RE: Invalid packages not being recompiled by Oracle

From: Koivu, Lisa <lisa.koivu_at_efairfield.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:18:44 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0033C5C4.20010628112012@fatcity.com>

HI Paul,

By chance can you use dbms_utility.compile_Schema after recompiling? Are you using it already? I know it doesn't answer your quesiton but this package is suppossed to follow the dependencies, no matter how odd they are (what you are describing below is pretty weird).

HTH
Lisa Koivu
Database Bored Administrator
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA

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From:   Troiano, Paul (CAP, GEFA) [SMTP:Paul.Troiano_at_gecapital.com]
Sent:   Thursday, June 28, 2001 2:56 PM
To:     Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Subject: Invalid packages not being recompiled by Oracle

We have one package A that refers to package B. If package B's body and specification are both recompiled by user 1, package A is correctly marked as invalid. Another user, user 2, then attempts to execute package A and gets the following error stack:

ORA-04068: existing state of packages has been discarded
ORA-04061: existing state of package "B" has been invalidated
ORA-04065: not executed, altered or dropped package "B"
ORA-06508: PL/SQL: could not find program unit being called
ORA-06512: at "B", line n ORA-06512: at line 2

User 2 then issues the statement 'alter package A compile;' It compiles successfully and user 2 can now execute the package.

Why does Oracle not automatically recompile package A as it should? Since user 2 was able to recompile the package in its existing state, Oracle should not have failed at doing so. User 2's session instantiation of package A (as well as all of their other instantiated packages) should have been lost when package A was invalidated.

I understand that two possible options are: (1) Flush the shared pool after recompiling; and (2) Manually recompile all dependent packages (such as A). The first seems like overkill and will cause performance issues. The second, with many dependencies involved, is not an option.

We need to consistently be able to recompile a package that other packages are dependent upon without a user recieving the above error stack in addition to not impacting performance or without having to recompile all the dependent packages.

Thanks in advance,

Paul

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Author: Troiano, Paul (CAP, GEFA)
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