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 What is the difference between software package in SQL and PL/SQL
Oracle SQL, PL/SQL, SQL, SQL development
why is the need of psql when the sql is already avaliable.

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ASKED: March 30, 2009  7:43 AM
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PL/SQL is a <b>procedural extension of SQL</b>. It is a programming language. PL/SQL has variables and variable declarations, it includes conditional controls like IF. It also includes looping structures (LOOPs). PL/SQL uses SQL to get, manipulate and save data to/from the database. In PL/SQL you can build procedures, functions and packages. "SQL cannot be used to execute procedural code with conditional, iterative and sequential statements".
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