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Who Can Drop a Package Body

The DROP PACKAGE BODY statement can be executed by:

  • Administrators

  • The owner of the package

  • Users with the ALTER ANY PACKAGE privilege

Examples of DROP PACKAGE BODY

Dropping the package body
DROP PACKAGE BODY APP_VAR;

RECREATE PACKAGE BODY

Drops a package body if it exists, and creates a package body

Available in

DSQL

Syntax
RECREATE PACKAGE BODY name
AS
BEGIN
  [ <package_item> ... ]
  [ <package_body_item> ... ]
END

!! See syntax of CREATE PACKAGE BODY for further rules !!

The RECREATE PACKAGE BODY statement creates a new or recreates an existing package body.If a package body with the same name already exists, the statement will try to drop it and then create a new package body.After recreating the package body, privileges of the package and its routines are preserved.

See [fblangref50-ddl-pkg-body-create] for more details.

Examples of RECREATE PACKAGE BODY

Recreating the package body
RECREATE PACKAGE BODY APP_VAR
AS
BEGIN
  - Returns the start date of the period
  FUNCTION GET_DATEBEGIN() RETURNS DATE DETERMINISTIC
  AS
  BEGIN
    RETURN RDB$GET_CONTEXT('USER_SESSION', 'DATEBEGIN');
  END
  - Returns the end date of the period
  FUNCTION GET_DATEEND() RETURNS DATE DETERMINISTIC
  AS
  BEGIN
    RETURN RDB$GET_CONTEXT('USER_SESSION', 'DATEEND');
  END
  - Sets the date range of the working period
  PROCEDURE SET_DATERANGE(ADATEBEGIN DATE, ADATEEND DATE)
  AS
  BEGIN
    RDB$SET_CONTEXT('USER_SESSION', 'DATEBEGIN', ADATEBEGIN);
    RDB$SET_CONTEXT('USER_SESSION', 'DATEEND', ADATEEND);
  END
END