Re: What is PL/SQL?

In article <1992Apr3.115047.9048_at_jyu.fi>, hkau_at_jyu.fi (Harri J Kaukovuo) writes:
> In article <1992Mar27.174137.5277_at_fmsrl7.srl.ford.com> hugh_at_slee06.srl.ford.com (Hugh Fader) writes:
> PL/SQL is part of SQL*Forms 3.0. You can use PL/SQL in procedures and
> triggers. Using PL/SQL is MUCH MORE convenient way to program than the
> SQL*Forms 2.x version triggers (steps etc.). I recomment!

PL/SQL is much more than just a part of SQL*Forms v3.0...it also replaces the PRO*yerfavelanghere interfaces. It seems to be a lot faster than PRO*Pascal (which is what we deal with here), apparently due to the fact that the ORACLE parser is only accessed once per block (a logical unit of PL/SQL code) rather than once per SQL statement (the way PRO*whosis is handled). The problem is that the package seems to be immature...the error handling is buggy (return code 1403 vs. return code 100) and you can't use SQL*Plus commands in a PL/SQL block (which I understand and can live with) or DDL statements either (which is a real drag).

I can't wait for the next major revision. Compared to writing a PRO*phlegm program, developing in PL/SQL is quick and easy...

| James O. Payne, Jr.                                                     |
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