Hello,

I'm trying to find out HOW or WHERE to retrieve the actual PL/SQL code
of the PACKAGE BODY.

Currently the only means I know of is TOAD's SCHEMA BROWSER.

Any ideas or suggestions would be really appreciated

Thanks

George Lewycky
http://georgenet.net/oracle

gelewyc (AT) nyct (DOT) com (george lewycky) wrote in message news:<68aecc05.0407020849.2448342d (AT) posting (DOT) google.com>...
Just about everything related to objects created in Oracle is
available via the dictionary: all_, dba_, and user_source. Only the
owner or a DBA can see the source for a package body but if you have
execute privilege on the package you can see the specification source
via these views as long as the source was not wrapped. If the source
is wrapped you are pretty much out of luck if you do not have the
source stored away somewhere.

HTH -- Mark D Powell --

gelewyc (AT) nyct (DOT) com (george lewycky) wrote in message news:<68aecc05.0407020849.2448342d (AT) posting (DOT) google.com>...
Select text
from all_source
where owner = '<Package owner>'
and type = 'PACKAGE BODY'
and name = '<Package name>'

afilonov (AT) yahoo (DOT) com (Alex Filonov) wrote in message news:<336da121.0407060832.6aeead69 (AT) posting (DOT) google.com>...

If you are using Oracle9i, there's also the get_ddl option:

set pagesize 0
set long 90000
SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('PACKAGE_BODY','PK_SOMENAME' ) FROM dual;


set pagesize 0
set long 90000
SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('PACKAGE','PK_SOMENAME') FROM dual;


you can generate pretty much anything using this.

chris

afilonov (AT) yahoo (DOT) com (Alex Filonov) wrote in message news:<336da121.0407060832.6aeead69 (AT) posting (DOT) google.com>...

If you are using Oracle9i, there's also the get_ddl option:

set pagesize 0
set long 90000
SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('PACKAGE_BODY','PK_SOMENAME' ) FROM dual;


set pagesize 0
set long 90000
SELECT DBMS_METADATA.GET_DDL('PACKAGE','PK_SOMENAME') FROM dual;


you can generate pretty much anything using this.

chris