Thanks Szilard,
The indexing worked when errors were ignored, as follows:
CREATE INDEX jc_idx ON structure(s_smiles) INDEXTYPE IS jchem.JC_IDXTYPE PARAMETERS(''TABLESPACE=structure_indexes,tdf=y,haltOnError=nf'')
------------------------ I believe the errors that caused the crash were: -------------------------------------
[pool-1-thread-239/4357]: 2012-11-04 19:59:42.650 chemaxon.jchem.cartridge.servlets.indexing.errorhandling.impl.IndexErrorImpl addError
SEVERE: Error while processing ROWID=AAAEbFABgAABp/qAAG: 4, CC(=O)OB1OC(CC(=[O+]1)c2ccccc2)c3ccccc3.C[Sb-](C)(C)(C)(C)C
[pool-1-thread-231/4349]: 2012-11-04 21:15:57.041 chemaxon.jchem.cartridge.servlets.indexing.errorhandling.impl.IndexErrorImpl addError
SEVERE: Error while processing ROWID=AAAEbFABhAAA1TsAAI: 4, O.O.O.O.[Na+].[Na+].C[Pt-2](C)(C)(C)(C)C
[pool-1-thread-247/4365]: 2012-11-04 23:21:22.564 chemaxon.jchem.cartridge.servlets.indexing.errorhandling.impl.IndexErrorImpl addError
SEVERE: Error while processing ROWID=AAAEbFABhAAA1TsAAI: 4, O.O.O.O.[Na+].[Na+].C[Pt-2](C)(C)(C)(C)C
----------------------------- this would have been an error from today.
[pool-1-thread-253/4371]: 2012-11-05 00:08:14.919 chemaxon.jchem.cartridge.servlets.indexing.errorhandling.impl.IndexErrorImpl addError
SEVERE: Error while processing ROWID=AAAEbFABgAABp/qAAG: 4, CC(=O)OB1OC(CC(=[O+]1)c2ccccc2)c3ccccc3.C[Sb-](C)(C)(C)(C)C
[RMI TCP Connection(188)-172.20.10.87/7335]: 2012-11-05 17:07:23.390 chemaxon.jchem.cartridge.util.Environment identifyJdbcDriverVersion
INFO: JDBC driver version: 11.1.0.7.0-Production
------------------------ end errors; -------------------------------------
SQL> select jchem_core_pkg.getenvironment() from dual;
JCHEM_CORE_PKG.GETENVIRONMENT()
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Oracle environment:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
PL/SQL Release 11.2.0.3.0 - Production
CORE 11.2.0.3.0 Production
TNS for Linux: Version 11.2.0.3.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 11.2.0.3.0 - Production
JChem owner: JCHEM
JChem Server environment:
Java VM vendor: Oracle Corporation
JCHEM_CORE_PKG.GETENVIRONMENT()
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Java version: 1.7.0_04
Java VM version: 23.0-b21
JChem version: 5.10.0
JChem Index version: 5100000
JDBC driver version: 11.1.0.7.0-Production
... LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED MORE INFO :)
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--Just wanted to let you know there are no structures missing from the index table.
select count(*) from structure;
--16521670
select count(*) from jc_idx_jcx;
--16521670
select s_Smiles
from structure
where rowid not in (SELECT RID FROM JC_IDX_JCX) ;
-- no rows returned.
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