Oracle Database 12c PL/SQL Programming

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CHAPTER

PL/SQL Basics

To learn how to program with PL/SQL in Oracle Database 12c, you first need to understand the basic language components of PL/SQL. This chapter introduces you to those components. Subsequent chapters develop details of the components and explain why the PL/SQL language is a robust tool with many options.

As an introduction to PL/SQL basics, this chapter introduces and discusses

Block structure

Behavior of variables in ...

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