Comments on: Oracle Database 11g New PL/SQL Features in your 10g Code Today

By: Jeffrey Kemp

Jeffrey Kemp — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:31:47 +0000

That's a great use for conditional compilation, perhaps for simple scenarios like you exemplify here; however I'd never recommend putting untested code in production.

When you upgrade to 11g obviously you'd test the upgrade in a non-production environment. This could be 6+ months from now, and might not necessarily be you; so someone will have the burden of testing your code, which might not compile, or worse will have unwanted side effects.

Kudos for getting us thinking about the new features, though. Thanks

By: LewisC

LewisC — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:15:04 +0000

Eddie,

Excellent post! Kudos to Oracle for adding these features but kudos to you for thinking how to use current features to prepare for future features.

LewisC

By: Eddie Awad

Eddie Awad — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:35:39 +0000

Zeeno, The following is an excerpt from a presentation by Bryn Llewellyn, PL/SQL Product Manager at Oracle, about PL/SQL conditional compilation:

In 9.2.0.6 it’s disabled. You have to use an "underscore parameter" to enable it.
In 10.1.0.4 – while it is enabled by default – you can disable it by using the same "underscore parameter".
In 10.2 this "underscore parameter" is obsolete.

By: Zeeno

Zeeno — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:31:11 +0000

That’s real good. However, if upgrade 9i to 11g … …