{"id":302,"date":"2008-12-12T21:10:30","date_gmt":"2008-12-12T20:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/?p=302"},"modified":"2008-12-12T21:14:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-12T20:14:00","slug":"code-refactoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bar-solutions.com\/?p=302","title":{"rendered":"Code refactoring&hellip;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"FeuerThoughts\" href=\"http:\/\/feuerthoughts.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Feuerstein<\/a> wrote an <a title=\"Automatic refactoring in PL\/SQL tools \u2013 Part 1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.toadworld.com\/Community\/Blogs\/tabid\/67\/EntryID\/321\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">entry<\/a> on his <a title=\"Toadworld\" href=\"http:\/\/www.toadworld.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Toadworld<\/a> blog where he checks the refactoring capabilities of SQL-Developer. <\/p>\n<p>I am trying the same things in <a title=\"Allround Automations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allroundautomations.com\/plsqldev.html\" target=\"_blank\">PL\/SQL Developer<\/a> to see if this does do the trick.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->   <\/p>\n<p>First of all, a different couple of options are presented to you when you wrong click (or right click) a piece of highlighted code, depending on what you selected.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/refactoring-menu.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"refactoring_menu\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"130\" alt=\"refactoring_menu\" src=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/refactoring-menu-thumb.png\" width=\"426\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take the following code as our starting point:<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">create<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">or<\/span> replace <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">procedure<\/span> use_cursor (<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   security_level_in <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">in<\/span>     pls_integer<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">,  cursor_out        <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">in<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">out<\/span> number<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">)<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">authid definer<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">is<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">begin<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   cursor_out := dbms_sql.open_cursor(security_level_in);<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">   <\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   dbms_sql.parse ( cursor_out<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">                  , <span style=\"color: #006080\">'select count(*) from all_source'<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">                  , dbms_sql.native<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">                  );<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">end<\/span>;<\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><script language=\"javascript\" type=\"text\/javascript\">function showHide(ADiv) {if (document.getElementById) {  divhandle = document.getElementById(ADiv).style;} else { if (document.layers) {  divhandle = document.ADiv;} else {  divhandle = document.all.ADiv.style; }}if (divhandle.display == \"\") { divhandle.display = \"none\";} else { divhandle.display = \"\"; } }<\/script><a href=\"javascript:showHide('cff910fa-d2b8-4323-a296-b5e1c175c742')\">Show Image<\/a> <\/p>\n<div id=\"cff910fa-d2b8-4323-a296-b5e1c175c742\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/original-source.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"original_source\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"362\" alt=\"original_source\" src=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/original-source-thumb.png\" width=\"898\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now select the first line of the executable section of our code and choose \u2018Extract procedure\u2026\u2019 from the popup menu:<a href=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/refactoring-menu-extract-procedure.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"refactoring_menu_extract_procedure\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"130\" alt=\"refactoring_menu_extract_procedure\" src=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/refactoring-menu-extract-procedure-thumb.png\" width=\"426\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are now presented with the following dialog to name the new procedure:<br \/>\n  <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/new-procedure-name.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"New_procedure_name\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"135\" alt=\"New_procedure_name\" src=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/new-procedure-name-thumb.png\" width=\"276\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>After pressing the OK button, our code is changed to:<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">create<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">or<\/span> replace <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">procedure<\/span> use_cursor (<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   security_level_in <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">in<\/span>     pls_integer<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">,  cursor_out        <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">in<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">out<\/span> number<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">)<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">authid definer<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">is<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">  <span style=\"color: #008000\">-- Refactored procedure open_cursor_with_sl <\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">  <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">procedure<\/span> open_cursor_with_sl(security_level_in <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">in<\/span> pls_integer, cursor_out <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">in<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">out<\/span> number) <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">is<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">  <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">begin<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">    cursor_out := dbms_sql.open_cursor(security_level_in);<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">  <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">end<\/span> open_cursor_with_sl;<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">begin<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">   