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A package with one method

    
SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE lecturer (
  2    id               NUMBER(5) PRIMARY KEY,
  3    first_name       VARCHAR2(20),
  4    last_name        VARCHAR2(20),
  5    major            VARCHAR2(30),
  6    current_credits  NUMBER(3)
  7    );
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10001, "Scott", "Lawson","Computer Science", 11);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major, current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10002, "Mar", "Wells","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10003, "Jone", "Bliss","Computer Science", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10004, "Man", "Kyte","Economics", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10005, "Pat", "Poll","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10006, "Tim", "Viper","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10007, "Barbara", "Blues","Economics", 7);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10008, "David", "Large","Music", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10009, "Chris", "Elegant","Nutrition", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10010, "Rose", "Bond","Music", 7);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10011, "Rita", "Johnson","Nutrition", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10012, "Sharon", "Clear","Computer Science", 3);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE PersistPkg AS
  2    PRAGMA SERIALLY_REUSABLE;
  3
  4    TYPE t_StudentTable IS TABLE OF lecturer.ID%TYPE
  5      INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
  6
  7    v_MaxRows NUMBER := 5;
  8
  9    PROCEDURE Readlecturer(p_StudTable OUT t_StudentTable,
 10                           p_NumRows   OUT NUMBER);
 11  END PersistPkg;
 12  /
Package created.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY PersistPkg AS
  2    PRAGMA SERIALLY_REUSABLE;
  3    CURSOR StudentCursor IS
  4      SELECT ID
  5        FROM lecturer
  6        ORDER BY last_name;
  7
  8    PROCEDURE Readlecturer(p_StudTable OUT t_StudentTable,
  9                           p_NumRows   OUT NUMBER) IS
 10      v_Done BOOLEAN := FALSE;
 11      v_NumRows NUMBER := 1;
 12    BEGIN
 13      IF NOT StudentCursor%ISOPEN THEN
 14        OPEN StudentCursor;
 15      END IF;
 16
 17      WHILE NOT v_Done LOOP
 18        FETCH StudentCursor INTO p_StudTable(v_NumRows);
 19        IF StudentCursor%NOTFOUND THEN
 20          CLOSE StudentCursor;
 21          v_Done := TRUE;
 22        ELSE
 23          v_NumRows := v_NumRows + 1;
 24          IF v_NumRows > v_MaxRows THEN
 25            v_Done := TRUE;
 26          END IF;
 27        END IF;
 28      END LOOP;
 29
 30      p_NumRows := v_NumRows - 1;
 31
 32    END Readlecturer;
 33  END PersistPkg;
 34  /
Package body created.
SQL>
SQL> drop table lecturer;
Table dropped.



A PL/SQL package with two methods

    
SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE place (
  2    room_id          NUMBER(5) PRIMARY KEY,
  3    building         VARCHAR2(15),
  4    room_number      NUMBER(4),
  5    number_seats     NUMBER(4),
  6    description      VARCHAR2(50)
  7    );
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO place (room_id, building, room_number, number_seats, description)
  2             VALUES (20001, "Building 7", 201, 1000, "Large Lecture Hall");
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO place (room_id, building, room_number, number_seats, description)
  2             VALUES (20002, "Building 6", 101, 500, "Small Lecture Hall");
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO place (room_id, building, room_number, number_seats, description)
  2             VALUES (20003, "Building 6", 150, 50, "Discussion Room A");
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO place (room_id, building, room_number, number_seats, description)
  2             VALUES (20004, "Building 6", 160, 50, "Discussion Room B");
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO place (room_id, building, room_number, number_seats,description)
  2             VALUES (20005, "Building 6", 170, 50, "Discussion Room C");
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO place (room_id, building, room_number, number_seats, description)
  2             VALUES (20006, "Music Building", 100, 10, "Music Practice Room");
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO place (room_id, building, room_number, number_seats, description)
  2             VALUES (20007, "Music Building", 200, 1000, "Concert Room");
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO place (room_id, building, room_number, number_seats, description)
  2             VALUES (20008, "Building 7", 300, 75, "Discussion Room D");
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO place (room_id, building, room_number, number_seats,description)
  2             VALUES (20009, "Building 7", 310, 50, "Discussion Room E");
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE RoomsPkg AS
  2    PROCEDURE NewRoom(p_Building place.building%TYPE,
  3                      p_RoomNum place.room_number%TYPE,
  4                      p_NumSeats place.number_seats%TYPE,
  5                      p_Description place.description%TYPE);
  6
  7    PROCEDURE DeleteRoom(p_RoomID IN place.room_id%TYPE);
  8  END RoomsPkg;
  9  /
Package created.
SQL> show errors
No errors.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY RoomsPkg AS
  2    PROCEDURE NewRoom(p_Building place.building%TYPE,
  3                      p_RoomNum place.room_number%TYPE,
  4                      p_NumSeats place.number_seats%TYPE,
  5                      p_Description place.description%TYPE) IS
  6    BEGIN
  7      INSERT INTO place
  8        (room_id, building, room_number, number_seats, description)
  9        VALUES
 10        (1100, p_Building, p_RoomNum, p_NumSeats,
 11         p_Description);
 12    END NewRoom;
 13
 14    PROCEDURE DeleteRoom(p_RoomID IN place.room_id%TYPE) IS
 15    BEGIN
 16      DELETE FROM place
 17        WHERE room_id = p_RoomID;
 18    END DeleteRoom;
 19  END RoomsPkg;
 20  /
Package body created.
SQL> show errors
No errors.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> drop table place;
Table dropped.
SQL>
SQL>



