Question

I am developing an application in DB2 with SQL PL, and the routines (procedures and functions) are being defined in a module.

However, each time I change a routine, I cannot replace it, and I have to drop the module body, and recreated.

Is there any way to do a REPLACE for a routine inside a module?

Answer 1

In order to replace a routine (stored procedure or function) in a module, it is not necessary to drop the body and recreate all objects.

In order to replace a routine, it is possible to drop a specific procedure/function, and just recreate it:

ALTER MODULE m1 ADD PROCEDURE p1 ()
 BEGIN
  ...
 END@
ALTER MODULE m1 DROP PROCEDURE p1@
ALTER MODULE m1 ADD PROCEDURE p1 ()
 BEGIN
  ...
 END@

However, there is not a real REPLACE operation.