Andrew, Yes, the OverloadCheck package was probably what I remembered reading about. Thanks for the tip on PL/Scope. Did not know that one. Regards, Freek D'Hooge Uptime Oracle Database Administrator email: freek.dhooge@xxxxxxxxx tel +32(0)3 451 23 82 http://www.uptime.be disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: Clarke, Andrew [mailto:andrew.clarke@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: donderdag 4 september 2008 18:57 To: D'Hooge Freek; Amir.Hameed@xxxxxxxxx; ORACLE-L Subject: RE: How to find dependencies >> If memory services me right, Steven Feuerstein has created a package that >> would build such a depency tree for pl/sql packages Were you think of Steven's OverloadCheck package? That checks packages for ambiguous overloading so it doesn't really deal with procedure-level dependencies. But I imagine it gives a good insight into how one might roll one's own. The following link takes you to Part 1 of 8 http://www.oracle.com/technology/oramag/webcolumns/2003/techarticles/feuerst ein_codech.html Alternatively, in 11g there is fine-grained dependency checking with PL/Scope. Tom wrote about it here: http://www.oracle.com/technology/oramag/oracle/07-nov/o67asktom.html Cheers, APC A P Clarke Software Architect Logica UK Public Sector Division Stephenson House 75 Hampstead Road London UK NW1 2PL Direct Tel: +44 (0)207 230 3160 Fax: +44 (0)207 446 1352 Email: andrew.clarke@xxxxxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l