... SQLSQL Application Other DBMSs SQLSQL Application Application SQL IF THEN SQL ELSE SQL END IF; SQL RPC Oracle with PL/ SQL Oracle with PL/ SQLand Stored Procedures PL/ SQL also improves performance ... anonymous block The engine executes procedural statements but sends SQL statements totheSQL Statement Executor in the Oracle server Figure 1–4 PL/ SQL Engine PL/ SQL Engine PL/ SQL Block PL/ SQL Block ... PL/ SQL engine, an application development tool can process PL/ SQL blocks and subprograms The tool passes the blocks to its local PL/ SQL engine The engine executes all procedural statements at the...
... Advantages of PL/ SQL Figure 1–1 PL/ SQL Boosts Performance SQLSQL Application Other DBMSs SQLSQL Application Application SQL IF THEN SQL ELSE SQL END IF; SQL Oracle Database with PL/ SQL RPC Oracle ... Started with PL/ SQL Chapter 1, "Overview of PL/ SQL" Summarizes the main features of PL/ SQLand their advantages Introduces the basic concepts behind PL/ SQLandthe general appearance of PL/ SQL programs ... block The PL/ SQL engine executes procedural statements but sends SQL statements totheSQL engine in the Oracle database 1-12 PL/ SQL User's Guide and Reference PL/ SQL Architecture Figure 1–3 PL/ SQL...
... the desire to write it in the first place I am also grateful to ANZSOG and, especially, to John Wanna and John Butcher for their advice throughout the process andto Anne Gelling for her editorial ... want to serve the elected government, but they want to be recognised by government andthe public for their contribution tothe public interest by their professionalism The opportunity to serve the ... Because the APS Values are principles-based, their application in particular circumstances is broadly up tothe public servant applying them; but there are sanctions for failing to conform to them The...
... should play the role of theclient (Thomas Shapiro) andthe other the role of the lawyer The person role-playing theclient should be prepared to ask relevant questions The person playing the lawyer’s ... considered in this chapter andthe previous one (One person should play the role of the chairman, Thomas Shapiro, the other person playing the role of the other director, namely Dimitris Yavaprapas.) ... known as the promoter of the company) can be one of the directors, the company secretary or a solicitor engaged in the formation of the company Once completed, these company documents must then be...
... Friday ritual to bet on the change in M1 and M2, and therefore the change in U.S currency value relative to other currencies The premise was simple If M1 and M2 grew appreciably, the dollar should ... represents currency The Federal Reserve’s ability to increase money supply is complemented by tools to limit money supply The most obvious tool is the capacity to raise interest rates to discourage ... decrease in supply relative to demand The implications are somewhat similar since you experience the same disproportionate or altered ratio between the supply of goods and service andthe demand 36 Currency...
... writing a book and asks for permission to reproduce Tom’s photo Tom quotes Sam a fee of $100, which Sam sends to Tom After receiving the payment, Tom sends the photograph to Sam Although they never ... are the only person who has the right to use the work as described in the agreement For example, if you enter into an agreement with the owner of a photograph for the exclusive use of the photograph ... to either make your own risk assessment or obtain the advice of an attorney knowledgeable in copyright or media law EXAMPLE: I wanted to use the lyrics from the song “From the Indies tothe Andies...
... government land (a federal Air Force base) and sells wooden toys tothe toy store on the base His written agreement with the store specifies the price the store will pay for each toy, when Peter is to ... saying that the plaintiff has no legal theory (given the facts as the plaintiff has alleged them) upon which to properly base a lawsuit The defendant is requesting the court to stop the plaintiff ... will then proceed to apply the law tothe facts and decide the case Trials are held to determine the facts when they are disputed by the parties and involve a formal procedure designed to control...
... land (a federal Air Force base) and sells wooden toys tothe toy store on the base His w ritten agreement with the store specifies the price the store will pay for each toy, when Peter is to ... grants the m otion but allows the plaintiff a chance to fix the problem (“granted with leave to amend”), the plaintiff simply r ewrites the complaint andthe process starts all over again If the ... that the plaintiff has no legal theory (given the facts as the plaintiff has alleged them) upon which to properly base a lawsuit The efen ant d d is requesting the court to stop the plaintiff...
... have reflects the current status of the law, and • how to organize your research and put it to use Chapter 10 provides real-life examples that put all the steps together and give you a clear picture ... will have to learn how to read judicial opinions to gather the salient facts and law that apply to your issue We’ll explain more about how to that in Chapter Chapter 1 | Understanding the Basics ... with very similar facts tothe situation you’re in, helping to put these two legal issues together into one This will allow you to see how a court may apply the law tothe facts of your case Finally,...
... SQLSQL Application Other DBMSs SQLSQL Application SQL IF THEN SQL ELSE SQL END IF; SQL Oracle8i with PL/ SQL Application RPC Oracle8i with PL/ SQLand Stored Procedures PL/ SQL also improves performance ... development tool can process PL/ SQL blocks and subprograms The tool passes the blocks to its local PL/ SQL engine The engine executes all procedural statements at the application site and sends only SQL ... block The engine executes procedural statements but sends SQL statements totheSQL Statement Executor in the Oracle server Figure 1–4 PL/ SQL Engine PL/ SQL Engine procedural PL/ SQL Block PL/ SQL...
