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Advanced Oracle PL/SQL Developer's Guide (Second Edition)

You're reading from   Advanced Oracle PL/SQL Developer's Guide (Second Edition) Master the advanced concepts of PL/SQL for professional-level certification and learn the new capabilities of Oracle Database 12c

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2016
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ISBN-13 9781785284809
Length 428 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Saurabh K. Gupta Saurabh K. Gupta
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Preface 1. Overview of PL/SQL Programming Concepts FREE CHAPTER 2. Oracle 12c SQL and PL/SQL New Features 3. Designing PL/SQL Code 4. Using Collections 5. Using Advanced Interface Methods 6. Virtual Private Database 7. Oracle SecureFiles 8. Tuning the PL/SQL Code 9. Result Cache 10. Analyzing, Profiling, and Tracing PL/SQL Code 11. Safeguarding PL/SQL Code against SQL injection 12. Working with Oracle SQL Developer Index

Oracle 12c SQL and PL/SQL new features

SQL is the most widely used data access language while PL/SQL is a popular language that can integrate seamlessly with SQL commands. The biggest benefit of running PL/SQL is that the code processing happens natively within the Oracle Database. In the past, there have been debates and discussions on server side programming while the client invokes the PL/SQL routines to perform a task. The server side programming approach has many benefits. It reduces the network round trips between the client and the database. It reduces the code size and eases the code portability because PL/SQL can run on all platforms, wherever Oracle Database is supported.

Oracle Database 12c introduces many language features and enhancements that focus on SQL to PL/SQL integration, code migration, and ANSI compliance. This section discusses the SQL and PL/SQL new features in Oracle Database 12c.

IDENTITY columns

Oracle Database 12c introduces identity columns in SQL in compliance...

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