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21. Level Up Your Skills with PL/SQL

Jon Heller1  
(1)
Clive, IA, USA
 

If you use Oracle SQL long enough, you will eventually want to learn PL/SQL. SQL is the primary language for Oracle development, but we need PL/SQL to package our work and to call APIs that control and extend database functionality. If we decide to learn PL/SQL, the first step is to create a safe playground. There’s not enough room here for a full PL/SQL tutorial, but we can at least discuss the features most likely to help us enhance our SQL. To become a true Oracle master, you’ll need PL/SQL to help you teach ...

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