call utitilities package

    
SQL>
SQL>  create or replace
  2    package utilities as
  3      procedure swap( p_parm1 in out number,
  4                      p_parm2 in out number );
  5      procedure swap( p_parm1 in out varchar2,
  6                      p_parm2 in out varchar2 );
  7      procedure swap( p_parm1 in out date,
  8                      p_parm2 in out date );
  9    end utilities;
 10  /
Package created.
SQL>
SQL>  create or replace
  2    package body utilities as
  3
  4      procedure swap( p_parm1 in out number,
  5                 p_parm2 in out number ) is
  6        l_temp number;
  7      begin
  8        dbms_output.put_line( "Swapping number" );
  9        l_temp := p_parm1;
 10        p_parm1 := p_parm2;
 11        p_parm2 := l_temp;
 12      end swap;
 13
 14      procedure swap( p_parm1 in out varchar2,
 15                      p_parm2 in out varchar2 ) is
 16        l_temp varchar2(32767);
 17      begin
 18        dbms_output.put_line( "Swapping varchar2" );
 19        l_temp := p_parm1;
 20        p_parm1 := p_parm2;
 21        p_parm2 := l_temp;
 22      end swap;
 23
 24      procedure swap( p_parm1 in out date,
 25                      p_parm2 in out date ) is
 26        l_temp date;
 27      begin
 28        dbms_output.put_line( "Swapping date" );
 29        l_temp := p_parm1;
 30        p_parm1 := p_parm2;
 31        p_parm2 := l_temp;
 32      end swap;
 33
 34    end utilities;
 35    /
Package body created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>  declare
  2      l_num1 number := 1;
  3      l_num2 number := 2;
  4      l_date1 date := sysdate;
  5      l_date2 date := sysdate + 1;
  6    begin
  7      utilities.swap( l_num1, l_num2 );
  8      dbms_output.put_line( "l_num1 = " || l_num1 );
  9      dbms_output.put_line( "l_num2 = " || l_num2 );
 10      utilities.swap( l_date1, l_date2 );
 11      dbms_output.put_line( "l_date1 = " || l_date1 );
 12      dbms_output.put_line( "l_date2 = " || l_date2 );
 13    end;
 14    /
Swapping number
l_num1 = 2
l_num2 = 1
Swapping date
l_date1 = 12-JUN-08
l_date2 = 11-JUN-08
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>



Counter package

    
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> create or replace package counter is
  2   procedure reset;
  3   procedure inc;
  4   procedure show;
  5   end;
  6  /
Package created.
SQL> create or replace package body counter is
  2       cnt pls_integer := 0;
  3       procedure reset is
  4       begin
  5           cnt := 0;
  6       end;
  7
  8       procedure inc is
  9       begin
 10          cnt := cnt + 1;
 11       end;
 12
 13       procedure show is
 14       begin
 15           dbms_output.put_line("Execution Count: "||cnt);
 16       end;
 17   end;
 18  /
Package body created.
SQL>
SQL>



Create a package declaration and create its body after

    
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>  create or replace
  2    package shield as
  3      procedure foo;
  4    end shield;
  5  /
Package created.
SQL>
SQL>  create or replace
  2    package body shield as
  3      procedure foo is
  4        l_n number;
  5      begin
  6        null;
  7      end foo;
  8    end;
  9    /
Package body created.
SQL>
SQL> show errors;
No errors.



Create a package level variable

    
SQL>
SQL>  create or replace
  2    package variables as
  3      g_public_number number := null;
  4      procedure setPrivateNumber( p_num number );
  5      procedure print_private_number;
  6    end variables;
  7    /
Package created.
SQL>
SQL>  create or replace
  2    package body variables as
  3      myNumber number := null;
  4
  5      procedure setPrivateNumber( p_num number ) is
  6      begin
  7        myNumber := p_num;
  8      end setPrivateNumber;
  9
 10      procedure print_private_number is
 11      begin
 12        dbms_output.put_line( nvl(to_char(myNumber),"null" ) );
 13      end print_private_number;
 14
 15    end variables;
 16    /
Package body created.
SQL>



Create package and member cursor

    
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE gifts (
  2    gift_id             INTEGER          CONSTRAINT gifts_pk PRIMARY KEY,
  3    gift_type_id        INTEGER          ,
  4    name                   VARCHAR2(30)     NOT NULL,
  5    description            VARCHAR2(50),
  6    price                  NUMBER(5, 2)
  7  );
Table created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO gifts (gift_id, gift_type_id, name, description, price) VALUES (1, 1, "Flower", "Birthday", 19.95);
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO gifts (gift_id, gift_type_id, name, description, price) VALUES (2, 1, "Computer", "New Year", 30.00);
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO gifts (gift_id, gift_type_id, name, description, price) VALUES (3, 2, "iPod", "Birthday", 25.99);
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO gifts (gift_id, gift_type_id, name, description, price) VALUES (4, 2, "iPhone", "New Year", 13.95);
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO gifts (gift_id, gift_type_id, name, description, price) VALUES (5, 2, "Book", "Birthday", 49.99);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE gift_package AS
  2    TYPE t_ref_cursor IS REF CURSOR;
  3    FUNCTION get_gifts_ref_cursor RETURN t_ref_cursor;
  4    PROCEDURE updatePrice (p_gift_id IN gifts.gift_id%TYPE,p_factor IN NUMBER);
  5  END gift_package;
  6  /
Package created.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY gift_package AS
  2    FUNCTION get_gifts_ref_cursor
  3    RETURN t_ref_cursor IS
  4      gifts_ref_cursor t_ref_cursor;
  5    BEGIN
  6      OPEN gifts_ref_cursor FOR SELECT gift_id, name, price FROM gifts;
  7
  8      RETURN gifts_ref_cursor;
  9    END get_gifts_ref_cursor;
 10
 11    PROCEDURE updatePrice(p_gift_id IN gifts.gift_id%TYPE,p_factor IN NUMBER) AS
 12      v_gift_count INTEGER;
 13    BEGIN
 14      SELECT COUNT(*)INTO v_gift_count FROM gifts WHERE gift_id = p_gift_id;
 15      IF v_gift_count = 1 THEN
 16        UPDATE gifts
 17        SET price = price * p_factor
 18        WHERE gift_id = p_gift_id;
 19        COMMIT;
 20      END IF;
 21    EXCEPTION
 22      WHEN OTHERS THEN
 23        ROLLBACK;
 24    END updatePrice;
 25  END gift_package;
 26  /
Package body created.
SQL>
SQL> drop table gifts;
Table dropped.



