Oracle SQL*Plus has a very useful subparameter to the column parameter called NEW_VALUE. The NEW_VALUE directive allows you to store data retrieved from an Oracle table as a variable inside the ...

Some Oracle SQL*Plus functionality is not working well. Where you can use an Ampersand Substitution Variable, it's not very robust SELECT &&bubba FROM dual will produce a ORA-00923 FROM Keyword not ...

What are the advantages/disadvantages of using global variables in PL/SQL packages? I have created tons of packages and stored procedures, but have never used global variables.<BR><BR>Any insight or ...

To store package variables, SSMA for Oracle uses stored procedures that reside in a special ssma_oracle schema along with ssma_oracle.db_storage table. This table is filtered by SPID (session ...

An Oracle database server running on a Windows machine can manipulate COM Automation server objects from PL/SQL or Java stored in a database. To access a COM Automation server, a client application ...