SERIALLY_REUSABLE Pragma

The pragma SERIALLY_REUSABLE lets you mark a package as serially reusable. You can so mark a package if its state is needed only for the duration of one call to the server (for example, an OCI call to the server or a server-to-server RPC). For more information, see Oracle9i Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals.

Syntax

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Keyword and Parameter Description

PRAGMA

This keyword signifies that the statement is a pragma (compiler directive). Pragmas are processed at compile time, not at run time. They do not affect the meaning of a program; they simply convey information to the compiler.

Usage Notes

You can mark a bodiless package as serially reusable. If a package has a spec and body, you must mark both. You cannot mark only the body.

The global memory for serially reusable packages is pooled in the System Global Area (SGA), not allocated to individual users in the User Global Area (UGA). That way, the package work area can be reused. When the call to the server ends, the memory is returned to the pool. Each time the package is reused, its public variables are initialized to their default values or to NULL.

Serially reusable packages cannot be accessed from database triggers. If you try, Oracle generates an error.

Examples

In the following example, you create a serially reusable package:

CREATE PACKAGE pkg1 IS
   PRAGMA SERIALLY_REUSABLE;
   num NUMBER := 0;
   PROCEDURE init_pkg_state(n NUMBER);
   PROCEDURE print_pkg_state;
END pkg1;

CREATE PACKAGE BODY pkg1 IS
   PRAGMA SERIALLY_REUSABLE;
   PROCEDURE init_pkg_state (n NUMBER) IS
   BEGIN
      pkg1.num := n;
   END;
   PROCEDURE print_pkg_state IS
   BEGIN
      dbms_output.put_line('Num: ' || pkg1.num);
   END;
END pkg1;

Related Topics

AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION Pragma, EXCEPTION_INIT Pragma, RESTRICT_REFERENCES Pragma