Practical PL/SQL

2023

  • Cursor Basics: Cursor Iteration Controls

    In the previous post we discussed the use of bulk collect and limit to optimize cursor iteration. This gave us a way to see the undocumented bulk prefetch optimization that has been applied behind the scenes to the cursor for loop. Unless… read more

  • Cursor Basics: Bulk Binds

    In the previous post we discussed the most basic approaches to iterating through a resultset using cursors. Since those approaches traverse the cursor one row at a time they are often referred to as slow by slow processing. This slowness turns out… read more

  • Cursor Basics: A Fetching Difference

    There are some techniques that are really basic to what we do everyday as PL/SQL developers. There is a tendency to automatically do these basic things in the same way without considering the alternatives that the particular situation might merit. In this… read more

  • Getting Started For Free

    Because the intended audience for this blog is anyone that works with or wants to work with Oracle PL/SQL, from the advanced expert to the beginner, I want to take a moment before things get technical to go over some tools that… read more

  • Writing Excellent Code

    Once you have started to absorb the fact that there are many ways to accomplish a given programming task, you should find yourself asking questions like the following. What is the best way to do this? Are there rules and standards for… read more

  • Open Source Listing Created

    Hello, I am still working on getting things set up here at practicalplsql.org. While I am getting things organized, I want to bring your attention to a new resource that I have attached to the site. The Open Source Project Listing For… read more

  • A Statement of Direction

    Mission statement and credits for this blog. read more

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