Re: Help! What is PL/SQL?

In article <CrGF6s.GCz_at_nvl.army.mil> bajones_at_nvl.army.mil writes:

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>Now - here's the question - In looking thru the literature that Oracle
>sent, they keep referring to something called PL/SQL, which I don't

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>easier. Do I need the PL/SQL for any reason to be able to do this?
>What does PL/SQL do that SQL*Plus doesn't do?

SQL*Plus allow one to submit and manage the output of SQL statements.

In version 6 and above, SQL*Plus allows one to submit and manage the output of SQL statements and to submit PL/SQL blocks. A PL/SQL block contains multiple statements in the PL/SQL lanaguage that allows one to manipulate in a procedural fashion, the data in Oracle tables. Quite useful and automatically included with SQL*Plus. Check out the manuals once how get them to see how it might benefit you.

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