C H A P T E R 8
Dynamic SQL
Oracle provides dynamic SQL as a means for generating DML or DDL at runtime. It can be useful when the full text of a SQL statement or query is not known until application runtime. Dynamic SQL can help overcome some of the limitations of static SQL, such as generating a full SQL query based upon some user-provided information or inserting into a specific table depending upon a user action within your application. Simply put, the ability to use dynamic SQL within PL/SQL applications provides a level of flexibility that is not attainable with the use of static SQL alone.
Oracle allows dynamic SQL to be generated in ...
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