We already tried "alter package x compile body" but no luck. Still it hangs.
- Original Message -----
From: "Powell, Mark D" <mark.powell_at_eds.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 4:12 pm
Subject: RE: package compilation hangs
> Jay, to compile a package Oracle takes an exclusive lock on the
> package.Oracle cannot get the exclusive lock if the package is in
> use. You should
> generally not make changes to tables referenced in stored code
> that itself
> is referenced by other stored code except during periods of very
> low usage
> or maintenance windows.
>
> If you must make the change during busy periods you should try to
> stop or
> get the users out of the affected applications at the time of the
> change.Then when you go to recompile invalided packages only
> recompile the body if
> the specification was not changed since recompiling the
> specification can
> cause cascading invalidations.
>
> If you want long enough the re-compile may well work, but you
> might try
> canceling it and issuing just a recompile on the body if you made this
> mistake.
>
> alter package x compile [spec and body] verse alter package x
> compile body
> [to just do the body and limit cascading if the spec was not
> changed]
>
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