Chapter 3. Fundamentals of PL/SQL
PL/SQL, or Procedural Language SQL, is Oracle9i's extension to the SQL language. PL/SQL gives SQL many common programming features such as record processing, various looping syntax, data manipulation/calculation capabilities, and as exception handling. The focus of this chapter is to learn and understand the basic constructs and functionality of PL/SQL.
This chapter teaches you the following:
What is PL/SQL?
The basic PL/SQL syntax
Various programming constructs such as IF/THEN/ELSE and Looping
PL/SQL handles error conditions
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