... Control: GOTO and NULL Statements Unlike the IF and LOOP statements, the GOTO and NULL statements are not crucial to PL/ SQL programming The structure of PL/ SQL is such that the GOTO statement ... (on_hand = 0) OR ((on_order / on_hand) < 5) THEN END IF; END; When the value of on_hand is zero, the left operand yields TRUE, so PL/ SQL need not evaluate the right operand If PL/ SQL were to evaluate ... on the condition and is unknown until the loop completes The condition is tested at the top of the loop, so the sequence might execute zero times In the last example, if the initial value of total...
... executes theSQL statements and, in some cases, returns data tothe PL/ SQL engine Figure 4–3 Context Switching PL/ SQL Engine Procedural Statement Executor procedural PL/ SQL Block SQL Engine SQL d ... returning them tothe PL/ SQL engine You can use these keywords in the SELECT INTO, FETCH INTO, and RETURNING INTO clauses Here is the syntax: BULK COLLECT INTO collection_name[, collection_name] The ... Within PL/ SQL, to manipulate a local collection, use the operators TABLE and CAST The operands of CAST are a collection declared locally (in a PL/ SQL anonymous block for example) and a SQL collection...
... cursor variables to pass query result sets between PL/ SQL stored subprograms and various clients Neither PL/ SQL nor any of its clients owns a result set; they simply share a pointer tothe query work ... Both SQL* Plus and PL/ SQL can reference the host variable, and SQL* Plus can display its value However, to reference a host variable in PL/ SQL, you must prefix its name with a colon (:), as the following ... from stored subprograms In the script below, you declare a host variable of type REFCURSOR You use the SQL* Plus command SET AUTOPRINT ON to display the query results automatically CREATE PACKAGE...
... Oracle8i SQL Reference 7-6 PL/ SQL User’s Guide and Reference Understanding Functions The pragma AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION instructs the PL/ SQL compiler to mark a function as autonomous (independent) Autonomous ... handler, you can use the built-in functions SQLCODE and SQLERRM to find out which error occurred andto get the associated error message For internal exceptions, SQLCODE returns the number of the ... then try to fix the problem Consider the example below When the exception handler completes, the sub-block terminates, control transfers tothe LOOP statement in the enclosing block, the sub-block...
... thepackage body Packages 8-5 ThePackage Spec ThePackage Spec Thepackage spec contains public declarations The scope of these declarations is local to your database schema and global tothepackage ... 7-24 Package STANDARD A package named STANDARD defines the PL/ SQL environment Thepackage spec globally declares types, exceptions, and subprograms, which are available automatically to PL/ SQL ... declared in thepackage spec 8-8 PL/ SQL User’s Guide and Reference Some Examples Some Examples Consider thepackage below named emp_actions Thepackage spec declares the following types, items, and subprograms:...
... unsure of the syntax to use in a PL/ SQL statement, trace through its syntax diagram, reading from left to right and top to bottom You can verify or construct any PL/ SQL statement that way The diagrams ... 2-28 11-4 PL/ SQL User’s Guide and Reference Assignment Statement indicator_name This identifies an indicator variable declared in a PL/ SQL host environment and passed to PL/ SQL Indicator variables ... block stops and control transfers tothe appropriate exception handler After the exception handler completes, execution proceeds with the statement following the block If there is no exception handler...
... expression, PL/ SQL evaluates the parenthesized expression first, then uses the result in the larger expression When parenthesized expressions are nested, PL/ SQL evaluates the innermost expression first and ... collections before returning them tothe PL/ SQL engine TheSQL engine bulk-binds all collections referenced in the RETURNING INTO list The corresponding columns must store scalar (not composite) ... values from the deleted rows, thereby eliminating the need to SELECT the rows beforehand You can retrieve the column values into variables and/ or host variables, or into collections and/ or host...
... with the operations (methods) needed to manipulate the data The body fully defines the methods, and so implements the spec All the information a client program needs to use the methods is in the ... all the printable characters in the PL/ SQL character set: letters, numerals, spaces, and special symbols PL/ SQL is case sensitive within character literals So, for example, PL/ SQL considers the ... PL/ SQL parses an explicit cursor only the first time it is opened and parses a SQL statement (thereby creating an implicit cursor) only the first time the statement is executed All the parsed SQL...
... SQL* Plus scripts, exampbld and examplod, which are supplied with PL/ SQL You can find these scripts in the PL/ SQL demo directory The first script builds the database tables processed by the sample ... programs The second script loads (or reloads) the database tables To run the scripts, invoke SQL* Plus, then issue the following commands: SQL> START exampbld SQL> START examplod Sample FOR Loop The ... concepts and features Major Topics Running the Programs Sample FOR Loop Sample Cursors Sample Scoping Sample Batch Transaction Processing Sample Embedded PL/ SQL Sample Calling a Stored Procedure Sample...