Re: RE: package compilation hangs

  • From: jaysingh1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:20:20 -0400

We already tried "alter package x compile body" but no luck. Still it hangs.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Powell, Mark D" <mark.powell@xxxxxxx>
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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