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Oracle PL/SQL for DBAs
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Oracle PL/SQL for DBAs

by Arup Nanda, Steven Feuerstein
October 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
454 pages
14h 44m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Programs

Attribute name

Datatype

Description

comments

VARCHAR2

Comments.

number_of_arguments

PLS_INTEGER

Number of arguments of the program.

program_action

VARCHAR2

Nature of the program:

  • For a PL/SQL block, specify the anonymous block to execute.

  • For a stored procedure, specify the name of the stored procedure. You can also qualify it with a schema and package name.

  • For an executable, specify the full path name for the operating system executable or shell script.

program_type

VARCHAR2

Type of program; valid values are:

  • PLSQL_BLOCK

  • STORED_PROCEDURE

  • EXECUTABLE

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