Crosss reference between two packages

    
SQL>
SQL> create or replace package myPackage
  2  as
  3    PROCEDURE P1;
  4    PROCEDURE P2;
  5    PROCEDURE P3;
  6    FUNCTION F1 return number;
  7    FUNCTION F2 return number;
  8  end;
  9  /
Package created.
SQL>
SQL> create or replace package myPackage2
  2  as
  3    PROCEDURE P3;
  4    PROCEDURE P4;
  5    PROCEDURE P5;
  6    FUNCTION F1 return number;
  7    FUNCTION F3 return number;
  8  end;
  9  /
Package created.
SQL>
SQL> create or replace package body myPackage2
  2  as
  3    PROCEDURE P3
  4    as
  5      begin
  6        myPackage.P3;
  7      end;
  8
  9    FUNCTION F1 return number
 10    as
 11      begin
 12        return myPackage.F1;
 13      end;
 14
 15    PROCEDURE P4
 16    as
 17      begin
 18        null;
 19      end;
 20
 21    PROCEDURE P5
 22    as
 23      begin
 24        null;
 25      end;
 26
 27    FUNCTION F3 return number
 28    as
 29      begin
 30        return 1;
 31      end;
 32  end;
 33  /
Package body created.
SQL>
SQL> create or replace package body myPackage
  2  as
  3    PROCEDURE P1
  4    as
  5      begin
  6        null;
  7      end;
  8
  9    PROCEDURE P2
 10    as
 11      begin
 12        null;
 13      end;
 14
 15    PROCEDURE P3
 16    as
 17      begin
 18        null;
 19      end;
 20
 21    FUNCTION F1 return number
 22    as
 23      begin
 24        return 1;
 25      end;
 26
 27    FUNCTION F2 return number
 28    as
 29      begin
 30        return 1;
 31      end;
 32  end;
 33  /
Package body created.
SQL>
SQL>



Cursor operation between package functions

    
SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE lecturer (
  2    id               NUMBER(5) PRIMARY KEY,
  3    first_name       VARCHAR2(20),
  4    last_name        VARCHAR2(20),
  5    major            VARCHAR2(30),
  6    current_credits  NUMBER(3)
  7    );
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10001, "Scott", "Lawson","Computer Science", 11);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major, current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10002, "Mar", "Wells","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10003, "Jone", "Bliss","Computer Science", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10004, "Man", "Kyte","Economics", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10005, "Pat", "Poll","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10006, "Tim", "Viper","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10007, "Barbara", "Blues","Economics", 7);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10008, "David", "Large","Music", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10009, "Chris", "Elegant","Nutrition", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10010, "Rose", "Bond","Music", 7);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10011, "Rita", "Johnson","Nutrition", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10012, "Sharon", "Clear","Computer Science", 3);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE StudentFetch AS
  2    TYPE t_lecturer IS TABLE OF lecturer%ROWTYPE
  3      INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
  4    PROCEDURE OpenCursor;
  5    PROCEDURE CloseCursor;
  6    FUNCTION FetchRows(p_BatchSize IN OUT NUMBER,p_lecturer OUT t_lecturer)
  7      RETURN BOOLEAN;
  8    PROCEDURE PrintRows(p_BatchSize IN NUMBER,
  9                        p_lecturer IN t_lecturer);
 10  END StudentFetch;
 11  /
Package created.
SQL> show errors
No errors.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY StudentFetch AS
  2    CURSOR myAllLecturer IS
  3      SELECT *
  4        FROM lecturer
  5        ORDER BY ID;
  6
  7    PROCEDURE OpenCursor IS
  8    BEGIN
  9      OPEN myAllLecturer;
 10    END OpenCursor;
 11
 12    PROCEDURE CloseCursor IS
 13    BEGIN
 14      CLOSE myAllLecturer;
 15    END CloseCursor;
 16
 17    FUNCTION FetchRows(p_BatchSize IN OUT NUMBER,
 18                       p_lecturer OUT t_lecturer)
 19      RETURN BOOLEAN IS
 20      v_Finished BOOLEAN := TRUE;
 21    BEGIN
 22      FOR v_Count IN 1..p_BatchSize LOOP
 23        FETCH myAllLecturer INTO p_lecturer(v_Count);
 24        IF myAllLecturer%NOTFOUND THEN
 25          v_Finished := FALSE;
 26          p_BatchSize := v_Count - 1;
 27          EXIT;
 28        END IF;
 29      END LOOP;
 30      RETURN v_Finished;
 31    END FetchRows;
 32
 33    PROCEDURE PrintRows(p_BatchSize IN NUMBER,
 34                        p_lecturer IN t_lecturer) IS
 35    BEGIN
 36      FOR v_Count IN 1..p_BatchSize LOOP
 37        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT("ID: " || p_lecturer(v_Count).ID);
 38        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT(" Name: " || p_lecturer(v_Count).first_name);
 39        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(" " || p_lecturer(v_Count).last_name);
 40      END LOOP;
 41    END PrintRows;
 42  END StudentFetch;
 43  /
Package body created.
SQL> show errors
No errors.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> drop table lecturer;
Table dropped.
SQL>



dependencies between an anonymous calling block and package runtime state.

    
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE SimplePkg AS
  2    v_GlobalVar NUMBER := 1;
  3    PROCEDURE UpdateVar;
  4  END SimplePkg;
  5  /
Package created.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY SimplePkg AS
  2    PROCEDURE UpdateVar IS
  3    BEGIN
  4      v_GlobalVar := 7;
  5    END UpdateVar;
  6  END SimplePkg;
  7  /
Package body created.
SQL>
SQL>



Global definition

    
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE global_def IS
  2     pv_execution_num PLS_INTEGER := 0;
  3     PROCEDURE increment_value (p_increment_num PLS_INTEGER);
  4  END global_def;
  5  /
Package created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY global_def IS
  2     lv_execution_num PLS_INTEGER := 0;
  3     PROCEDURE increment_display (p_value_num PLS_INTEGER)IS
  4     BEGIN
  5        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE("Variable Value: " || p_value_num);
  6     END increment_display;
  7     PROCEDURE increment_value (p_increment_num PLS_INTEGER) IS
  8     BEGIN
  9        lv_execution_num := lv_execution_num + p_increment_num;
 10        increment_display (lv_execution_num);
 11     END increment_value;
 12  END global_def;
 13  /
Package body created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> BEGIN
  2     global_def.increment_value(5);
  3     global_def.increment_value(3);
  4     global_def.increment_value(1);
  5  END;
  6  /
Variable Value: 14
Variable Value: 17
Variable Value: 18
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.



