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Oracle in a Nutshell
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Oracle in a Nutshell

by Rick Greenwald, David C. Kreines
December 2002
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
928 pages
85h 29m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Entering PL /SQL blocks

PL/SQL blocks may span multiple lines and may contain blank lines. They must be terminated by either a forward slash or a period (.) on a line by itself. For example:

BEGIN
   DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Hello World!');
END;
/

BEGIN
   DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Hello World!');
END;
.

When a forward slash is used, the block is sent to the server and executed immediately. When a period is used, the block is only stored in the SQL buffer. Use the SET BLOCKTERMINATOR command to change the block terminator from a period to some other character.

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