How to view the contents of a stored procedure in PL/SQL?

1 year ago
Jackson Davis
2 minutes

One option to view the contents of a stored procedure is to use the following methods:

  1. Utilize the SQL Developer tool: Open SQL Developer, connect to the database, expand the “Stored Procedures” node, locate the stored procedure you want to view, double-click it to display its content in the editor.
  2. Using the PL/SQL Developer tool: open PL/SQL Developer, connect to the database, expand the “Packages” node, locate the stored procedure you want to view, double-click it, and view the contents of the stored procedure in the editor.
  3. Use the SQL*Plus command line tool: Open the command prompt, connect to the database, and enter the following command to view the contents of the stored procedure.
SHOW PROCEDURE procedure_name

The procedure_name is the name of the stored procedure to be viewed.

  1. Use the query statement: In the SQL query tool, enter the following query statement to view the contents of the stored procedure:
SELECT text
FROM all_source
WHERE type = 'PROCEDURE'
AND name = 'procedure_name'
AND owner = 'schema_name'
ORDER BY line;

procedure_name is the name of the stored procedure to be viewed, while schema_name is the name of the database schema where the stored procedure is located.

You can view and modify or debug the content of stored procedures using any method.

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