Re: documentation for system packages?

From: Edelstein <info_at_rbsbooks.com>
Date: 1997/05/19
Message-ID: <MPG.dea5e1e97c6f2a098968b@snews.zippo.com>#1/1

In article <aj.28.000720FE_at_knoware.nl>, aj_at_knoware.nl says...
>
> Apart from a the procedure builders help file there seems
> to be a lack of any official documentation on the system
> packages(i.e. dbms_lock, dbms_sql etc.)
> Could anyone suggest where we might locate this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Allard
>
>

You can always look at the packages' specifications in the data dictionary. For example:

select text from all_source
where name = 'DBMS_SQL'
and type = 'PACKAGE'
order by line;

Fran Edelstein
Author of Learning Oracle Database Programming http://www.rbsbooks.com Received on Mon May 19 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT