Summary
We toured the fundamentals of PL/SQL programming. Starting with a small flashback on evolution of PL/SQL, we understood its working with Oracle Development tools such as SQL Developer and SQL*Plus.
We had an overview of cursor handling and major Oracle schema objects such as procedures, functions, and packages. Thereafter, we refreshed the error management in PL/SQL through exception handlers using server-defined, user-defined, and dynamic exceptions.
In the upcoming chapters, we will discuss programming guidelines and advanced PL/SQL concepts in details. In the next chapter, we will cover cursor handling in detail and usage guidelines for various types of cursors.
