Re: Last DDL Time for packages

  • From: Roger Xu <wellmetus@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Stephane Faroult <sfaroult@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:49:47 -0500

They claimed that both get changed when the package is called. Thus, I had
this question. I guess that I cannot trust them anymore. Happy outsourcing
... Thanks

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Stephane Faroult <sfaroult@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Roger,
>
>    You have TWO objects in DBA_OBJECTS for a package, the package and
> the package body. If the interface doesn't change, LAST_DDL_TIME isn't
> updated for the package - but is for the package body.
>
> ORACLE-SQL> @foo
>
> Package created.
>
>
> Package body created.
>
> ORACLE-SQL> select object_name, object_type
>  2
> ORACLE-SQL>
> ORACLE-SQL> ed
> Wrote file afiedt.buf
>
>  1  select object_name, object_type, last_ddl_time
>  2  from user_objects
>  3* where object_name = 'FOO'
> ORACLE-SQL> /
>
> OBJECT_NAME
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> OBJECT_TYPE        LAST_DDL
> ------------------- --------
> FOO
> PACKAGE         22:10:05
>
> FOO
> PACKAGE BODY        22:10:06
>
>
> ORACLE-SQL> save pack
> Created file pack.sql
> ORACLE-SQL> ed foo
>
> [ some change to the package body]
>
> ORACLE-SQL> @foo
>
> Package created.
>
>
> Package body created.
>
> ORACLE-SQL> @pack
>
> OBJECT_NAME
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> OBJECT_TYPE        LAST_DDL
> ------------------- --------
> FOO
> PACKAGE         22:10:05
>
> FOO
> PACKAGE BODY        22:11:38
>
>
> ORACLE-SQL>
>
>
>
> Roger Xu wrote:
> > Hi List,
> >
> > We are trying to use below SQL to obtain the last time at which a
> > package/procedure/function being modified. It seems to be working for
> > procedure and functions, but not for the package.
> >
> > select to_char(LAST_DDL_TIME, 'YYYY MM DD HH:MI:SS')
> > from dba_OBJECTs
> > where OBJECT_NAME = 'MYPACKAGE';
> >
> > Is there any other way to find out a package's source code was
> > changed? Maybe I should look into the link between package and
> procedures?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Roger Xu
>
>
>
>

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