Nested package reference

    
SQL> CREATE TABLE EMP(
  2      EMPNO NUMBER(4) NOT NULL,
  3      ENAME VARCHAR2(10),
  4      JOB VARCHAR2(9),
  5      MGR NUMBER(4),
  6      HIREDATE DATE,
  7      SAL NUMBER(7, 2),
  8      COMM NUMBER(7, 2),
  9      DEPTNO NUMBER(2)
 10  );
Table created.
SQL> create or replace package myPackage1 is
  2   procedure P1; end;
  3  /
Package created.
SQL> create or replace package body myPackage1 is
  2   procedure P1 is
  3   v_cnt number;
  4   begin
  5       select count(*) into v_cnt from emp;
  6   end;
  7   end;
  8  /
Package body created.
SQL> create or replace package myPackage2 is procedure P2; end;
  2  /
Package created.
SQL> create or replace package body myPackage2 is
  2   procedure P2 is
  3   begin
  4       myPackage1.P1;
  5   end;
  6   end;
  7  /
Package body created.
SQL> create or replace package myPackage3 is procedure P3; end;
  2  /
Package created.
SQL> create or replace package body myPackage3 is
  2   procedure P3 is
  3   begin
  4       myPackage2.P2;
  5   end;
  6  end;
  7  /
Package body created.
SQL> create or replace package myPackage4 is
  2   procedure P4; end;
  3  /
Package created.
SQL> create or replace package body myPackage4 is
  2   procedure P4 is
  3   begin
  4       myPackage3.P3;
  5   end;
  6   end;
  7  /
Package body created.
SQL> create or replace package body myPackage1 is
  2   procedure P1 is
  3   v_cnt number;
  4   begin
  5       select count(*) into v_cnt from emp where empno > 0;
  6   end;
  7   end;
  8  /
Package body created.
SQL>
SQL> select object_name, object_type, status
  2   from user_objects
  3   where object_name in ("MYPACKAGE1","MYPACKAGE2","MYPACKAGE3","MYPACKAGE4");
no rows selected
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> drop table emp;
Table dropped.



Overloaded packages.

    
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE Overload AS
  2    FUNCTION TestFunc(p1 IN NUMBER)
  3      RETURN VARCHAR2;
  4    PRAGMA RESTRICT_REFERENCES(TestFunc, WNDS, RNDS, WNPS, RNPS);
  5
  6    FUNCTION TestFunc(pA IN VARCHAR2,pB IN DATE)
  7      RETURN VARCHAR2;
  8    PRAGMA RESTRICT_REFERENCES(TestFunc, WNDS, RNDS, WNPS, RNPS);
  9  END Overload;
 10  /
Package created.
SQL> show errors
No errors.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY Overload AS
  2    FUNCTION TestFunc(p1 IN NUMBER)
  3      RETURN VARCHAR2 IS
  4    BEGIN
  5      RETURN "Version 1";
  6    END TestFunc;
  7
  8    FUNCTION TestFunc(pA IN VARCHAR2,pB IN DATE)
  9      RETURN VARCHAR2 IS
 10    BEGIN
 11      RETURN "Version 2";
 12    END TestFunc;
 13  END Overload;
 14  /
Package body created.
SQL> show errors
No errors.
SQL>
SQL> SELECT Overload.TestFunc(1) FROM dual;
OVERLOAD.TESTFUNC(1)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Version 1
1 row selected.
SQL> SELECT Overload.TestFunc("abc", SYSDATE) FROM dual;
OVERLOAD.TESTFUNC("ABC",SYSDAT
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Version 2
1 row selected.
SQL>



Overloading based on user defined object types.

    
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE myTable1 AS OBJECT (
  2     f NUMBER
  3   );
  4   /
Type created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE myTable2 AS OBJECT (
  2     f NUMBER
  3   );
  4   /
Type created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE Overload AS
  2     PROCEDURE Proc(p1 IN myTable1);
  3     PROCEDURE Proc(p1 IN myTable2);
  4   END Overload;
  5   /
Package created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> show errors
No errors.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY Overload AS
  2     PROCEDURE Proc(p1 IN myTable1) IS
  3     BEGIN
  4       DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE("Proc(myTable1): " || p1.f);
  5     END Proc;
  6
  7     PROCEDURE Proc(p1 IN myTable2) IS
  8     BEGIN
  9       DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE("Proc(myTable2): " || p1.f);
 10     END Proc;
 11   END Overload;
 12   /
Package body created.
SQL>
SQL> show errors
No errors.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> set serveroutput on
SQL> DECLARE
  2     v_Obj1 myTable1 := myTable1(1);
  3     v_OBj2 myTable2 := myTable2(2);
  4   BEGIN
  5     Overload.Proc(v_Obj1);
  6     Overload.proc(v_Obj2);
  7   END;
  8   /
Proc(myTable1): 1
Proc(myTable2): 2
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> drop type myTable1 force;
Type dropped.
SQL>
SQL> drop type myTable2 force;
Type dropped.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>



