Chapter Summary

This chapter has provided you with a broad overview of the extended capabilities that PL/SQL offers for creating powerful database access programs. You've learned about the basics of the language itself, as well as how to create PL/SQL programs using stored procedures, functions, packages, and database triggers. And you've also gained some valuable experience using the SQL Commands page of Oracle Application Express and seen how it differs slightly from SQL*Plus.

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