Part 12 in a series of articles on understanding and using PL/SQL. The central purpose of the Oracle PL/SQL language is to make it as easy and efficient as possible to query and change the contents of tables in a database.You must, of course, use the SQL language to access tables, and each time you do so, you use a cursor to get the job done.art 12 in a series of articles on understanding and using PL/SQL. The central purpose of the Oracle PL/SQL language is to make it as easy and efficient as possible to query and change the contents of tables in a database.
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