Overloading Packaged Subprograms

    
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE myStudent (
  2    student_id NUMBER(5) NOT NULL,
  3    department CHAR(3)   NOT NULL,
  4    course     NUMBER(3) NOT NULL,
  5    grade      CHAR(1)
  6    );
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO myStudent (student_id, department, course, grade)
  2                           VALUES (10000, "CS", 102, "A");
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO myStudent (student_id, department, course, grade)
  2                           VALUES (10002, "CS", 102, "B");
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO myStudent (student_id, department, course, grade)
  2                           VALUES (10003, "CS", 102, "C");
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO myStudent (student_id, department, course, grade)
  2                           VALUES (10000, "HIS", 101, "A");
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO myStudent (student_id, department, course, grade)
  2                           VALUES (10001, "HIS", 101, "B");
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO myStudent (student_id, department, course, grade)
  2                           VALUES (10002, "HIS", 101, "B");
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO myStudent (student_id, department, course, grade)
  2                           VALUES (10003, "HIS", 101, "A");
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE session (
  2    department       CHAR(3),
  3    course           NUMBER(3),
  4    description      VARCHAR2(2000),
  5    max_lecturer     NUMBER(3),
  6    current_lecturer NUMBER(3),
  7    num_credits      NUMBER(1),
  8    room_id          NUMBER(5)
  9    );
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO session(department, course, description, max_lecturer, current_lecturer, num_credits, room_id)
  2              VALUES ("HIS", 101, "History 101", 30, 11, 4, 20000);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO session(department, course, description, max_lecturer, current_lecturer, num_credits, room_id)
  2              VALUES ("HIS", 301, "History 301", 30, 0, 4, 20004);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO session(department, course, description, max_lecturer, current_lecturer, num_credits, room_id)
  2              VALUES ("CS", 101, "Computer Science 101", 50, 0, 4, 20001);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO session(department, course, description, max_lecturer, current_lecturer, num_credits, room_id)
  2              VALUES ("ECN", 203, "Economics 203", 15, 0, 3, 20002);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO session(department, course, description, max_lecturer, current_lecturer, num_credits, room_id)
  2              VALUES ("CS", 102, "Computer Science 102", 35, 3, 4, 20003);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO session(department, course, description, max_lecturer, current_lecturer, num_credits, room_id)
  2              VALUES ("MUS", 410, "Music 410", 5, 4, 3, 20005);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO session(department, course, description, max_lecturer, current_lecturer, num_credits, room_id)
  2              VALUES ("ECN", 101, "Economics 101", 50, 0, 4, 20007);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO session(department, course, description, max_lecturer, current_lecturer, num_credits, room_id)
  2              VALUES ("NUT", 307, "Nutrition 307", 20, 2, 4, 20008);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO session(department, course, description, max_lecturer, current_lecturer, num_credits, room_id)
  2              VALUES ("MUS", 100, "Music 100", 100, 0, 3, NULL);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE lecturer (
  2    id               NUMBER(5) PRIMARY KEY,
  3    first_name       VARCHAR2(20),
  4    last_name        VARCHAR2(20),
  5    major            VARCHAR2(30),
  6    current_credits  NUMBER(3)
  7    );
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10001, "Scott", "Lawson","Computer Science", 11);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major, current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10002, "Mar", "Wells","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10003, "Jone", "Bliss","Computer Science", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10004, "Man", "Kyte","Economics", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10005, "Pat", "Poll","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10006, "Tim", "Viper","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10007, "Barbara", "Blues","Economics", 7);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10008, "David", "Large","Music", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10009, "Chris", "Elegant","Nutrition", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10010, "Rose", "Bond","Music", 7);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10011, "Rita", "Johnson","Nutrition", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10012, "Sharon", "Clear","Computer Science", 3);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE ClassPackage AS
  2    PROCEDURE AddStudent(p_ID  IN lecturer.id%TYPE,
  3                         p_Department IN session.department%TYPE,
  4                         p_Course     IN session.course%TYPE);
  5
  6    PROCEDURE AddStudent(p_FirstName IN lecturer.first_name%TYPE,
  7                         p_LastName  IN lecturer.last_name%TYPE,
  8                         p_Department IN session.department%TYPE,
  9                         p_Course     IN session.course%TYPE);
 10
 11  END ClassPackage;
 12  /
Package created.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY ClassPackage AS
  2    PROCEDURE AddStudent(p_ID  IN lecturer.id%TYPE,
  3                         p_Department IN session.department%TYPE,
  4                         p_Course     IN session.course%TYPE) IS
  5    BEGIN
  6      INSERT INTO myStudent (student_id, department, course)
  7        VALUES (p_ID, p_Department, p_Course);
  8      COMMIT;
  9    END AddStudent;
 10
 11    PROCEDURE AddStudent(p_FirstName IN lecturer.first_name%TYPE,
 12                         p_LastName  IN lecturer.last_name%TYPE,
 13                         p_Department IN session.department%TYPE,
 14                         p_Course     IN session.course%TYPE) IS
 15      myLecturerID lecturer.ID%TYPE;
 16    BEGIN
 17      SELECT ID
 18        INTO myLecturerID
 19        FROM lecturer
 20        WHERE first_name = p_FirstName
 21        AND last_name = p_LastName;
 22
 23      INSERT INTO myStudent (student_id, department, course)
 24        VALUES (myLecturerID, p_Department, p_Course);
 25      COMMIT;
 26    END AddStudent;
 27
 28  END ClassPackage;
 29  /
Package body created.
SQL> drop table myStudent;
Table dropped.
SQL> drop table session;
Table dropped.
SQL> drop table lecturer;
Table dropped.



