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Oracle PL/SQL procedural language. Covers stored procedures, functions, packages, triggers, cursors, collections, and exception handling. Use for Oracle database server-side programming. USE WHEN: user mentions "plsql", "Oracle procedures", "Oracle packages", "Oracle triggers", "BULK COLLECT", "FORALL", "DBMS_OUTPUT", "Oracle functions" DO NOT USE FOR: basic Oracle SQL - use `oracle` instead, PostgreSQL - use `plpgsql` instead, T-SQL - use `tsql` instead
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DECLARE
-- Variable declarations
v_count NUMBER := 0;
BEGIN
-- Executable statements
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Hello World');
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
-- Exception handling
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Error: ' || SQLERRM);
END;
/CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE update_salary(
p_employee_id IN NUMBER,
p_percentage IN NUMBER
)
IS
v_current_salary NUMBER;
BEGIN
SELECT salary INTO v_current_salary
FROM employees
WHERE employee_id = p_employee_id;
UPDATE employees
SET salary = salary * (1 + p_percentage / 100)
WHERE employee_id = p_employee_id;
COMMIT;
EXCEPTION
WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20001, 'Employee not found: ' || p_employee_id);
END update_salary;
/
-- Execute
EXEC update_salary(100, 10);
-- or
BEGIN
update_salary(100, 10);
END;
/CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE get_employee_info(
p_employee_id IN NUMBER,
p_name OUT VARCHAR2,
p_salary OUT NUMBER,
p_dept_name OUT VARCHAR2
)
IS
BEGIN
SELECT e.first_name || ' ' || e.last_name,
e.salary,
d.department_name
INTO p_name, p_salary, p_dept_name
FROM employees e
JOIN departments d ON e.department_id = d.department_id
WHERE e.employee_id = p_employee_id;
END;
/
-- Call with OUT parameters
DECLARE
v_name VARCHAR2(100);
v_salary NUMBER;
v_dept VARCHAR2(100);
BEGIN
get_employee_info(100, v_name, v_salary, v_dept);
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_name || ': ' || v_salary);
END;
/CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION calculate_bonus(
p_salary IN NUMBER,
p_years IN NUMBER
)
RETURN NUMBER
DETERMINISTIC -- Same inputs always return same output
IS
v_bonus NUMBER;
BEGIN
IF p_years >= 10 THEN
v_bonus := p_salary * 0.15;
ELSIF p_years >= 5 THEN
v_bonus := p_salary * 0.10;
ELSE
v_bonus := p_salary * 0.05;
END IF;
RETURN v_bonus;
END;
/
-- Usage in SQL
SELECT employee_id, salary, calculate_bonus(salary, years_of_service) as bonus
FROM employees;BEGIN
UPDATE employees SET salary = salary * 1.1 WHERE department_id = 10;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Rows updated: ' || SQL%ROWCOUNT);
IF SQL%NOTFOUND THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('No rows found');
END IF;
END;
/DECLARE
CURSOR emp_cursor IS
SELECT employee_id, first_name, salary
FROM employees
WHERE department_id = 10;
v_emp emp_cursor%ROWTYPE;
BEGIN
OPEN emp_cursor;
LOOP
FETCH emp_cursor INTO v_emp;
EXIT WHEN emp_cursor%NOTFOUND;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_emp.first_name || ': ' || v_emp.salary);
END LOOP;
CLOSE emp_cursor;
END;
/BEGIN
FOR emp_rec IN (SELECT employee_id, first_name, salary
FROM employees WHERE department_id = 10)
LOOP
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(emp_rec.first_name || ': ' || emp_rec.salary);
END LOOP;
END;
/DECLARE
TYPE salary_tab IS TABLE OF NUMBER INDEX BY PLS_INTEGER;
TYPE name_tab IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(100) INDEX BY VARCHAR2(20);
salaries salary_tab;
names name_tab;
BEGIN
salaries(1) := 50000;
salaries(2) := 60000;
names('EMP001') := 'John Doe';
names('EMP002') := 'Jane Smith';
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(salaries(1));
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(names('EMP001'));
END;
/| Exception | Description |
|---|---|
| SELECT INTO returned no rows |
| SELECT INTO returned multiple rows |
| Division by zero |
| Numeric or value error |
| Invalid cursor operation |
| Duplicate value on unique index |
DECLARE
v_salary NUMBER;
BEGIN
SELECT salary INTO v_salary FROM employees WHERE employee_id = 9999;
EXCEPTION
WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Employee not found');
WHEN TOO_MANY_ROWS THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Multiple employees found');
WHEN OTHERS THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Error: ' || SQLCODE || ' - ' || SQLERRM);
RAISE;
END;
/BEGIN
IF some_condition THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20001, 'Custom error message');
END IF;
END;
/CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER trg_emp_salary_check
BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE OF salary ON employees
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
IF :NEW.salary < 0 THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20001, 'Salary cannot be negative');
END IF;
IF :NEW.salary > 1000000 THEN
RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20002, 'Salary exceeds maximum');
END IF;
END;
/oracleplpgsqltsqlsql-fundamentals| Anti-Pattern | Problem | Solution |
|---|---|---|
| Not using BULK COLLECT | Row-by-row processing | Use BULK COLLECT for large datasets |
| SELECT INTO without exception | Runtime errors | Handle NO_DATA_FOUND |
| Not using packages | Code disorganization | Organize related code in packages |
| Excessive triggers | Performance issues | Minimize trigger logic |
| WHEN OTHERS without RAISE | Silent failures | Re-raise or log exceptions |
| Implicit cursors for large sets | Memory issues | Use explicit cursors with LIMIT |
| Problem | Diagnostic | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| NO_DATA_FOUND | SELECT INTO with no rows | Add exception handler |
| TOO_MANY_ROWS | SELECT INTO with multiple rows | Add WHERE or use cursor |
| ORA-06502 numeric error | Type conversion failure | Check data types, use TO_NUMBER |
| Slow procedure | DBMS_PROFILER | Use BULK operations |
| Package state lost | Session reset | Use PRAGMA SERIALLY_REUSABLE or re-initialize |