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You drop a package using DROP PACKAGE.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> -- create demo table
SQL> create table Employee(
  2    ID                 VARCHAR2(4 BYTE)         NOT NULL,
  3    First_Name         VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
  4    Last_Name          VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
  5    Start_Date         DATE,
  6    End_Date           DATE,
  7    Salary             Number(8,2),
  8    City               VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
  9    Description        VARCHAR2(15 BYTE)
 10  )
 11  /

Table created.

SQL>
SQL> -- prepare data
SQL> insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary,  City,       Description)
  2               values ('01','Jason',    'Martin',  to_date('19960725','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('20060725','YYYYMMDD'), 1234.56, 'Toronto',  'Programmer')
  3  /

1 row created.

SQL> insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary,  City,       Description)
  2                values('02','Alison',   'Mathews', to_date('19760321','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19860221','YYYYMMDD'), 6661.78, 'Vancouver','Tester')
  3  /

1 row created.

SQL> insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary,  City,       Description)
  2                values('03','James',    'Smith',   to_date('19781212','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19900315','YYYYMMDD'), 6544.78, 'Vancouver','Tester')
  3  /

1 row created.

SQL> insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary,  City,       Description)
  2                values('04','Celia',    'Rice',    to_date('19821024','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19990421','YYYYMMDD'), 2344.78, 'Vancouver','Manager')
  3  /

1 row created.

SQL> insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary,  City,       Description)
  2                values('05','Robert',   'Black',   to_date('19840115','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19980808','YYYYMMDD'), 2334.78, 'Vancouver','Tester')
  3  /

1 row created.

SQL> insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary, City,        Description)
  2                values('06','Linda',    'Green',   to_date('19870730','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19960104','YYYYMMDD'), 4322.78,'New York',  'Tester')
  3  /

1 row created.

SQL> insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary, City,        Description)
  2                values('07','David',    'Larry',   to_date('19901231','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('19980212','YYYYMMDD'), 7897.78,'New York',  'Manager')
  3  /

1 row created.

SQL> insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary, City,        Description)
  2                values('08','James',    'Cat',     to_date('19960917','YYYYMMDD'), to_date('20020415','YYYYMMDD'), 1232.78,'Vancouver', 'Tester')
  3  /

1 row created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> -- display data in the table
SQL> select * from Employee
  2  /

ID   FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME  START_DAT END_DATE      SALARY CITY       DESCRIPTION
---- ---------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------
01   Jason      Martin     25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06    1234.56 Toronto    Programmer
02   Alison     Mathews    21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86    6661.78 Vancouver  Tester
03   James      Smith      12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90    6544.78 Vancouver  Tester
04   Celia      Rice       24-OCT-82 21-APR-99    2344.78 Vancouver  Manager
05   Robert     Black      15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98    2334.78 Vancouver  Tester
06   Linda      Green      30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96    4322.78 New York   Tester
07   David      Larry      31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98    7897.78 New York   Manager
08   James      Cat        17-SEP-96 15-APR-02    1232.78 Vancouver  Tester

8 rows selected.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE employee_package AS
  2    TYPE t_ref_cursor IS REF CURSOR;
  3    FUNCTION get_employee_ref_cursor RETURN t_ref_cursor;
  4    PROCEDURE update_salary (p_id IN VARCHAR2,
  5      p_factor IN NUMBER
  6    );
  7  END employee_package;
  8  /

Package created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY employee_package AS
  2    FUNCTION get_employee_ref_cursor
  3    RETURN t_ref_cursor IS
  4      employee_ref_cursor t_ref_cursor;
  5    BEGIN
  6      -- get the REF CURSOR
  7      OPEN employee_ref_cursor FOR
  8        SELECT id, first_name, salary
  9        FROM employee;
 10      -- return the REF CURSOR
 11      RETURN employee_ref_cursor;
 12    END get_employee_ref_cursor;
 13
 14    PROCEDURE update_salary (p_id IN VARCHAR2,
 15      p_factor IN NUMBER
 16    ) AS
 17      v_employee_count INTEGER;
 18    BEGIN
 19      -- count the number of employees with the
 20      -- supplied id (should be 1 if the employee exists)
 21      SELECT COUNT(*)
 22      INTO v_employee_count
 23      FROM employee
 24      WHERE id = p_id;
 25      -- if the employee exists (v_employee_count = 1) then
 26      -- update that employee's pass1
 27      IF v_employee_count = 1 THEN
 28        UPDATE employee
 29        SET salary = salary * p_factor
 30        WHERE id = p_id;
 31        COMMIT;
 32      END IF;
 33    EXCEPTION
 34      WHEN OTHERS THEN
 35        -- perform a rollback when an exception occurs
 36        ROLLBACK;
 37    END update_salary;
 38  END employee_package;
 39  /

Package body created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> SELECT object_name, procedure_name
  2  FROM user_procedures
  3  WHERE object_name = 'EMPLOYEE_PACKAGE';

OBJECT_NAME                    PROCEDURE_NAME
------------------------------ ------------------------------
EMPLOYEE_PACKAGE               GET_EMPLOYEE_REF_CURSOR
EMPLOYEE_PACKAGE               UPDATE_SALARY

SQL>
SQL> DROP PACKAGE EMPLOYEE_PACKAGE;

SQL>
SQL> -- clean the table
SQL> drop table Employee
  2  /

Table dropped.

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27.10.Packages
27.10.1.Packages
27.10.2.Private Versus Public Package Objects
27.10.3.Package State
27.10.4.Recompiling Packages
27.10.5.All packages can be recompiled by using the Oracle utility dbms_utility:
27.10.6.Creating a Package Specification
27.10.7.Creating a Package Body
27.10.8.Creating Packages and call its functions
27.10.9.Calling Functions and Procedures in a Package
27.10.10.A Package Specification and its body
27.10.11.Overloading Packaged Subprograms
27.10.12.Calls procedure in a package
27.10.13.Dropping a Package
27.10.14.Calling a Cursor Declared in a Different Package
27.10.15.Reference fields and methods in package
27.10.16.Controlling access to packages
27.10.17.Globals Stored in a Package
27.10.18.A Subtypes Example
27.10.19.Generate Random number
27.10.20.Crosss reference between two packages
27.10.21.package RECURSION
27.10.22.Using RESTRICT_REFERENCES in a Package
27.10.23.PLS-00452: Subprogram 'GETNAME' violates its associated pragma
27.10.24.Dynamically create packages