Unable to upload Chinook DB on APEX - oracle-apex

Is there a way to upload and import the Chinook DB into Oracles' APEX. I downloaded the db file from the chinook website (https://chinookdatabase.codeplex.com/) but having trouble finding how to upload it.

I think you got it wrong. Chinook documentation page suggests that - once you download the file and extract ZIP contents into some directory - you have to connect to SQL*Plus in order to perform installation.
It says that you should create a database user (which means that you have to have access to that database as a privileged user, such as SYS). Then you'd create objects and insert data into tables.
Therefore, Apex comes far, far in the future (regarding your current position). Besides, I'd say that it is YOU who should create an Apex application based on Chinook database; you won't get anything Apex-ish during Chinook installation.

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WSO2IS 5.10.0 - What SQL file(s) to create USERSTORE_DB

I'm installing WSO2IS 5.10.0 and I am creating five PostgreSQL databases per the column titled Recommended Database Structure in this document:
https://is.docs.wso2.com/en/next/setup/setting-up-separate-databases-for-clustering/
Actually it's six databases if you count the CARBON_DB. The five PostgreSQL databases are named as follows: SHARED_DB, USERSTORE_DB, IDENTITY_DB, CONSENT_MGT_DB and BPS_DB. I already have them configured in the deployment.toml file. I've created the databases in PostgreSQL and I have to manually execute the SQL files against each database in order to create the schema for each database. Based on the document in the link, I have figured out which SQL files to execute for four of the databases. However, I have no idea what SQL files I need to execute to create the USERSTORE_DB schema. It's got to be one of the files under the dbscripts directory but I just don't know which one(s). Can anybody help me on this one?
The CARBON_DB contains product-specific data. And by default that stores in the embedded h2 database. There is no requirement to point that DB to the PostgreSQL database. Hence you need to worry only about these databases SHARED_DB, USERSTORE_DB, IDENTITY_DB, CONSENT_MGT_DB and BPS_DB.
As per your next question, You can find the DB scripts related to USER_DB(USERSTORE_DB) in /dbscripts/postgresql.sql file. This file has tables starting with the name UM_. These tables are the user management tables. You can use those table sql scripts to create tables in USERSTORE_DB.
Refer the following doc for more information
[1]https://is.docs.wso2.com/en/5.10.0/administer/user-management-related-tables/

How to transfer data from one database to another in Django?

I am recreating a web app in Django that was running in a server but it was terminated, fortunately, I did a backup of all the code. My problem comes with the database because but I do not know how to transfer all the data from the old db.sqlite3 Django database web app into the new one.
I found a similar question as mine Django: transfer data from one database to another but the user wanted to transfer data from specific columns because their models.pyfrom the old and new databases were slightly different. In my case, my models.py from the old and new databases are the same.
Alternatives
I am using the DB Browser for SQLite to explore the content of the old database and I could add manually each row into the Django administration but this will take me too much time.
I could copy the old db.sqlite and replace it in the new web app because the models.py file remains the same but this solution is not appropriate IMO, this solution is rude and I think it goes against the good practices of Software.
How should I proceed for transferring data from the old database to the new one?
This seems like a one time copy of one db to another. I don't see how this goes against good software practice unless you have to be copying this db frequently. I've done it before when migrating servers and it doesn't cause any issues assuming the two instances of the application are the same build.
I was able to do some minor tricks in order to solve my problem because there is not a straightforward functionality that allows you to transfer all your data from two sqlite databases in Django. Here is the trick I did:
Download the sqlite db browser to explore and export the contents of your old database in a .csv file. Open you database with sqlite db browser and hit on the tables option and you will see all your tables, then do a right click on any of those and hit the export as a csv file option to generate the csv file (name_of_your_csv_file.csv). The other alternative is to use the sqlite3.exe to open your database in cmd or powershell and then doing the export with:
.tables #this lets you explore your available tables
headers on
mode csv
output name_of_your_csv_file.csv
2.There are two choices up to this point: You can either insert all the records at once to your new database or you can drop your existing tables from the new database and then recreate them and import the .csv file. I went for the drop option because there were more than 100 records to migrate.
# sqlite3
# check the structure of your table so you can re-create it
.schema <table_name>
#the result might be something like CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "web_app_navigator_table" ("id" integer NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, "ticket" varchar(120) NOT NULL);
#drop the table
drop table web_app_navigator_table
#re-create the table
create table web_app_navigator_table(id integer not null primary key autoincrement, ticket varchar(120) not null);
#do the import of the csv file
.import C:/Users/a/PycharmProjects/apps/navigator/name_of_your_csv_file.csv table_name_goes_here
You might see an error such as csv:1: INSERT failed datatype mismatch but this indicates that the first row of your csv file was not inserted because it contains the headers of the exported data from your old database.

SharePoint 2013 Admin Content DB is corrupted - Recover/Fix options?

