SQL developer 3.1 in schema browser doesn't show package body

Question

Hi,
When i search a package with schema browser, i can't see the package body of other owner, the menu "edit body" is disabled.
My user as select any dictionary et select_catalog_role
When i connect with a DBA's user, i can see all.
I'am on windows with sqldev 3.1
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi erifet,
This one seems to go back and forth. It was originally fixed in Schema Browser for 3.0. The "Edit Body" was greyed out, but an "Open Body" icon in the code editor toolbar for Package Spec was enabled. Here is the forum reference:
30EA1 package bodies missing in schema browser still not fixed
In 3.1, both "Edit Body" and "Open Body" are greyed out, and that applies both to Schema Browser and Connection Navigator for Other Users packages, so at least 3.1 is consistent. The difference between the Browser and the Navigator is Schema Browser has no option to display a Package Body type (must go through Package Spec type), while the Connection Navigator displays a Package Body node type in the tree beneath the Spec node. In the forum thread AM references, Vadim explains what 3.1 does: it uses the ALL_OBJECTS view, which apparently does not include package bodies. Off-hand I'm not sure why it does not include them, and the following link doesn't shed any light:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14237/statviews_1001.htm
Adding the execute privilege on the package does not help either. At least you have the workaround of using the Connection navigator to view the package body metadata (code) of Other Users if you have been granted either SELECT_CATALOG_ROLE or SELECT ANY DICTIONARY. As for returning to the 3.0 Schema Browser behavior, perhaps Vadim will notice your post and have some explanation as to why or why not that may be possible.
Regards,
Gary
SQL Developer Team