Errata for Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference
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Color Key: Serious Technical Mistake Minor Technical Mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
| Version |
Location |
Description |
Submitted By |
Date Submitted |
Date Corrected |
| Printed |
Page 10
The heading of the 3rd column in the table at the center of the page |
did read:
Oracle RDNMS Datatype
Now reads:
Oracle RDBMS Datatype
|
Anonymous |
|
Mar 01, 2001 |
| Printed |
Page 13
|
The 2nd sentence in the 2nd paragraph did read:
"For variable-length character sets (like JA16SJIS), the length
specification is in bytes; for fixed-length character sets, the it is
in characters."
Now reads:
"For variable-length character sets (like JA16SJIS), the length
specification is in bytes. For fixed-length character sets, the
specification is in characters."
|
Anonymous |
|
Mar 01, 2001 |
| Printed |
Page 20
|
At the bottom of the page, the code used to read:
"[cursor_name | SELECT statement]"
It now reads:
"[cursor_name | (SELECT statement)]"
|
Anonymous |
|
Oct 01, 1999 |
| Printed |
Page 60
Replaced the package example with the following |
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE time_pkg IS
FUNCTION GetTimestamp RETURN DATE;
PRAGMA RESTRICT_REFERENCES (GetTimestamp, WNDS);
PROCEDURE ResetTimestamp(inDate DATE DEFAULT
SYSDATE);
END time_pkg;
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY time_pkg IS
StartTimeStamp DATE := SYSDATE;
-- StartTimeStamp is package data.
FUNCTION GetTimestamp RETURN DATE IS
BEGIN
RETURN StartTimeStamp;
END GetTimestamp;
PROCEDURE ResetTimestamp(inDate DATE DEFAULT
SYSDATE) IS
BEGIN
StartTimeStamp := inDate;
END ResetTimestamp;
END time_pkg;
|
Anonymous |
|
Mar 01, 2001 |