After recovering from a recent hardware failure on our SharePoint server (single server farm), all the SQL DBs were in suspect mode, to change the mode back to normal, we ran the consistency checks on all DBs and successfully changed back to normal mode. However, one particular database i.e. SharePoint_AdminContent_ is still causing SQL crashes with messages like:
The Database ID 6, Page (1:11812), slot 22 for LOB data type node does not exist. This is usually caused by transactions that can read uncommitted data on a data page. Run DBCC CHECKTABLE.
dbcc checkdb with REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS fails and does not complete successfully.
I have set the DB to single user mode for now, the central admin works when I set to multi user mode but the SQL logs very quickly fill up the hard drive with crash dumps. I suspect that the hardware failure has caused some serious damage to the DB which cannot be repaired.
I tried to move central admin site to a new content db using move-spsite but it fails with the error given above.
Now, in an attempt to repair central admin, I have tried to unprovision the central admin and tried to re-create the central admin using both Configuration Wizard GUI and PowerShell, one by one but both these methods return the same error that I have specified above, while trying to create new central admin.
I have tried to backup the corrupted DB and restore it to a new DB to see if it works, but it does not. The corruption transfers to restored DB as well.
I have also tried to detach the corrupted AdminContent DB from SQL and then tried to create a new central admin site (hoping that it will create a new admin content DB) but it complains that it cannot find the old admin content db (I suppose SharePoint_Config DB holds the references to old AdminContent DB), anyways this method fails as well because the old DB detached, and is not available.
Then, I have tried to create a new content database under central admin web application, unprovisioned central admin site, removed corrupted AdminContent DB (through central admin) and tried to create new central admin site using psconfiggui, it did not open the site until I attached corrupted admin content DB through powershell (mount-spcontentdatabase)
I have a full farm backup taken using SharePoint native tools through powershell. It has central admin backup but it cannot be restored individually, I will need to restore the whole farm somewhere to even try to see if restored admin content DB will work and even if it works, how would I transfer it back to original farm because it will have a new guid and how would I associate it with original farm? I cannot restore it to original farm because the backup is 3-4 days older and I can only restore admincontent if I perform a full farm restore which will overwrite all the content as well.
Is there any way I can setup a new Admin Content DB and create a new central admin site using that DB? or anything I can do to fix this? Any help will be appreciated.
After 7 months you probably fixed it, on that case please share your approach with us, otherwise let me recommend you to have a look on:
http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/finding-table-name-page-id/
Particularly on this clause and how to read its output:
DBCC PAGE (6, 1, 11812, 0) WITH TABLERESULTS;
Note: The article's author is Paul Randal.

Django: Handling an uploaded SQLite file

I'm working on a simple Django application in which the user upload a SQLite file; the data is read and added to the main database (PostgreSQL).
My idea is to use two databases, one for the main application and the other to manage the uploaded file (the structure is always the same so I can create models for it).
What do you think about this solution? Is it possible to dynamically change the settings.py file for the second database so I can modify the path and easily read data inside it?
Thanks!
Django supports multiple databases in one project, you can set up postgres as default DB and sqlite as secondary (just for upload).

Django switch from sqlite3 to Postgresql issues

I've recently changed the database server on my project from sqlite3 to Postgresql and I have a few questions that I hope will give an answer to my issues.
I understand that switching from sqlite to Postgres implies that I create the new database and the tables inside it, right? I've done that but I haven't seen any new files created in my project to show me that the database I've made is visible. (Btw, I've changed the database name in settings.py)
I probably should mention that I'm working in a virtual environment and I would like to know if that affects my references in any way. I've tried to import the tables in Django to try and count the number of records in a table but I get the error: "No module named psdemo". (psdemo is my database name and i'm trying to import the table with:
from ps.psdemo import Product
where ps is my application, psdemo is my database and Product the table in the database.
In conclusion I'm trying to get access to my database and tables but I can't manage to find them. I repeat, there is no new database file in my project or in my virtual environment (I've searched thoroughly) but if I use a terminal connection I can connect to my virtual environment and change directories to get to the application folder then if I connect to the Postgresql server I can create the database, the tables and can Insert into them, make queries etc, but I cannot access them from the Django code.
I understand that switching from sqlite to Postgres implies that I create the new database and the tables inside it, right? I've done that but I haven't seen any new files created in my project to show me that the database I've made is visible. (Btw, I've changed the database name in settings.py)
All you have to do with postgres is create the database. Not the tables. Django will create the tables, and anything else it thinks are useful, once you call syncdb.
You won't have any new files in your project like you did in sqlite. If you want to view your database, you should download and install pgadminIII (which I would recommend in any event)
I probably should mention that I'm working in a virtual environment and I would like to know if that affects my references in any way. I've tried to import the tables in Django to try and count the number of records in a table but I get the error: "No module named psdemo". (psdemo is my database name and i'm trying to import the table with:
Here, you import models via normal python syntax and it then references your tables. Each model should represent a single table. You define your models first, and then call
python manage.py syncdb
In conclusion I'm trying to get access to my database and tables but I can't manage to find them.
See above, but you should definitely read about postgres installation from the postgres docs, and read the psycopg2 docs as well as the Django docs for setting up a postgres database.
I understand that switching from sqlite to Postgres implies that I
create the new database and the tables inside it, right? I've done
that but I haven't seen any new files created in my project to show me
that the database I've made is visible. (Btw, I've changed the
database name in settings.py)
Database files are not created in the project directory with postgresql. They are created in the database server data directory (like /var/lib/postgres it depends on the distribution). You should generally query it through a PostgreSQL client that connects to the PostgreSQL server rather than messing with the files directly.
You can for example run command:
manage.py dbshell
As to your first issue, see #jpic's answer.
On your second issue, your database is not a package, and you do not import models from your database. If you were able to import your models correctly before you made any changes, change your import statements back to how they were.