A FUNCTION is always returns a value using the return statement.        A  PROCEDURE   may  return one or more values through parameters or may not return at all.

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krishnaindia2007  

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• Member Since Sep-2007 | May 3rd, 2008

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1. Function is mainly used in the case where it must return a value. Where as a procedure may or may not return a value or may return more than one value using the OUT parameter.
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2. Function can be called from SQL statements where as procedure can not be called from the sql statements

3. Functions are normally used for computations where as procedures are normally used for executing business logic.

4. You can have DML (insert,update, delete) statements in a function. But, you cannot call such a function in a SQL query.

5.?Function returns 1 value only. Procedure can return multiple values (max 1024).

6.Stored Procedure: supports deferred name resolution. Example while writing a stored procedure that uses table named tabl1 and tabl2 etc..but actually not exists in database is allowed only in during creation but runtime throws error Function wont support deferred name resolution.

7.Stored procedure returns always integer value by default zero. where as function return type could be scalar or table or table values

8. Stored procedure is precompiled execution plan where as functions are not.
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9.A procedure may modify an object where a function can only return a value The RETURN statement immediately completes the execution of a subprogram and returns control to the caller.

mahendra pal

• Sep 18th, 2018

Procedure may or may not return value

mangesh patil

• Aug 22nd, 2017

Procedure may or may not return value where as function should return one value.

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Shivam Softa

• Sep 19th, 2018

SELECT LISTAGG(VAL) WITHIN GROUP(ORDER BY LE) FROM
(select LEVEL LE , substr(SHIVAM,-LEVEL,1) VAL FROM DUAL CONNECT BY LEVEL

ushodaya

• May 20th, 2018

Declare
str1 varchar2(50):=&str;
str2 varchar2(50);
len number;
i number;

begin
len:=length(str1);

for i in reverse 1..len
loop
str2:=str2 || substr(str1,i,1);
end loop;

dbms_output.put_line(Reverse of String is:||str2);
end;
/

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Explain what is Simple Cursor and What is Parameterized Cursor? And Difference between both??

sandeep

• Feb 1st, 2018

In real time we are using more than one cursor in PL/SQL block. so in this we are sending one cursor values into another cursor so the receiving cursor must be parameterised cursor

Akash Mohan singh

• Dec 26th, 2017

A parameterized cursor are static cursor that can accept passed in parameter values when they are opened. Parameterized can only reference to its own parameter parameterized cursor cannot reference to local variable.

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krishnaindia2007  

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• Member Since Sep-2007 | May 13th, 2008

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DUAL is a part data dictionary and owned by SYS. You should not make modifications to this   table. 
It contains only one row and  one column of VARCHAR2 datatype.
Used to refer an object which does not have any pysical reference in database table.
Ex:- Select sysdate from dual.

Aditya Kumar

• Dec 17th, 2017

If it contains only one column with varchar2 data type then how can it return a date through sysdate.

krishnaindia2007

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• May 13th, 2008

DUAL is a part data dictionary and owned by SYS. You should not make modifications to this   table. It contains only one row and  one column of VARCHAR2 datatype.Used to refer an object which does not have any pysical reference in database table.Ex:- Select sysdate from dual.

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adarh katiyar

• Jun 17th, 2017

Use PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION in trigger block,
issue never comes ...

Amit Bhardwaj

• Feb 9th, 2017

If you are trying to access or modify the triggering table into the same trigger and that too for a row level trigger then Mutating Trigger error occurred.

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 A set of related declarations and procedural statements is called block.

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Answered by: Chandra Shekhar

• Oct 3rd, 2005

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PL/SQL Block contains :

Declare : optional

Variable declaration

Begin  : Manadatory

Procedural statements.

Exception : Optional

any errors to be trapped

End :  Mandatory

So only begin and end keywords are required, as needed, to process a pl/sql block.

vamsi

• Jun 8th, 2017

Cursors
collections
procedures
functions
triggers

Kevin Korir

• Dec 10th, 2016

Declare: optional
Begin:mandatory-program logic of SQL&plsql statements
Exception: optional (error handling)
End:mandatory
(Forward slash / terminates)

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Abdul

• Oct 1st, 2016

We can use DBMS_job.isubmit procedure to schedule the job automatically..

Pran

• Jul 12th, 2016

I am trying this, but it says that procedure name is already exist.

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Delete duplicate records without using sub query? Is That possible

Aak

• Sep 15th, 2016

Use a temp table, store distinct rows. Either delete the old table and rename this new table with the old table name or truncate old table and insert rows from temp table to the old table.

kadari ashok

• Jul 14th, 2016

We can do through co-related sub query

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Habib Ali

• May 10th, 2016

PRAGMA is instruction to compiler
AUTONOMOUS TRANSACTION means running an SQL transaction inside a PLSQL block of code independently i.e Making changes to DB regardless of other transactions & their locks/latches

sujata

• Jan 19th, 2016

Pragma AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION instructs the compiler to treat the PL/SQL block following the pragma as autonomous (independent) from the calling transaction. Pragma can be applied on:- 1) Anonymous PL...

