Circular references between stored procedures

Question

Hi, i need help about circular references. I have two stored procedures that references like that:
create or replace
procedure ciclico2 as
begin
ciclico1;
end;
create or replace
procedure ciclico1 as
begin
ciclico2;
end;
I can't compile both... so i want to know if there are ways to do that...
Thanks
Marcos (from Argentina... with a medium level english)

Answer 1

¡Hola, Marcos!
If the procedures are in packages (or the same package), you can compile the package specs first, and then the package bodies.
It's simpler if both procedures are in the same package:
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE     pk_fubar
AS
PROCEDURE ciclico1;
PROCEDURE ciclico2;
END       pk_fubar;
SHOW ERRORS
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY     pk_fubar
AS
PROCEDURE ciclico1
IS
BEGIN
        ciclico2;
END        ciclico1
PROCEDURE ciclico2
IS
BEGIN
        ciclico1;
END        ciclico2
END     pk_fubar
SHOW ERRORSOr you could put just one of them in a package.
The important thing is that you can compile a package spec and a package body separately.
You can compile anything that references a function in a package if a valid package spec exists; the package body may be invalid, or it may not exist at all. The package body has to exist and be valid before you run the procedure that calls it, of course, but not necessarily when you compile it.