open_cursor_with_sl(security_level_in, cursor_out);<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   <\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">   dbms_sql.parse ( cursor_out<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">                  , <span style=\"color: #006080\">'select count(*) from all_source'<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">                  , dbms_sql.native<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">                  );<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">end<\/span>;<\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><script language=\"javascript\" type=\"text\/javascript\">function showHide(ADiv) {if (document.getElementById) {  divhandle = document.getElementById(ADiv).style;} else { if (document.layers) {  divhandle = document.ADiv;} else {  divhandle = document.all.ADiv.style; }}if (divhandle.display == \"\") { divhandle.display = \"none\";} else { divhandle.display = \"\"; } }<\/script><a href=\"javascript:showHide('9085dc12-e94c-496f-ab57-74ea80237e39')\">Show Image<\/a> <\/p>\n<div id=\"9085dc12-e94c-496f-ab57-74ea80237e39\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/refactored-source.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"refactored_source\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"294\" alt=\"refactored_source\" src=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/refactored-source-thumb.png\" width=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It seems to do it\u2019s work like it\u2019s supposed to. It even compiles, which makes it tested \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Now, let\u2019s refactor some variable names. PL\/SQL Developer wants you to highlight the first occurrence of the variable, for it to enable the \u2018Rename item\u2026\u2019 option.<br \/>\n  <br \/>Using this code as a starting point: <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">create<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">or<\/span> replace <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">procedure<\/span> use_cursor (<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   security_level_in <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">in<\/span>     pls_integer<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">)<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">authid definer<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">is<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   l_cursor number;<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">begin<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   l_cursor := dbms_sql.open_cursor(security_level_in);<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">   <\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   dbms_sql.parse ( l_cursor<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">                  , <span style=\"color: #006080\">'select count(*) from all_source'<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">                  , dbms_sql.native<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">                  );<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">                 <\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">   dbms_sql.close_cursor(l_cursor);<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">end<\/span>;<\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><script language=\"javascript\" type=\"text\/javascript\">function showHide(ADiv) {if (document.getElementById) {  divhandle = document.getElementById(ADiv).style;} else { if (document.layers) {  divhandle = document.ADiv;} else {  divhandle = document.all.ADiv.style; }}if (divhandle.display == \"\") { divhandle.display = \"none\";} else { divhandle.display = \"\"; } }<\/script><a href=\"javascript:showHide('a41710ba-a371-4964-82fb-8e11aefddb84')\">Show image<\/a> <\/p>\n<div id=\"a41710ba-a371-4964-82fb-8e11aefddb84\" style=\"display: none\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/original-source-variable.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"original_source_variable\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"293\" alt=\"original_source_variable\" src=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/original-source-variable-thumb.png\" width=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>after selecting the first occurrence of l_cursor and selecting \u2018Rename item\u2026\u2019 from the popup menu we are presented with the following dialog:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/rename.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rename\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"135\" alt=\"Rename\" src=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/rename-thumb.png\" width=\"276\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>After typing in the new name of the variable, the code looks like this:<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">create<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">or<\/span> replace <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">procedure<\/span> use_cursor (<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   security_level_in <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">in<\/span>     pls_integer<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">)<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">authid definer<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">is<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   l_dyn_cursor number;<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">begin<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   l_dyn_cursor := dbms_sql.open_cursor(security_level_in);<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">   <\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   dbms_sql.parse ( l_dyn_cursor<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">                  , <span style=\"color: #006080\">'select count(*) from all_source'<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">                  , dbms_sql.native<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">                  );<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">                 <\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">   dbms_sql.close_cursor(l_dyn_cursor);<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">end<\/span>;<\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><script language=\"javascript\" type=\"text\/javascript\">function showHide(ADiv) {if (document.getElementById) {  divhandle = document.getElementById(ADiv).style;} else { if (document.layers) {  divhandle = document.ADiv;} else {  divhandle = document.all.ADiv.style; }}if (divhandle.display == \"\") { divhandle.display = \"none\";} else { divhandle.display = \"\"; } }<\/script><a href=\"javascript:showHide('8d646644-2dc8-4b26-99d0-9b6b8b7db7e3')\">Show image<\/a> <\/p>\n<div id=\"8d646644-2dc8-4b26-99d0-9b6b8b7db7e3\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/refactored-source-variable.