CHAPTER 3
Types, Variables, and Scope
This chapter is all about how to keep track of variables in a PL/SQL program. Before this chapter ends, you’ll learn about PL/SQL data types, variables, scope, types, and parameters. Let’s get started.
PL/SQL Data Types
Given that PL/SQL is the Procedural Language extension for SQL, you would think that it supports and uses the same data types as SQL does for the database, right? Right! It turns out that is almost the case, but not quite. PL/SQL can handle any database data type and also some data types of its own.
Do you remember the “Data Definition Language (DDL)” section in Chapter 1? In it, I talked about ...
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