Re: PLS-00123: Program too large

Tomm Carr wrote:

> Wes Riding wrote:
> >
> > We are using Designer/2000 to generate WebServer packages. Some of
 the
> > packages for our modules are too large to be compiled (error
> > PLS-00123). We get this error when we try to install the packages
> > through the Web Generator or right on our unix server.
> >
> > Oracle support tells us that this problem is not going away any time
 

> > soon. Our only solution is to manually break the offending packages
 

> > into smaller units.
>
> And there is a problem with this???

YES. This is a big problem. A leader company as Oracle, can not have a limitation of this way.You have the feel that you are programming with a Commodore 64.
Another thing. The cost of this product is enough high, to not have limitations like this.

>
>
> There are many, many ways to do this. So many that I can only give
> you
> a hint or two and let you take it from there.
>
> Look for duplicated code. Even if it is only duplicated twice, see if
>
> you can't place it as a function/procedure in another package. Along
> this line, look for cursors that are similar. Maybe you can make one
> global, parameterized cursor.
>
> package body xxx is
> procedure p1 is
> ...
> cursor c is
> ...
>
> procedure p2 is
> ...
> cursor cc is
> ...
>
> procedure p3 is
> ...
> cursor ccc is
> ...
> end;
>
> Turn the above into:
>
> package body xxx is
> cursor c (p1 integer, p2...) is
> ....
>
> procedure p1 is
> ...
> open c (v1, v2, ...);
> ...
>
> procedure p2 is
> ...
> open c (v1, v1, ...);
> ...
>
> procedure p3 is
> ...
> open c (v2, v1, ...);
> ...
> end;
>
> I have seen packages where essentially the same cursor was redefined
> dozens of times throughout the code!
>
> Always keep in mind the three keys to writing good, yet compact, code:
>
> modularize, modularize, modularize!
>
> --
> Tomm Carr
> --
> "Can you describe your assailant?"
> "No problem, Officer. That's exactly what I was doing when he hit
> me!"

Alberto Gallego. Received on Thu Aug 14 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT