Re: Are packages evil?

Heinz Zastrau wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I start with a new project and want to uses packages, but are packages
> evil?
>
> What is happend when many clients use routines of the package and I
> want to change one (not used at the moment) and get a compile error?
> Are all client calls against this package fail? If yes, then I think
> packages are not useable in living (growing) application. :-(
>
> What are your opinions?

Packages are wonderful if used correctly. From what I understand from your post you are doing things in Production you have no buiness doing no matter what type of object you use.

BTW: The same behavior occurs with any stored code: Functions, Procedures, Operators, etc. You can't recompile them when locked.

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