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PL/SQL: PL/SQL stands for Procedural Language extensions to SQL (Structured

Query Language ). It was created by Oracle in order to overcome the


disadvantages of SQL for easier building and handling of critical applications in a
comprehensive manner. Following are the disadvantages of SQL:  There is no
provision of decision-making, looping, and branching in SQL.  Since the SQL
statements get passed to the Oracle engine all at the same time, the speed of
execution decreases due to the nature of increased traffic.  There is no feature of
error checking while manipulating the data. PL/SQL was introduced to overcome
the above disadvantages by retaining the power of SQL and combining it with the
procedural statements. It is developed as a block-structured language and the
statements of the block are passed to the oracle engine which helps to increase
the speed of processing due to the decrease in traffic. 1. What are the features of
PL/SQL? Following are the features of PL/SQL:  PL/SQL provides the feature of
decision making, looping, and branching by making use of its procedural nature. 
Multiple queries can be processed in one block by making use of a single
command using PL/SQL.  The PL/SQL code can be reused by applications as they
can be grouped and stored in databases as PL/SQL units like functions,
procedures, packages, triggers, and types.  PL/SQL supports exception handling
by making use of an exception handling block.  Along with exception handling,
PL/SQL also supports error checking and validation of data before data
manipulation.  Applications developed using PL/SQL are portable across
computer hardware or operating system where there is an Oracle engine 2. What
do you understand by PL/SQL table?  PL/SQL tables are nothing but objects of
type tables that are modeled as database tables.  They are a way to provide
arrays that are nothing but temporary tables in memory for faster processing. 
These tables are useful for moving bulk data thereby simplifying the process.

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