The PL/SQL Compiler warning “PLW-06009: procedure “string” OTHERS handler does not end in RAISE or RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR” was introduced with 11g release 1. It’s purpose is to alert you to the fact that you have a WHEN OTHERS exception handler and the last statement within it doesn’t contain a RAISE or a RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR statement. The first example […]
Introduction As an exceptional Oracle Developer you already know the value of instrumenting your code. You have read enough of Tom Kyte, Cary Millsap & Steve McConnell to understand that with the correct instrumentation diagnosing problems especially time critical problems (are there any others?) becomes much easier. So the question is not why you should instrument your […]
The ability of using SQL to operate on Associative Arrays or PL/SQL tables as they were known when I started working as a Database Developer is one of my favourite new features of 12c. I wasn’t aware of it until I read the post by Connor Mcdonald. It’s announcement within the new features guide is […]
In versions of the Oracle Database prior to 11g Release 1, to populate a variable with the next value from a sequence you would have call the NEXTVAL function from within a SQL statement. From Oracle Database 11g Release 1 you can now use the NEXTVAL function in a PL/SQL expression. So other than less […]
Oracle have published a white paper entitled: “With Oracle Database 12c there is all the more reason to use database PL/SQL” it’s author is Bryn Llewellyn who is the Product Manager for PL/SQL. In this paper Bryn lists the reasons he hears from customers on why they are not using PL/SQL in the database and […]
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