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Is Dual Table updatable? If we update, will it impact the health of the database?

Habib Ali

• May 10th, 2016

DUAL table is owned by SYS, and is updatable only under SYS account. But never make any changes to DUAL, as it is frequently used by Oracle optimizer to test Execution Plans.

vishal

• Mar 29th, 2016

No we can't update dual table because it is a dummy table. But it is possible to create a table named dual and you can insert, update and delete that table.

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Habib Ali

• May 9th, 2016

Stand Alone Proc: Block of PLSQL code but not defined in the data dictionary, hence not reusable

Stored Procedure: Block of PLSQL code Defined in data dictionary, implements reusability. Check in user_source table

Praveen kumar

• Jan 8th, 2016

Both are same

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What are the advantages of packages over standalone procedure ?

Habib Ali

• May 9th, 2016

Packages can be cached inside the SGA, resulting in faster execution than a normal stored procedure.

abhijit musale

• Feb 18th, 2015

You can wrap/encrypt the package code .

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Pritty

• Feb 29th, 2016

The GROUP BY keyword helps to retrieve the unique values without using DISTINCT keyword.

Malyadri M

• Jun 22nd, 2015

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• Member Since Sep-2007 | May 6th, 2008

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A trigger may be a
1. DML Trigger on tables
2. Instead of triggers on views
3. System triggers on database or schema

Based on the way it executes statements  triggers are of two types
1. Statement leve trigger
2.  Row level trigger

A trigger fires for three actions
1. Insert
2. Delete 
3.Update

and the trigger can the fired
1. Before action
2. After action.

Pradeep

• Feb 20th, 2016

Basically 5 main types in Oracle Triggers
1. DML Trigger (3 statement * 2 timing * 2 level = 12 types).
2. DDL Trigger.
3. Instead of Trigger (Fired Complex View).
4. System Trigger.
5. Compound Trigger (Introduced by 11g)

tarini sankar das

• Feb 7th, 2014

Actual answer is we have 14 types of triggers in pl sql. For statement level :- 1-before insert 2-before update 3-before delete 4-after insert 5-after update 6-after delete For row level :- 7-before ...

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What are the advantages of bulk binding in PL/SQL?

sachin rasal

• Nov 12th, 2015

A new feature called "bulk binds" was added to PL/SQL back in Oracle 8i. Bulk binds enable a PL/SQL program to fetch many rows from a cursor in one call instead of fetching one row at a time. Bulk bin...

amala

• Jun 24th, 2015

It retreives multiple rows with a single fetch...It increases the performance by reducing no.of context switches

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Ram

• Oct 29th, 2015

You can create n number of triggers on a table but maximum types of triggers you can create are 12.

Ratnesh gupta

• Apr 2nd, 2015

There is no technical limit on the number of triggers you define (or, at least, not one that any rational person has ever hit). It generally wouldnt make sense to have more than one trigger of a given...

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Answered by: answertoyourquery

• Nov 9th, 2005

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Yes, we can use the TCL commands(commit/rollback) in the exception block of a stored procedure/function. The code in this part of the program gets executed like those in the body without any restriction. You can include any business functionality whenever a condition in main block(body of a proc/func) fails and requires a follow-thru process to terminate the execution gracefully!

Leena Roja

• Jul 13th, 2015

Correct Subhash..

Susil Kumar Nagarajan

• Jan 21st, 2012

Yes. You can very well use COMMIT or ROLLBACK in exception block. But it is not a good idea to use, as it will commit the previous transactions in the same PLSQL block. Make use of creating SAVEPOINTS and commiting them when required.

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 %  ROWTYPE  is to be used whenever query returns a entire row of a table or view. TYPE  rec  RECORD is to be used whenever query returns columns of differenttable or views and variables.      E.g.  TYPE  r_emp is RECORD (eno emp.empno% type,ename emp ename %type);     e_rec emp% ROWTYPE     cursor...

Nupur

• Apr 30th, 2015

This is my understanding: Declare : eno employee.emp_id%type - specifically tells you that the variable type or data that it will be holding will be same as th e employee_id type in the employee tabl...

Nupur

• Apr 24th, 2015

When we declare a var as %row type, then the variable holds all the column type attributes. Developer does not need to know what the individual column types are. Type record is used when we declare a variable to be of the records of the table.?

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Abhijit Musale

• Mar 23rd, 2015

We can create a table in procedure by executing a string statement using EXECUTE IMMEDIATE or using DBMS_SQL.EXECUTE.

veera

• Nov 25th, 2013

It is possible by using Dynamic SQL.
By using EXECUTE IMMEDIATE.

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ace1234567

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• Mar 4th, 2015

Please find the template. Using out type parameter we can return more than one value from a function.

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shyam

• Mar 2nd, 2015

Yes, we return more than one value in function using package. Example::

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create package pack
is
type mul_val is record
(emp_id employees.employee_id%type,
emp_name employees.last_name%type);
end pack;

and the return type of function is that pack type.....

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