RE: Pinning Packages Question

Steve,

Thanks for the insight on how the kept status is managed during an invalidation.

Regards,

Larry G. Elkins
elkinsl_at_flash.net
> -----Original Message-----
> From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Steve Adams
>
> Hi Larry and list,
>
>
> When a library cache object is marked for keeping a bit flag
> called the keep
> mask is set in the library cache handle for that object to
> indicate which heaps
> are to be kept. This flag field is visible as KGLHDKMK in the
> X$KGLOB family of
> X$ tables. During an invalidation it is the library cache object
> itself that is
> invalidated, not its handle, and the low order bit of KGLOBFLG is reset
> accordingly. Despite the invalidation of the object, the handle
> with its keep
> mask persists in the cache, and when the object is reloaded there
> is no need to
> do anything to re-establish the kept status of the object heaps.
>
>
> @ Regards,
> @ Steve Adams
> @ http://www.ixora.com.au/
> @ http://www.christianity.net.au/

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