Reviewing Oracle-supplied packages
Oracle-supplied packages are provided by the Oracle server and inbuilt in the database as a wrapper code. These packages not only facilitate the database programmers to work on extended functionalities but also reduce writing extensive and complex code. Use of Oracle-supplied API is always recommended as it improves the code standardization, too.
The scripts for these packages are available in the $ORACLE_HOME\RDBMS\ADMIN\ folder. All packages reside on the database server. Public synonyms are available for these packages so that these packages are accessible to all users. Until Oracle 11g, more than 1000 packages were available and this count tends to increase with every database release.
Some of the important ...
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