Recompiling Invalid Schema Objects
Operations such as upgrades, patches and DDL changes can invalidate schema objects. Provided these changes don't cause compilation failures the objects will be revalidated by on-demand automatic recompilation, but this can take an unacceptable time to complete, especially where complex dependencies are present. For this reason it makes sense to recompile invalid objects in advance of user calls. It also allows you to identify if any changes have broken your code base. This article presents several methods for recompiling invalid schema objects.- Identifying Invalid Objects
- The Manual Approach
- Custom Script
- DBMS_UTILITY.compile_schema
- UTL_RECOMP
- utlrp.sql and utlprp.sql
Identifying Invalid Objects
TheDBA_OBJECTS view can be used to identify invalid objects using the following query.COLUMN object_name FORMAT A30
SELECT owner,
object_type,
object_name,
status
FROM dba_objects
WHERE status = 'INVALID'
ORDER BY owner, object_type, object_name;The Manual Approach
For small numbers of objects you may decide that a manual recompilation is sufficient. The following example shows the compile syntax for several object types.Notice that the package body is compiled in the same way as the package specification, with the addition of the word "BODY" at the end of the command.ALTER PACKAGE my_package COMPILE; ALTER PACKAGE my_package COMPILE BODY; ALTER PROCEDURE my_procedure COMPILE; ALTER FUNCTION my_function COMPILE; ALTER TRIGGER my_trigger COMPILE; ALTER VIEW my_view COMPILE;
An alternative approach is to use the
DBMS_DDL package to perform the recompilations.EXEC DBMS_DDL.alter_compile('PACKAGE', 'MY_SCHEMA', 'MY_PACKAGE');
EXEC DBMS_DDL.alter_compile('PACKAGE BODY', 'MY_SCHEMA', 'MY_PACKAGE');
EXEC DBMS_DDL.alter_compile('PROCEDURE', 'MY_SCHEMA', 'MY_PROCEDURE');
EXEC DBMS_DDL.alter_compile('FUNCTION', 'MY_SCHEMA', 'MY_FUNCTION');
EXEC DBMS_DDL.alter_compile('TRIGGER', 'MY_SCHEMA', 'MY_TRIGGER');Custom Script
In some situations you may have to compile many invalid objects in one go. One approach is to write a custom script to identify and compile the invalid objects. The following example identifies and recompiles invalid packages and package bodies.SET SERVEROUTPUT ON SIZE 1000000
BEGIN
FOR cur_rec IN (SELECT owner,
object_name,
object_type,
DECODE(object_type, 'PACKAGE', 1,
'PACKAGE BODY', 2, 2) AS recompile_order
FROM dba_objects
WHERE object_type IN ('PACKAGE', 'PACKAGE BODY')
AND status != 'VALID'
ORDER BY 4)
LOOP
BEGIN
IF cur_rec.object_type = 'PACKAGE' THEN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'ALTER ' || cur_rec.object_type ||
' "' || cur_rec.owner || '"."' || cur_rec.object_name || '" COMPILE';
ElSE
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'ALTER PACKAGE "' || cur_rec.owner ||
'"."' || cur_rec.object_name || '" COMPILE BODY';
END IF;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line(cur_rec.object_type || ' : ' || cur_rec.owner ||
' : ' || cur_rec.object_name);
END;
END LOOP;
END;
/DBMS_UTILITY.compile_schema
TheCOMPILE_SCHEMA procedure in the DBMS_UTILITY package compiles all procedures, functions, packages, and triggers in the specified schema. The example below shows how it is called from SQL*Plus.EXEC DBMS_UTILITY.compile_schema(schema => 'SCOTT');
UTL_RECOMP
TheUTL_RECOMP package contains two procedures used to recompile invalid objects. As the names suggest, the RECOMP_SERIAL procedure recompiles all the invalid objects one at a time, while the RECOMP_PARALLEL procedure performs the same task in parallel using the specified number of threads. Their definitions are listed below.The usage notes for the parameters are listed below.PROCEDURE RECOMP_SERIAL( schema IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL, flags IN PLS_INTEGER DEFAULT 0); PROCEDURE RECOMP_PARALLEL( threads IN PLS_INTEGER DEFAULT NULL, schema IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL, flags IN PLS_INTEGER DEFAULT 0);
- schema - The schema whose invalid objects are to be recompiled. If NULL all invalid objects in the database are recompiled.
- threads - The number of threads used in a parallel operation. If NULL the value of the "job_queue_processes" parameter is used. Matching the number of available CPUs is generally a good starting point for this value.
- flags - Used for internal diagnostics and testing only.
-- Schema level.
EXEC UTL_RECOMP.recomp_serial('SCOTT');
EXEC UTL_RECOMP.recomp_parallel(4, 'SCOTT');
-- Database level.
EXEC UTL_RECOMP.recomp_serial();
EXEC UTL_RECOMP.recomp_parallel(4);
-- Using job_queue_processes value.
EXEC UTL_RECOMP.recomp_parallel();
EXEC UTL_RECOMP.recomp_parallel(NULL, 'SCOTT');- Parallel execution is perfomed using the job queue. All existing jobs are marked as disabled until the operation is complete.
- The package must be run from SQL*Plus as the SYS user, or another user with SYSDBA.
- The package expects the
STANDARD,DBMS_STANDARD,DBMS_JOBandDBMS_RANDOMto be present and valid. - Runnig DDL operations at the same time as this package may result in deadlocks.
utlrp.sql and utlprp.sql
The utlrp.sql and utlprp.sql scripts are provided by Oracle to recompile all invalid objects in the database. They are typically run after major database changes such as upgrades or patches. They are located in the $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin directory and provide a wrapper on theUTL_RECOMP package. The utlrp.sql script simply calls the utlprp.sql script with a command line parameter of "0". The utlprp.sql accepts a single integer parameter that indicates the level of parallelism as follows.- 0 - The level of parallelism is derived based on the CPU_COUNT parameter.
- 1 - The recompilation is run serially, one object at a time.
- N - The recompilation is run in parallel with "N" number of threads.
Source: http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/misc/RecompilingInvalidSchemaObjects.php
