Oracle DBMS_DB_VERSION and PLSQL_CCFLAGS
Version 11.2
 
General Information
Source {ORACLE_HOME}/rdbms/admin/dbmsdbvn.sql
First Available 10.2

Constants
Name Data Type Value
RELEASE PLS_INTEGER 2
VERSION PLS_INTEGER 11
VER_LE_9 BOOLEAN FALSE
VER_LE_9_1 BOOLEAN FALSE
VER_LE_9_2 BOOLEAN FALSE
VER_LE_10 BOOLEAN FALSE
VER_LE_10_1 BOOLEAN FALSE
VER_LE_10_2 BOOLEAN FALSE
VER_LE_11 BOOLEAN FALSE
VER_LE_11_1 BOOLEAN TRUE
VER_LE_11_2 BOOLEAN TRUE
Dependencies
DBMS_CONTENT_ADMIN DBMS_POSIX
Error Messages
Error Code Reason
ORA-39962 invalid parameter for PLSQL_CCFLAGS
Initialization Parameter PLSQL_CCFLAGS
Security Model Execute is granted to PUBLIC
 
PLSQL_CCFLAGS
Values:
  • <vi> has the form of an unquoted PL/SQL identifier. It is unrestricted and can be a reserved word or a keyword. The text is insensitive to case. Each one is known as a flag or flag name. Each <vi> can occur more than once in the string, each occurrence can have a different flag value, and the flag values can be of different kinds.
  • <ci> is one of the following: a PL/SQL boolean literal, a PLS_INTEGER literal, or the literal NULL. The text is insensitive to case. Each one is known as a flag value and corresponds to a flag name.
You can define any allowable value for PLSQL_CCFLAGS. However, Oracle recommends that this parameter be used for controlling the conditional compilation of debugging or tracing code. It is recommended that the following identifiers not be used as flag name values:

  • Names of Oracle parameters (for example, NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS)
  • Identifiers with any of the following prefixes: PLS_, PLSQL_, PLSCC_, ORA_, ORACLE_, DBMS_, SYS_
Parameter type String
Syntax PLSQL_CCFLAGS = '<v1>:<c1>,<v2>:<c2>,...,<vn>:<cn>'
Default value Empty string
Modifiable ALTER SESSION, ALTER SYSTEM
Range of values Any string literal that satisfies the internal syntax
Examples ALTER SESSION SET PLSQL_CCFLAGS = 'DeBug:TruE';
ALTER SESSION SET PLSQL_CCFLAGS = 'debug:TRUE';

plsql_ccflags = 'ACTIVE_STATUS_ONLY:TRUE';
plsql_ccflags = FOREIGN_ACCOUNTS:TRUE';
 
DBMS_DB_VERSION Demos

Variable Definition
set serveroutput on
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE whetstone IS

-- Notice that conditional compilation constructs
-- can interrupt a regular PL/SQL statement.
-- You can locate a conditional compilation directive
-- anywhere there is whitespace in the regular statement.


SUBTYPE my_real IS
$IF DBMS_DB_VERSION.VER_LE_9 $THEN
  NUMBER
$ELSE
  BINARY_DOUBLE
$END;  -- note that there is no semi-colon

t CONSTANT my_real := $IF DBMS_DB_VERSION.VER_LE_9 $THEN 0.499975
$ELSE 0.499975d
$END;

t2 CONSTANT my_real := $if DBMS_DB_VERSION.VER_LE_9 $THEN
  2.0
$ELSE
  2.0d
$END;

x CONSTANT my_real := $IF DBMS_DB_VERSION.VER_LE_9 $THEN
  1.0
$ELSE
  1.0d
$END;

y CONSTANT my_real := $IF DBMS_DB_VERSION.VER_LE_9 $THEN 1.0
$ELSE 1.0d
$END;

z MY_REAL;
-- procedure nested inside whetstone
PROCEDURE P(x my_real, y my_real, z OUT NOCOPY my_real) IS
 x1 my_real;
 y1 my_real;
BEGIN
  x1 := x;
  y1 := y;
  x1 := t * (x1 + y1);
  y1 := t * (x1 + y1);
  z := (x1 + y1)/t2;
END P;

BEGIN
  P(x, y, z);
  dbms_output.put_line('z = '|| z);
END whetstone;
/

PL/SQL Code
set serveroutput on

BEGIN
  $IF dbms_db_version.ver_le_10 $THEN
    dbms_output.put_line('version 10 and earlier code');
  $ELSIF dbms_db_version.ver_le_11 $THEN
    dbms_output.put_line('version 11 code');
  $ELSE
    dbms_output.put_line('version 12 and later code');
  $END  -- note that there is no semi-colon
END;
/

PL/SQL Code
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION myfunc RETURN VARCHAR2 IS

BEGIN
  $IF $$ppval $THEN
    RETURN 'PPVAL was TRUE';
  $ELSE
    RETURN 'PPVAL was FALSE';
  $END  -- note that there is no semi-colon
END myfunc;
/

SELECT myfunc FROM dual;

ALTER SESSION SET plsql_ccflags = 'PPVAL:TRUE';

SELECT myfunc FROM dual;

ALTER FUNCTION myfunc COMPILE;

ALTER SESSION SET plsql_ccflags = 'PPVAL:FALSE';

SELECT myfunc FROM dual;

ALTER FUNCTION myfunc COMPILE
plsql_ccflags = 'PPVAL:TRUE'
REUSE SETTING;

Debug Demo
set serveroutput on
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE debug_pkg IS
  debug_flag constant boolean := FALSE;
END;
/

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE myproc IS

BEGIN
  $IF debug_pkg.debug_flag $THEN
    dbms_output.put_line('Debug=T');
  $ELSE
    dbms_output.put_line('Debug=F');
  $END -- note that there is no semi-colon
END myproc;
/

exec myproc
 
Predefined Inquiry Directives

$$PLSQL_LINE
set serveroutput on

BEGIN
  NULL;
  NULL;
  NULL;
  dbms_output.put_line($$plsql_line);
END;
/

$$PLSQL_UNIT
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE test IS
BEGIN
  dbms_output.put_line('I am ' || $$plsql_unit);
END test;
/

set serveroutput on

exec test
 
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