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RE: Check packages for functions and parameters

From: Jacques Kilchoer <Jacques.Kilchoer_at_quest.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 17:37:58 -0700
Message-ID: <22EC50E60931494FA666A8CF8260C45B038519@ALVMBXW05.prod.quest.corp>


You probably already know this, but the DESCRIBE command on a package returns the list of external procedures and parameters. E.g. from a 9.2 database

SQL> describe dbms_utility
PROCEDURE ACTIVE_INSTANCES

 Nom d'argument                  Type                    E/S par défaut ?

------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
INSTANCE_TABLE TABLE OF RECORD OUT INSTANCE_COUNT NUMBER OUT PROCEDURE ANALYZE_DATABASE Nom d'argument Type E/S par défaut ?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
METHOD VARCHAR2 IN ESTIMATE_ROWS NUMBER IN DEFAULT ESTIMATE_PERCENT NUMBER IN DEFAULT METHOD_OPT VARCHAR2 IN DEFAULT PROCEDURE ANALYZE_PART_OBJECT Nom d'argument Type E/S par défaut ?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
SCHEMA VARCHAR2 IN DEFAULT OBJECT_NAME VARCHAR2 IN DEFAULT OBJECT_TYPE CHAR IN DEFAULT COMMAND_TYPE CHAR IN DEFAULT COMMAND_OPT VARCHAR2 IN DEFAULT SAMPLE_CLAUSE VARCHAR2 IN DEFAULT PROCEDURE ANALYZE_SCHEMA Nom d'argument Type E/S par défaut ?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
SCHEMA VARCHAR2 IN METHOD VARCHAR2 IN ESTIMATE_ROWS NUMBER IN DEFAULT ESTIMATE_PERCENT NUMBER IN DEFAULT METHOD_OPT VARCHAR2 IN DEFAULT PROCEDURE CANONICALIZE Nom d'argument Type E/S par défaut ?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
NAME VARCHAR2 IN CANON_NAME VARCHAR2 OUT CANON_LEN BINARY_INTEGER IN PROCEDURE COMMA_TO_TABLE Nom d'argument Type E/S par défaut ?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
LIST VARCHAR2 IN TABLEN BINARY_INTEGER OUT TAB TABLE OF VARCHAR2(227) OUT PROCEDURE COMMA_TO_TABLE Nom d'argument Type E/S par défaut ?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
LIST VARCHAR2 IN TABLEN BINARY_INTEGER OUT TAB TABLE OF VARCHAR2(4000) OUT PROCEDURE COMPILE_SCHEMA Nom d'argument Type E/S par défaut ?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
SCHEMA VARCHAR2 IN COMPILE_ALL BOOLEAN IN DEFAULT PROCEDURE CREATE_ALTER_TYPE_ERROR_TABLE Nom d'argument Type E/S par défaut ?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
SCHEMA_NAME VARCHAR2 IN TABLE_NAME VARCHAR2 IN
FUNCTION CURRENT_INSTANCE RETURNS NUMBER FUNCTION DATA_BLOCK_ADDRESS_BLOCK RETURNS NUMBER
 Nom d'argument                  Type                    E/S par défaut ?

------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
DBA NUMBER IN FUNCTION DATA_BLOCK_ADDRESS_FILE RETURNS NUMBER Nom d'argument Type E/S par défaut ?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
DBA NUMBER IN PROCEDURE DB_VERSION Nom d'argument Type E/S par défaut ?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
VERSION VARCHAR2 OUT COMPATIBILITY VARCHAR2 OUT PROCEDURE EXEC_DDL_STATEMENT Nom d'argument Type E/S par défaut ?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
PARSE_STRING VARCHAR2 IN
FUNCTION FORMAT_CALL_STACK RETURNS VARCHAR2 FUNCTION FORMAT_ERROR_STACK RETURNS VARCHAR2 PROCEDURE GET_DEPENDENCY
 Nom d'argument                  Type                    E/S par défaut ?

------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
TYPE VARCHAR2 IN SCHEMA VARCHAR2 IN NAME VARCHAR2 IN FUNCTION GET_HASH_VALUE RETURNS NUMBER Nom d'argument Type E/S par défaut ?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
NAME VARCHAR2 IN BASE NUMBER IN HASH_SIZE NUMBER IN FUNCTION GET_PARAMETER_VALUE RETURNS BINARY_INTEGER Nom d'argument Type E/S par défaut ?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
PARNAM VARCHAR2 IN INTVAL BINARY_INTEGER IN/OUT STRVAL VARCHAR2 IN/OUT LISTNO BINARY_INTEGER IN DEFAULT
FUNCTION GET_TIME RETURNS NUMBER
PROCEDURE GET_TZ_TRANSITIONS
 Nom d'argument                  Type                    E/S par défaut ?

------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
REGIONID NUMBER IN TRANSITIONS RAW OUT FUNCTION IS_BIT_SET RETURNS NUMBER Nom d'argument Type E/S par défaut ?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
R RAW IN N NUMBER IN
FUNCTION IS_CLUSTER_DATABASE RETURNS BOOLEAN FUNCTION MAKE_DATA_BLOCK_ADDRESS RETURNS NUMBER
 Nom d'argument                  Type                    E/S par défaut ?

------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
FILE NUMBER IN BLOCK NUMBER IN PROCEDURE NAME_RESOLVE Nom d'argument Type E/S par défaut ?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
NAME VARCHAR2 IN CONTEXT NUMBER IN SCHEMA VARCHAR2 OUT PART1 VARCHAR2 OUT PART2 VARCHAR2 OUT DBLINK VARCHAR2 OUT PART1_TYPE NUMBER OUT OBJECT_NUMBER NUMBER OUT PROCEDURE NAME_TOKENIZE Nom d'argument Type E/S par défaut ?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
NAME VARCHAR2 IN A VARCHAR2 OUT B VARCHAR2 OUT C VARCHAR2 OUT DBLINK VARCHAR2 OUT NEXTPOS BINARY_INTEGER OUT
FUNCTION OLD_CURRENT_SCHEMA RETURNS VARCHAR2 FUNCTION OLD_CURRENT_USER RETURNS VARCHAR2 FUNCTION PORT_STRING RETURNS VARCHAR2
PROCEDURE TABLE_TO_COMMA
 Nom d'argument                  Type                    E/S par défaut ?

------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
TAB TABLE OF VARCHAR2(227) IN TABLEN BINARY_INTEGER OUT LIST VARCHAR2 OUT PROCEDURE TABLE_TO_COMMA Nom d'argument Type E/S par défaut ?
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------ --------
TAB TABLE OF VARCHAR2(4000) IN TABLEN BINARY_INTEGER OUT LIST VARCHAR2 OUT

SQL> -----Message d'origine-----
De : oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] De la part de David Mitchell Envoyé : mardi, 5. septembre 2006 17:12
À : oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Objet : Check packages for functions and parameters

We have a third party application that we've layered our own asp.net app on top of and the vendor periodically changes some functions around when new releases come out. In particular a function was recently moved from one package to another. They also sometimes change the parameters for a given function that we rely on. Our developer is looking for a way to do some rudimentary unit testing to ensure we know when something has changed. The unit tests are being written in C#. So far we've been thinking of looking at all_source to check to see if a function is still in a particular package but we've yet to come up with a good way to check to see if the parameters have changed. Anyone got any suggestions while I continue my search?

David

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