... PL /SQL programs even
between client and server PL /SQL programs. Prior to PL /SQL Release 2.3, you would have had to
fetch all data from the cursor, store it in PL /SQL variables (perhaps a PL /SQL ... this book is on standalone PL /SQL development, I present cursor variables as a
PL /SQL Release 2.3 enhancement. If you do have PL /SQL Release 2.2 and work with PL /SQL in a
host language environment, ... if any.
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Cursor variables cannot be used with dynamic SQL (through use of the DBMS _SQL
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you cannot use those attributes inside a SQL...
... of options in PL /SQL for executing SQL, and all of them occur as some type of cursor.
Generally, there are two types of SQL that you can execute in PL /SQL: static and dynamic. SQL is
static if ... content of the SQL statement is determined at compile time. A SQL statement is dynamic
if it is constructed at runtime and then executed.
Dynamic SQL is made possible in PL /SQL only through ... through the use of the DBMS _SQL built-in package
(see
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represent static SQL; these forms of cursors are...
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PL /SQL is integrated tightly into Oracle& apos;s SQL language: you can execute SQL statements directly
from your procedural program. Conversely, you can also call PL /SQL ... with all of the hoopla over Java, PL /SQL is still the best way
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Preference data
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