Trying to understand Provides Dependency type

Question

I am trying to understand the Provides dependency type. I have
reviewed the online documentation, but I'm not quite there yet.
I have a SQL script, with a create table statement, to create
the CUST table. When I parse the SQL script, I think I should
get a Provides dependency with a subtype of Created. However, I
don't get any Provides dependency types.
Am I missing a step? Do I need to create something else? Or
have I completely missed the boat?
Thanks!
Vini

Answer 1

Vandana,
What you see is the way the Dependency Manager is designed to
work. When you parse a file or object it looks for things it
provides and things it uses.
In the case of a ddl script with a create table statement the
dependency tables will populated with provides dependencies for
the table and the columns. If this is all you have parsed, and
you use the dependency manager to show the dependencies for ddl
file you will see no dependencies in the right hand side results
pane. This is correct. In the left hand pane of the Dependency
manager you expand the ddl file node you will see the table(s)
created in the file. These are the provide dependencies.
(As an aside, if you parse an Oracle Form and select the form in
the Dependency manager left pane, you can expand the node and see
all the blocks and items etc in the form. This is because the
form "provides" all these "things" that maybe subclassed into
other forms)
If you subsequently parse other objects/files that use the table
then you will see the dependencies between them in the right hand
pane.
The slightly confusing part is if you have modelled the table in
Designer as well as stored the ddl that creates the table the
dependency manager doesn't show dependencies between them. The
product just treats these as two providers of the same table. So
this means when look at, say a form that uses the table, the
dependency manager will show that the for uses both file and
modelled table.
I hope this makes things clearer
Regards
mark