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7.3.7 Built-in packages
Certain Oracle applications use packages that are provided by their RDBMS.
These built-in modules provide an easy-to-use programmatic interface for
performing a variety of useful operations. To aid in enabling applications using
such packages, DB2 provides the packages listed in Table 7-5.
Table 7-5 Built-in packages
Function Description
DBMS_ALERT Provides a set of procedures for registering for alerts, sending alerts, and
receiving alerts.
DBMS_DDL Provides the capability to obfuscate DDL objects such as routines, triggers,
views, or PL/SQL packages. Obfuscation allows the deploymen