PL/SQL:
-Procedural Language extension to SQL
-Oracle Corporation’s standard data access language for relational databases
-Seamlessly integrates procedural constructs with SQL
-Block structure to excitable units of code
-maintaining and debugging is made easier
-Provides procedural constructs such as:
- Variables, constants, and data types
- Control structures such as conditional statements and loops
- Reusable program units that are written once and executed many times
-offers modern software engineering features(data encapsulation, exception handling, information hiding, and object orientation)
-provides all the procedural constructs that are available in any third-generation language (3GL).
Benefits of PL/SQL:
-Integration of procedural constructs with SQL
-Improved performance:
- Modularized program development
-Integration with Oracle tools
- Portability
- Exception handling
SQL:
-Structured Query Language
-the primary language used to access and modify data in relational databases