Package for output employee table and log message

    
SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE EMP (EMPNO NUMBER(4) NOT NULL,
  2                    ENAME VARCHAR2(10),
  3                    JOB VARCHAR2(9),
  4                    MGR NUMBER(4),
  5                    HIREDATE DATE,
  6                    SAL NUMBER(7, 2),
  7                    COMM NUMBER(7, 2),
  8                    DEPTNO NUMBER(2));
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7369, "SMITH", "CLERK",    7902, TO_DATE("17-DEC-1980", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 800, NULL, 20);
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7499, "ALLEN", "SALESMAN", 7698, TO_DATE("20-FEB-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 1600, 300, 30);
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7521, "WARD",  "SALESMAN", 7698, TO_DATE("22-FEB-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 1250, 500, 30);
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7566, "JONES", "MANAGER",  7839, TO_DATE("2-APR-1981",  "DD-MON-YYYY"), 2975, NULL, 20);
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7654, "MARTIN", "SALESMAN", 7698,TO_DATE("28-SEP-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 1250, 1400, 30);
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7698, "BLAKE", "MANAGER", 7839,TO_DATE("1-MAY-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 2850, NULL, 30);
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7782, "CLARK", "MANAGER", 7839,TO_DATE("9-JUN-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 2450, NULL, 10);
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7788, "SCOTT", "ANALYST", 7566,TO_DATE("09-DEC-1982", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 3000, NULL, 20);
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7839, "KING", "PRESIDENT", NULL,TO_DATE("17-NOV-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 5000, NULL, 10);
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7844, "TURNER", "SALESMAN", 7698,TO_DATE("8-SEP-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 1500, 0, 30);
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7876, "ADAMS", "CLERK", 7788,TO_DATE("12-JAN-1983", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 1100, NULL, 20);
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7900, "JAMES", "CLERK", 7698,TO_DATE("3-DEC-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 950, NULL, 30);
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7902, "FORD", "ANALYST", 7566,TO_DATE("3-DEC-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 3000, NULL, 20);
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7934, "MILLER", "CLERK", 7782,TO_DATE("23-JAN-1982", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 1300, NULL, 10);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> create table myLogTable(
  2    username varchar2(30),
  3    date_time timestamp,
  4    message varchar2(4000) );
Table created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> create or replace
  2  package employee_pkg as
  3    procedure print_ename( p_empno number );
  4    procedure print_sal( p_empno number );
  5  end employee_pkg;
  6  /
Package created.
SQL>
SQL>  create or replace
  2    package body employee_pkg as
  3
  4      procedure log_message( p_message varchar2 ) is
  5      pragma autonomous_transaction;
  6      begin
  7        insert into myLogTable( username, date_time, message )
  8        values ( user, current_date, p_message );
  9        commit;
 10      end log_message;
 11
 12      function get_emp_record( p_empno number ) return emp%rowtype is
 13        l_emp_record emp%rowtype;
 14      begin
 15        log_message( "Looking for record where EMPNO = " || p_empno );
 16        select *
 17          into l_emp_record
 18          from emp
 19         where empno = p_empno;
 20        return l_emp_record;
 21      exception
 22        when NO_DATA_FOUND then
 23          return null;
 24      end get_emp_record;
 25
 26      procedure print_data( p_emp_record emp%rowtype,
 27                            p_column varchar2 ) is
 28        l_value varchar2(4000);
 29      begin
 30        if p_emp_record.empno is null then
 31          log_message( "No Data Found." );
 32          dbms_output.put_line( "No Data Found." );
 33        else
 34          case p_column
 35            when "ENAME" then
 36              l_value := p_emp_record.ename;
 37            when "SAL" then
 38              l_value := nvl(p_emp_record.sal,0);
 39            else
 40              l_value := "Invalid Column";
 41          end case;
 42          log_message( "About to print " || p_column || " = " || l_value );
 43          dbms_output.put_line( p_column || " = " || l_value );
 44        end if;
 45      end print_data;
 46
 47      procedure print_ename( p_empno number ) is
 48      begin
 49        print_data( get_emp_record( p_empno ), "ENAME" );
 50      end print_ename;
 51
 52      procedure print_sal( p_empno number ) is
 53      begin
 54        print_data( get_emp_record( p_empno ), "SAL" );
 55      end print_sal;
 56
 57    end employee_pkg;
 58    /
Package body created.
SQL>
SQL>  exec employee_pkg.print_ename( 7781 );
No Data Found.
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
SQL>  exec employee_pkg.print_ename( 7782 );
ENAME = CLARK
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
SQL>  select * from myLogTable;
USERNAME                       DATE_TIME
------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
MESSAGE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SYS                            11-JUN-08 08.44.45.000000 PM
Looking for record where EMPNO = 7781
SYS                            11-JUN-08 08.44.45.000000 PM
No Data Found.
SYS                            11-JUN-08 08.44.45.000000 PM
Looking for record where EMPNO = 7782

USERNAME                       DATE_TIME
------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
MESSAGE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SYS                            11-JUN-08 08.44.45.000000 PM
About to print ENAME = CLARK

SQL>
SQL>  execute employee_pkg.print_ename( 1234 );
No Data Found.
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
SQL>  execute employee_pkg.print_ename( 7782 );
ENAME = CLARK
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
SQL>  execute employee_pkg.print_sal( 7782 );
SAL = 2450
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
SQL> drop table myLogTable;
Table dropped.
SQL> drop table emp;
Table dropped.



Package initialization.

    
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE Random AS
  2
  3    PROCEDURE ChangeSeed(p_NewSeed IN NUMBER);
  4
  5    FUNCTION Rand RETURN NUMBER;
  6
  7    PROCEDURE GetRand(p_RandomNumber OUT NUMBER);
  8
  9    FUNCTION RandMax(p_MaxVal IN NUMBER) RETURN NUMBER;
 10
 11    PROCEDURE GetRandMax(p_RandomNumber OUT NUMBER,p_MaxVal IN NUMBER);
 12  END Random;
 13  /
Package created.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY Random AS
  2
  3    v_Multiplier  CONSTANT NUMBER := 2;
  4    v_Increment   CONSTANT NUMBER := 1;
  5
  6    v_Seed        number := 1;
  7
  8    PROCEDURE ChangeSeed(p_NewSeed IN NUMBER) IS
  9    BEGIN
 10      v_Seed := p_NewSeed;
 11    END ChangeSeed;
 12
 13    FUNCTION Rand RETURN NUMBER IS
 14    BEGIN
 15      v_Seed := MOD(v_Multiplier * v_Seed + v_Increment,(2 ** 32));
 16      RETURN BITAND(v_Seed/(2 ** 16), 32767);
 17    END Rand;
 18
 19    PROCEDURE GetRand(p_RandomNumber OUT NUMBER) IS
 20    BEGIN
 21      p_RandomNumber := Rand;
 22    END GetRand;
 23
 24    FUNCTION RandMax(p_MaxVal IN NUMBER) RETURN NUMBER IS
 25    BEGIN
 26      RETURN MOD(Rand, p_MaxVal) + 1;
 27    END RandMax;
 28
 29    PROCEDURE GetRandMax(p_RandomNumber OUT NUMBER,p_MaxVal IN NUMBER) IS
 30    BEGIN
 31      -- Simply call RandMax and return the value.
 32      p_RandomNumber := RandMax(p_MaxVal);
 33    END GetRandMax;
 34
 35  BEGIN
 36    ChangeSeed(TO_NUMBER(TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, "SSSSS")));
 37  END Random;
 38  /
Package body created.
SQL>



