CHAPTER 31Procedures, Functions, and Packages
Sophisticated business rules and application logic can be stored as procedures within Oracle. Stored procedures—groups of SQL, PL/SQL, and Java statements—enable you to move code that enforces business rules from your application to the database. As a result, the code will be stored once for use by multiple applications. Because Oracle supports stored procedures, the code within your applications can become more consistent and easier to maintain.
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For details on Java and its use in stored procedures, see Chapters 37, 38, and 39. This chapter will focus on PL/SQL procedures.
You may group procedures ...
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