SQL stands for Structured Query Language, and is a computer language designed for writing data manipulation or data management statements against a relational database. PL/SQL stands for Procedural Language/Structured Query Language which is Oracle's proprietary procedural extensions to the SQL language.
You can do that with Sql*Plus: SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE foo ... IS ... END foo; / SHOW ERRORS
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The Oracle Corporation's application development language is PL/SQL. It is a superset of SQL that uses standard programming-language to supplement the SQL. PL/SQL stands for Procedural Language/Structured Query Language.
A PL/SQL subprogram is equivalent to a procedure or function in conventional procedural programming.
Stored procedure is the pl-sql block in precomplile from and can be used to excecute plsql statement
OpenInsight is not part of PL/SQL; instead, it is a development environment for the MultiValue database system. PL/SQL, on the other hand, is Oracle's procedural extension for SQL used primarily with Oracle databases. While both can be used for database applications, they operate in different environments and are designed for different database systems.
Yes, oop in supported by oracle plsql. Check oracle doucmentation for this. And if you want to really try something , try this : http://computergodzilla.blogspot.com/2013/05/oracle-object-oriented-programming-in.html
Decode can be used in PLSQL, but in version 9i and later the case statement is easier to use, more powerful and more intuitive.
Are really important in an Oracle Database.
One can find an SQL formatter from: SQL Format, Free Formatter, Poor SQL, T-SQL Tidy, Stack Overflow, SQL Inform, Apex SQL, SQL Parser, Red Gate software, to name a few.
T-SQL is Microsoft's version of the generic SQL langauge to be used with, for example, Microsoft SQL Server.
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