Package level Exception

    
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE Globals AS
  2    myException EXCEPTION;
  3  END Globals;
  4  /
Package created.
SQL>
SQL> BEGIN
  2    BEGIN
  3      RAISE Globals.myException;
  4    END;
  5  EXCEPTION
  6    WHEN Globals.myException THEN
  7      RAISE;
  8  END;
  9  /
BEGIN
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-06510: PL/SQL: unhandled user-defined exception
ORA-06512: at line 7

SQL>
SQL>



Package level variable as global level variable

    
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE global_def IS
  2     pv_execution_num PLS_INTEGER := 0;
  3     PROCEDURE increment_value (p_increment_num PLS_INTEGER);
  4  END global_def;
  5  /
Package created.
SQL> BEGIN
  2     DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE("Variable Value: " || global_def.pv_execution_num);
  3     global_def.pv_execution_num := global_def.pv_execution_num + 1;
  4     DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE("Variable Value: " || global_def.pv_execution_num);
  5     global_def.pv_execution_num := global_def.pv_execution_num + 1;
  6     DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE("Variable Value: " || global_def.pv_execution_num);
  7     global_def.pv_execution_num := global_def.pv_execution_num + 1;
  8     DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE("Variable Value: " || global_def.pv_execution_num);
  9  END;
 10  /
Variable Value: 3
Variable Value: 4
Variable Value: 5
Variable Value: 6
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.



package RECURSION

    
SQL> create package RECURSION is
  2   procedure A(p number);
  3   procedure B(p number);
  4   end;
  5  /

SQL> create or replace package body RECURSION is
  2
  3   procedure A(p number) is
  4   begin
  5        B(p+1);
  6   end;
  7
  8   procedure B(p number) is
  9   begin
 10       A(p+1);
 11   end;
 12
 13   end;
 14  /
Package body created.
SQL>
SQL>



Packages allows forward references, thus opening the possibilities for recursion.

    
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> create package RECURSION is
  2    procedure A(p number);
  3    procedure B(p number);
  4  end;
  5  /

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> create or replace
  2  package body RECURSION is
  3
  4  procedure A(p number) is
  5  begin
  6    if p < 5 then
  7       B(p+1);
  8    end if;
  9  end;
 10
 11  procedure B(p number) is
 12  begin
 13    if p < 5 then
 14       A(p+1);
 15    end if;
 16  end;
 17
 18  end;
 19  /
Package body created.
SQL>



Package with package level cursor variable

    
SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE employees
  2  ( employee_id          number(10)      not null,
  3    last_name            varchar2(50)      not null,
  4    email                varchar2(30),
  5    hire_date            date,
  6    job_id               varchar2(30),
  7    department_id        number(10),
  8    salary               number(6),
  9    manager_id           number(6)
 10  );
Table created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary,department_id ,manager_id)
  2                values ( 1001, "Lawson", "lawson@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002","MGR", 30000,1 ,1004);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id ,manager_id)
  2                values ( 1002, "Wells", "wells@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002", "DBA", 20000,2, 1005 );
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id ,manager_id)
  2                 values( 1003, "Bliss", "bliss@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002", "PROG", 24000,3 ,1004);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
  2                 values( 1004,  "Kyte", "tkyte@a.ru", SYSDATE-3650, "MGR",25000 ,4, 1005);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
  2                 values( 1005, "Viper", "sdillon@a .ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 1, 1006);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id,manager_id)
  2                 values( 1006, "Beck", "clbeck@g.ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 2, null);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
  2                 values( 1007, "Java", "java01@g.ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 3, 1006);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
  2                 values( 1008, "Oracle", "oracle1@g.ru", SYSDATE, "DBA", 20000, 4, 1006);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> create or replace package people as
  2    type employees_ref_cursor_type is ref cursor return employees%rowtype;
  3
  4    function get_employee( p_employee_id in number )
  5      return employees_ref_cursor_type;
  6
  7    function get_employees( p_search in varchar2 )
  8      return employees_ref_cursor_type;
  9
 10  end people;
 11  /
Package created.
SQL> show error
No errors.
SQL>
SQL> create or replace package body people as
  2    function get_employee( p_employee_id in number )
  3      return employees_ref_cursor_type
  4    is
  5      l_emp employees_ref_cursor_type;
  6    begin
  7      open l_emp for
  8        select * from employees where employee_id = p_employee_id;
  9      return l_emp;
 10    end get_employee;
 11
 12    function get_employees( p_search in varchar2 )
 13      return employees_ref_cursor_type
 14    is
 15      l_emps employees_ref_cursor_type;
 16    begin
 17      open l_emps for
 18        select * from employees
 19         order by employee_id;
 20      return l_emps;
 21    end get_employees;
 22  end people;
 23  /
Package body created.
SQL> show error
No errors.
SQL>
SQL> drop table employees;
Table dropped.
SQL>
SQL> --



Persistance of packaged variables.

