Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference, 4th Edition

Compilation

PL/SQL compilation is an area that has seen several improvements in recent database versions. These capabilities include conditional compilation, informational warnings, optimization, and compilation to native code.

Compiling Stored PL/SQL Programs

The following keywords are available when creating stored programs:

OR REPLACE

Used to rebuild an existing program unit, preserving privileges granted on it.

AUTHID

Defines whether the program will execute with the privileges of, and resolve names like, the object owner (DEFINER), or as the user executing the function (CURRENT_USER). The default AUTHID is DEFINER. See the section "Privileges and Stored PL/SQL" for additional information.

DETERMINISTIC

Required for function-based indexes. A function is DETERMINISTIC if it always returns the same value when called with the same parameters. Deterministic functions do not meaningfully reference package variables or the database. The built-in INITCAP is deterministic, but SYSDATE is not.

PARALLEL_ENABLED [(PARTITION in_parm BY {ANY HASH | RANGE}) ]

Tells the optimizer that a function is safe for parallel execution. The PARTITION BY clause is available only to functions that have a REF CURSOR IN parameter. This clause is used with table functions and tells the optimizer how the input can be partitioned.

PIPELINED

Used with table functions. Specifies that the results of this table function should be returned iteratively via the PIPE ROW statement. A pipelined function can start to return data ...