How to find object dependencies using the DBA_DEPENDENCIES

Question

Hi,
Could some one please help me in finding out the object dependencies among objects?
I was trying to find out the all levels of dependencies for a given object in  a given schema, but this following query is not working for packages type.
I want to find out all LEVELS of object involved in the creation of a package.
Example:
SELECT DISTINCT owner,name,referenced_owner,referenced_name,referenced_type, LEVEL Le1
FROM dba_dependencies
where owner =user
START WITH NAME = 'object name'
CONNECT BY NOCYCLE PRIOR referenced_name    = NAME
--AND PRIOR REFERENCED_OWNER = OWNER
--AND REFERENCED_TYPE = 'PACKAGE'
ORDER SIBLINGS BY name
Please help.

Answer 1

Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
WITH v AS (
    SELECT  line
           ,col
           ,name
           ,object_type
           ,object_name
           ,type
           ,usage
           ,usage_id
           ,usage_context_id
    FROM    user_identifiers
    WHERE   object_name = 'XML_SPREADSHEET'
    AND     object_type = 'PACKAGE'
SELECT  LEVEL,LPAD(' ', 2*(LEVEL-1)) ||NAME
       ,object_type
       ,type
       ,usage
       ,line
FROM v
START WITH name = 'T_REC_CAPTION'
CONNECT BY PRIOR usage_id = usage_context_id
ORDER SIBLINGS BY line, col
     LEVEL LPAD('',2*(LEVEL-1))||NAME   OBJECT_TYPE   TYPE               USAGE             LINE
         1 T_REC_CAPTION                PACKAGE       RECORD             DECLARATION        317
         2   TITLE                      PACKAGE       VARIABLE           DECLARATION        318
         3     VARCHAR2                 PACKAGE       CHARACTER DATATYPE REFERENCE          318
         2   TOPTITLE                   PACKAGE       VARIABLE           DECLARATION        319
         3     VARCHAR2                 PACKAGE       CHARACTER DATATYPE REFERENCE          319
         2   SPAN                       PACKAGE       VARIABLE           DECLARATION        320
         3     PLS_INTEGER              PACKAGE       SUBTYPE            REFERENCE          320
         2   COMMENT                    PACKAGE       VARIABLE           DECLARATION        321
         3     VARCHAR2                 PACKAGE       CHARACTER DATATYPE REFERENCE          321
         2   REPEATTITLE                PACKAGE       VARIABLE           DECLARATION        322
         3     BOOLEAN                  PACKAGE       BOOLEAN DATATYPE   REFERENCE          322
         1 T_REC_CAPTION                PACKAGE       RECORD             REFERENCE          324
         2   BINARY_INTEGER             PACKAGE       SUBTYPE            REFERENCE          325
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What do you mean with They are giving only one level depth of dependencies?