Database Programming With PL/SQL 1-3: Practice Activities
Database Programming With PL/SQL 1-3: Practice Activities
Database Programming With PL/SQL 1-3: Practice Activities
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Unnamed blocks of code not stored in the database and do not exist
after they are executed
Named PL/SQL blocks that are stored in the database and can be de-
clared as procedures or functions
A program that performs an action, but does not have to return a value
Try It / Solve It
1. Complete the following chart defining the syntactical requirements for a PL/SQL block:
DECLARE
BEGIN
EXCEPTION
END;
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2. Which of the following PL/SQL blocks executes successfully? For the blocks that fail, explain why
they fail
A. BEGIN
END;
B. DECLARE
amount INTEGER(10);
END;
C. DECLARE
BEGIN
END;
D. DECLARE
amount NUMBER(10);
BEGIN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(amount);
END;
B. _______________ and _______________ are named blocks and are stored in the database.
4. In Application Express, create and execute a simple anonymous block that outputs “Hello World.”
5. Create and execute a simple anonymous block that does the following:
• Declares a variable of datatype DATE and populates it with the date that is six months from
today
• Outputs “In six months, the date will be: <insert date>.”
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