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"refactored_source_variable\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"292\" alt=\"refactored_source_variable\" src=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/refactored-source-variable-thumb.png\" width=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now, let\u2019s add a reference to a package variable with the same name as we just changed the variable to:<br \/>\n  <\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">create<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">or<\/span> replace <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">procedure<\/span> use_cursor (<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   security_level_in <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">in<\/span>     pls_integer<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">)<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">authid definer<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">is<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   l_dyn_cursor number;<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">begin<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   l_dyn_cursor := dbms_sql.open_cursor(security_level_in);<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">   <\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   dbms_sql.parse ( l_dyn_cursor<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">                  , <span style=\"color: #006080\">'select count(*) from all_source'<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">                  , dbms_sql.native<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">                  );<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">                 <\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">   dbms_sql.close_cursor(l_dyn_cursor);<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   <\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">   my_package.l_dyn_cursor := 10;<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">end<\/span>;<\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><script language=\"javascript\" type=\"text\/javascript\">function showHide(ADiv) {if (document.getElementById) {  divhandle = document.getElementById(ADiv).style;} else { if (document.layers) {  divhandle = document.ADiv;} else {  divhandle = document.all.ADiv.style; }}if (divhandle.display == \"\") { divhandle.display = \"none\";} else { divhandle.display = \"\"; } }<\/script><a href=\"javascript:showHide('e012fa05-b1f0-4497-8af1-871412a815f4')\">Show image<\/a> <\/p>\n<div id=\"e012fa05-b1f0-4497-8af1-871412a815f4\" style=\"display: none\">\n    <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/original-source-with-package-reference.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"original_source_with_package_reference\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"400\" alt=\"original_source_with_package_reference\" src=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/original-source-with-package-reference-thumb.png\" width=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When the \u2018Rename item\u2026\u2019 option is selected, the same dialog is displayed as before (makes sense, we are doing pretty much the same thing): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/rename2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rename2\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"135\" alt=\"Rename2\" src=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/rename2-thumb.png\" width=\"276\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>After the refactoring the code looks like this:<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">create<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">or<\/span> replace <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">procedure<\/span> use_cursor (<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   security_level_in <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">in<\/span>     pls_integer<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">)<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">authid definer<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">is<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   l_dyn_cursor2 number;<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">begin<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   l_dyn_cursor2 := dbms_sql.open_cursor(security_level_in);<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">   <\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   dbms_sql.parse ( l_dyn_cursor2<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">                  , <span style=\"color: #006080\">'select count(*) from all_source'<\/span><\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">                  , dbms_sql.native<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">                  );<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">                 <\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">   dbms_sql.close_cursor(l_dyn_cursor2);<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\">   <\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: white; border-bottom-style: none\">   my_package.l_dyn_cursor := 10;<\/pre>\n<pre style=\"padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0em; overflow: visible; width: 100%; color: black; border-top-style: none; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 0px; font-family: consolas, &#39;Courier New&#39;, courier, monospace; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; background-color: #f4f4f4; border-bottom-style: none\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">end<\/span>;<\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><script language=\"javascript\" type=\"text\/javascript\">function showHide(ADiv) {if (document.getElementById) {  divhandle = document.getElementById(ADiv).style;} else { if (document.layers) {  divhandle = document.ADiv;} else {  divhandle = document.all.ADiv.style; }}if (divhandle.display == \"\") { divhandle.display = \"none\";} else { divhandle.display = \"\"; } }<\/script><a href=\"javascript:showHide('31d0814a-59fb-46cf-9fc1-bb0dd1025bb7')\">Show image<\/a> <\/p>\n<div id=\"31d0814a-59fb-46cf-9fc1-bb0dd1025bb7\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/refactored-source-with-package-reference.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"refactored_source_with_package_reference\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px\" height=\"395\" alt=\"refactored_source_with_package_reference\" src=\"http:\/\/bar-solutions.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/refactored-source-with-package-reference-thumb.png\" width=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As you can see, it didn\u2019t touch the variable from the package, even though it has the same name as the variable being refactored. There is no option to change the case of the selection, but I have to agree with <a title=\"The Cyberworld of Steven Feuerstein\" href=\"http:\/\/stevenfeuerstein.com\" target=\"_blank\">Steven<\/a> on this one, that\u2019s no real refactoring, more a layout issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steven Feuerstein wrote an entry on his Toadworld blog where he checks the refactoring capabilities of SQL-Developer. 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