Re: what's the package

"hands" <jordanc_at_symtron.com.tw> wrote in message news:<9rit8l$24bs$1_at_news.is.net.tw>...
> Dear All,
>
> I am rather new in Oracle. Can someone explain what the package is to me?
>
> Jordan

Jordan, in very simple terms a package is a collection of stored plsql code routines, that is, procedures and functions as one unit. The rdbms comes with a whole slew of packages to provide commonly needed functions and Oracle provides a manual on these Oracle provided packages. Some of the packages are covered in the Application Developers Guide. You might want to check it out as is covers some of the most useful.

Developers may write and store their own packages to the database as well as independent procedures and functions.

• Mark D Powell --