Note there is also a script at /afs/slac/package/pinger/guthrie/node.pl that provides some read and write access to the NODEDETAILS database.
To update the NODEDETAILS database directly with SQLPlus, the Oracle SQL interpreter, log onto a SLAC Taylored host cottrell@pinger-test.slac.stanford.edu. Set the ORACLE_HOME environment variable to /usr/oracle, e.g. setenv ORACLE_HOME /usr/oracle (csh) or export ORACLE_HOME=/usr/oracle (sh/bash/etc.).
Get the Guthrie NODEDETAILS IEPM password from escrow (escrow edit -c iepm iepmacct), then run sqlplus from the command prompt. Unless you have defined ORACLE_HOME in your shells configuration file, e.g. in cshrc, then you will need to define it first:
pinger@pinger $ setenv ORACLE_HOME /usr/oracle pinger@pinger $ cd $ORACLE_HOME/bin pinger@pinger $ sqlplus iepm@slacprod SQL*Plus: Release 11.1.0.6.0 - Production on Fri Jun 13 16:49:59 2014 Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle. All rights reserved. Enter password: Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production With the Partitioning option SQL>
Invoking sqlplus is done with the name of the command, a space, the database username, currently iepm, an at sign, and then the database connect string, currently slacprod.
SQL statements can then be entered at the SQL> prompt. Punctuation is important in sqlplus. Always end insert, update, delete, select, create, and alter statements with a semicolon. By default, Oracle does all work in a transaction, so you must execute the commit; command to save any changes you've made to the database or the rollback; command to revert them after you have completed a set of changes. When finished use exit; to leave SQLPlus.