RE: Invalid packages not being recompiled by Oracle

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class=437542718-28062001>Paul,
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Lisa
has the correct answer - you must recompile all dependent items. 

This
behavior has been standard since the beginning of PL/SQL.
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class=437542718-28062001>Actually, if your application could be changed to capture the error, and just call the package a second time, all would be well - that is - the package would be compiled by the call, and be validated.
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I
would suggest either running the dbms_utility.compile_Schema utility (which I am not a fan of, as it sometimes dies with a recursive sql error) or running the script below which will re-compile all invalid objects within the schema.
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hope
this helps.
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set
heading offset pagesize 5000set pages 100set serveroutput onexec dbms_output.enable(500000);spool compile.sqldeclarecursor c1 is  select 'alter ' || object_type || ' ' || object_name || ' compile;' out_line  from user_objects  where status='INVALID'  and object_type in ('PROCEDURE','PACKAGE','FUNCTION','VIEW','TRIGGER')  order by 1;begin for c1_rec in c1 loop   dbms_output.put_line(c1_rec.out_line); end loop; dbms_output.put_line('exit');end;/spool off_at_compile
Tom Mercadante <FONT face=Arial
size=2>Oracle Certified Professional

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  size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Koivu, Lisa   [mailto:lisa.koivu_at_efairfield.com]Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001   3:20 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject:   RE: Invalid packages not being recompiled by Oracle   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 <FONT color=#0000ff

  face=Arial size=2>Lisa Koivu <FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial 
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    face=Arial size=1>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 <FONT     face=Arial size=2>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" <FONT face=Arial size=2>-- 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 <FONT face=Arial size=2>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 <FONT face=Arial size=2>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 <FONT face=Arial size=2>addition to not impacting performance or without having to recompile all the dependent packages. Thanks in advance,
  • Paul
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