instantclient 12.1 /usr/lib/postgresql/9.4/lib# ldd oracle_fdw.so linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fff50744000) libclntsh.so.12.1 => /usr/lib/oracle/12.1/client64/lib/libclntsh.so.12.1 (0x00007f44769f1000) libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f4476666000) libnnz12.so => /usr/lib/oracle/12.1/client64/lib/libnnz12.so (0x00007f4475f4f000) libons.so => /usr/lib/oracle/12.1/client64/lib/libons.so (0x00007f4475d0b000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f4475b07000) libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f4475884000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f4475668000) libnsl.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnsl.so.1 (0x00007f4475450000) librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007f4475247000) libaio.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libaio.so.1 (0x00007f4475045000) libclntshcore.so.12.1 => /usr/lib/oracle/12.1/client64/lib/libclntshcore.so.12.1 (0x00007f4474af5000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f447990c000) On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 1:10 PM, Scott Mead <sco...@openscg.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Arun Rangarajan <arunrangara...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> I am following the instructions here: >> http://blog.dbi-services.com/connecting-your-postgresql-inst >> ance-to-an-oracle-database/ >> to install Oracle foreign data wrapper, oracle_fdw, on a PostgreSQL >> server. >> >> --- >> Oracle version: Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 >> - 64bit Production, running on Red Hat Linux 7.2 >> >> PostgreSQL version: PostgreSQL 9.4.4 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, >> compiled by gcc (Debian 4.7.2-5) 4.7.2, 64-bit, running on Debian 7 >> (wheezy). >> --- >> >> I was able to install sqlplus and connect from PostgreSQL server to >> Oracle server using sqlplus successfully, so connectivity is not a problem. >> >> But when I try to create the extension, I get the following error: >> >> > --- >> postgres=# create extension oracle_fdw; >> server closed the connection unexpectedly >> This probably means the server terminated abnormally >> before or while processing the request. >> The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Failed. >> > > Hmm, odd that it's causing a crash. > > Which version of the oracle_fdw and which version of the oracle > libraries are you linked to? Make sure to check 'ldd oracle_fdw.so' > > --Scott > > > >> --- >> >> Then I took clues from https://github.com/dalibo/pg_qualstats/issues/1 >> and added oracle_fdw to shared_preload_libraries in postgresql.conf like >> this: >> >> shared_preload_libraries = 'oracle_fdw' >> >> but now I can't restart Postgres: >> >> --- >> # service postgresql restart >> [....] Restarting PostgreSQL 9.4 database server: main[....] The >> PostgreSQL server failed to start. Please check the log output: >> t=2016-09-15 11:05:42 PDT d= h= p=23300 a=FATAL: XX000: invalid cache >> ID[FAILt=2016-09-15 11:05:42 PDT d= h= p=23300 a=LOCATION: >> SearchSysCacheList, syscache.c:1219 ... failed! >> failed! >> --- >> >> Looking into /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-9.4-main.log I only see >> these two lines: >> >> t=2016-09-15 11:05:42 PDT d= h= p=23300 a=FATAL: XX000: invalid cache >> ID: 41 >> t=2016-09-15 11:05:42 PDT d= h= p=23300 a=LOCATION: SearchSysCacheList, >> syscache.c:1219 >> >> Removing oracle_fdw from shared_preload_libraries allows postgres to be >> restarted, so this is the one causing restart to fail. >> >> How to fix this and get the foreign data wrapper working? >> >> Thank you. >> >> >> > > > > -- > -- > Scott Mead > Sr. Architect > *OpenSCG <http://openscg.com>* > http://openscg.com >