12. The method of claim 10 , wherein determining whether the modification results in the invalidation of at least one dependent database object includes determining whether the database object has one or more dependent database objects.
12. The method of claim 10 , wherein determining whether the modification results in the invalidation of at least one dependent database object includes determining whether the database object has one or more dependent database objects. 13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising: wherein determining that the modification does not result in the invalidation of at least one dependent database object includes determining that the database object does not have one or more dependent database objects.