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Simple Programs in PL/SQL

he simplest form of program has some declarations followed by an executable section consisting of one or more of the SQL statements with which we are familiar. The major nuance is that the form of the SELECT statement is different from its SQL form. After the SELECT clause, we must have an INTO clau

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Linkin’ Park

(Edd Dumbill) As XML camp followers, you’ll know that discussion in the XML community is characterised by a serious of dominant recurring topics, so-called “permathreads.” Many of these topics have their roots in XML pre-history, and none more so than the topic of linking. One of the original tr

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Think Of The Possibilities

(Kim Moutsos) Not so many years ago, few people could even pronounce Linux correctly, let alone see a place for it in the world of mission-critical applications. How times have changed. As of the second quarter of this year, the Linux server market had enjoyed eight consecutive quarters of double

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Better to Best NDS

(Steven Feuerstein) In recent years, dynamic SQL has become a much more common aspect of PL/SQL programming. Prior to the availability of Native Dynamic SQL (NDS) in Oracle8i, dynamic SQL was available in PL/SQL only through the DBMS_SQL package. Although very robust, DBMS_SQL was very difficult