Re-compiling a package in a stored procedure

Question

Hi All,
We are using Oracle 10g. I have coded a stored procedure that does many things one of which is re-creating a Materialized View using Dynamic SQL. However, when this Materialized View is created, a package that this stored procedure needs, becomes invalid. What is the syntax for recompiling the package using Dynamic SQL? I tried something like script listed below, but I am getting "*ORA-24344: success with compilation error*" error message. I like to re-compile the package before it's use in this stored procedure.
DECLARE
      v_sql         VARCHAR2 (1000);
      object_name   VARCHAR2 (50) := 'TEST.PS2_FNS366';
BEGIN
       dbms_output.put_line('This is a test.');
       v_sql := 'Alter package ' || object_name || ' compile  package';
       dbms_output.put_line (v_sql);
       EXECUTE IMMEDIATE v_sql;
       v_sql := 'Alter package ' || object_name || ' compile  body';
       dbms_output.put_line (v_sql);
       EXECUTE IMMEDIATE v_sql;     
END;Thanks,
Seyed

Answer 1

Hi Justin,
I agree with you. Initially, I didn't want to use materialized view in the stored procedure to load a table, but I a kind of was forced into it. I first tried using an Oracle View, but then the Oracle package using it was not finding the view. Then I tried to grant select to it, that failed too. That is when I decided to use a materialized view because, at least I could issue the needed grants.
After seeing your e-mail and Frank's, I went back to my original plan. I re-created the old view and then tried to give it the right grants. Here is what I tried and the resulting error message:
GRANT SELECT ON STUDENT.v_ben_reg_case_number TO SCOTT A grant similar to above results in ORA-01720: grant option does not exit for one of the underlying tables. Our DBA tried granting a developer role a system privilege called under_any_role, but that didn't solve it either.
Thank you for your assistance,
Seyed