PL/SQL vs. (Embedded SQL & 3GL) performance comparison

Hello fellow Oracle-ites,

We're in the early stages of a large application development project. The primary development tools will be Forms 4.0 and Reports 2.0. We expect a good bit of the application to be written in some sort of procedural code. We've heard rumors that the performance of PL/SQL can be *much* slower than imbedded SQL in a 3GL such as COBOL or C. Does anybody have a feel for the performance differences between PL/SQL and embedded SQL?

Feel free to respond to me personally and I'll be glad to post a summary of the responses I receive.

Thanks,
Kim

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Kim Medlin                             Email:    klm_at_atlanta.dg.com
Atlanta Systems Integration Services   CEO:      Kim Medlin:DGC
Data General Corporation               Phone:    404 705-2653


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