Oracle’s PL/SQL language has two basic mechanisms for getting data from the database: SELECT and cursors. SELECT is designed to return a single row into local variables; cursors give you the ability ...

Clearing the attribute buffer is not required to create a preference. The buffer is cleared automatically after each call to CTX_DDL.CREATE_PREFERENCE. CLEAR_ATTRIBUTE is used primarily for clearing ...

SQL is neither the fastest nor the most elegant way to talk to databases, but it is the best way we have. Here’s why Today, Structured Query Language is the standard means of manipulating and querying ...