    
SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE lecturer (
  2    id               NUMBER(5) PRIMARY KEY,
  3    first_name       VARCHAR2(20),
  4    last_name        VARCHAR2(20),
  5    major            VARCHAR2(30),
  6    current_credits  NUMBER(3)
  7    );
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10001, "Scott", "Lawson","Computer Science", 11);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major, current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10002, "Mar", "Wells","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10003, "Jone", "Bliss","Computer Science", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10004, "Man", "Kyte","Economics", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10005, "Pat", "Poll","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10006, "Tim", "Viper","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10007, "Barbara", "Blues","Economics", 7);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10008, "David", "Large","Music", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10009, "Chris", "Elegant","Nutrition", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10010, "Rose", "Bond","Music", 7);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10011, "Rita", "Johnson","Nutrition", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10012, "Sharon", "Clear","Computer Science", 3);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE PersistPkg AS
  2    TYPE t_StudentTable IS TABLE OF lecturer.ID%TYPE
  3      INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
  4
  5    v_MaxRows NUMBER := 5;
  6
  7    PROCEDURE Readlecturer(p_StudTable OUT t_StudentTable, p_NumRows   OUT NUMBER);
  8
  9  END PersistPkg;
 10  /
Package created.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY PersistPkg AS
  2    CURSOR StudentCursor IS
  3      SELECT ID
  4        FROM lecturer
  5        ORDER BY last_name;
  6
  7    PROCEDURE Readlecturer(p_StudTable OUT t_StudentTable,
  8                           p_NumRows   OUT NUMBER) IS
  9      v_Done BOOLEAN := FALSE;
 10      v_NumRows NUMBER := 1;
 11    BEGIN
 12      IF NOT StudentCursor%ISOPEN THEN
 13        OPEN StudentCursor;
 14      END IF;
 15
 16      WHILE NOT v_Done LOOP
 17        FETCH StudentCursor INTO p_StudTable(v_NumRows);
 18        IF StudentCursor%NOTFOUND THEN
 19          CLOSE StudentCursor;
 20          v_Done := TRUE;
 21        ELSE
 22          v_NumRows := v_NumRows + 1;
 23          IF v_NumRows > v_MaxRows THEN
 24            v_Done := TRUE;
 25          END IF;
 26        END IF;
 27      END LOOP;
 28
 29      p_NumRows := v_NumRows - 1;
 30    END Readlecturer;
 31  END PersistPkg;
 32  /
Package body created.
SQL>
SQL> DECLARE
  2    myLecturerTable PersistPkg.t_StudentTable;
  3    v_NumRows NUMBER := PersistPkg.v_MaxRows;
  4    myFirstName lecturer.first_name%TYPE;
  5    v_LastName lecturer.last_name%TYPE;
  6  BEGIN
  7    PersistPkg.Readlecturer(myLecturerTable, v_NumRows);
  8    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(" Fetched " || v_NumRows || " rows:");
  9    FOR v_Count IN 1..v_NumRows LOOP
 10      SELECT first_name, last_name
 11        INTO myFirstName, v_LastName
 12        FROM lecturer
 13        WHERE ID = myLecturerTable(v_Count);
 14      DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(myFirstName || " " || v_LastName);
 15    END LOOP;
 16  END;
 17  /
Fetched 5 rows:
Jone Bliss
Barbara Blues
Rose Bond
Sharon Clear
Chris Elegant
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> drop table lecturer;
Table dropped.
SQL>



RESTRICT_REFERENCES pragma.

    
SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE lecturer (
  2    id               NUMBER(5) PRIMARY KEY,
  3    first_name       VARCHAR2(20),
  4    last_name        VARCHAR2(20),
  5    major            VARCHAR2(30),
  6    current_credits  NUMBER(3)
  7    );
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10001, "Scott", "Lawson","Computer Science", 11);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major, current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10002, "Mar", "Wells","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10003, "Jone", "Bliss","Computer Science", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10004, "Man", "Kyte","Economics", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10005, "Pat", "Poll","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10006, "Tim", "Viper","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10007, "Barbara", "Blues","Economics", 7);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10008, "David", "Large","Music", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10009, "Chris", "Elegant","Nutrition", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10010, "Rose", "Bond","Music", 7);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10011, "Rita", "Johnson","Nutrition", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10012, "Sharon", "Clear","Computer Science", 3);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE StudentOps AS
  2    FUNCTION FullName(p_ID IN lecturer.ID%TYPE)
  3      RETURN VARCHAR2;
  4    PRAGMA RESTRICT_REFERENCES(FullName, WNDS, WNPS, RNPS);
  5
  6    FUNCTION NumHistoryMajors
  7      RETURN NUMBER;
  8    PRAGMA RESTRICT_REFERENCES(NumHistoryMajors, WNDS);
  9  END StudentOps;
 10  /
Package created.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY StudentOps AS
  2    v_NumHist NUMBER;
  3
  4    FUNCTION FullName(p_ID IN lecturer.ID%TYPE)
  5      RETURN VARCHAR2 IS
  6      myResult  VARCHAR2(100);
  7    BEGIN
  8      SELECT first_name || " " || last_name
  9        INTO myResult
 10        FROM lecturer
 11        WHERE ID = p_ID;
 12
 13      RETURN myResult;
 14    END FullName;
 15
 16    FUNCTION NumHistoryMajors RETURN NUMBER IS
 17      myResult NUMBER;
 18    BEGIN
 19      IF v_NumHist IS NULL THEN
 20        SELECT COUNT(*)
 21          INTO myResult
 22          FROM lecturer
 23          WHERE major = "History";
 24        v_NumHist := myResult;
 25      ELSE
 26        myResult := v_NumHist;
 27      END IF;
 28
 29      RETURN myResult;
 30    END NumHistoryMajors;
 31  END StudentOps;
 32  /
Package body created.
SQL>
SQL> drop table lecturer;
Table dropped.
SQL>
SQL>



Student fetch package

    
SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE lecturer (
  2    id               NUMBER(5) PRIMARY KEY,
  3    first_name       VARCHAR2(20),
  4    last_name        VARCHAR2(20),
  5    major            VARCHAR2(30),
  6    current_credits  NUMBER(3)
  7    );
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10001, "Scott", "Lawson","Computer Science", 11);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major, current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10002, "Mar", "Wells","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10003, "Jone", "Bliss","Computer Science", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10004, "Man", "Kyte","Economics", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10005, "Pat", "Poll","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10006, "Tim", "Viper","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10007, "Barbara", "Blues","Economics", 7);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10008, "David", "Large","Music", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10009, "Chris", "Elegant","Nutrition", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10010, "Rose", "Bond","Music", 7);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10011, "Rita", "Johnson","Nutrition", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10012, "Sharon", "Clear","Computer Science", 3);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE StudentFetch AS
  2    TYPE t_lecturer IS TABLE OF lecturer%ROWTYPE
  3      INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
  4    PROCEDURE OpenCursor;
  5    PROCEDURE CloseCursor;
  6    FUNCTION  FetchRows(p_BatchSize IN NUMBER := 5,p_lecturer OUT t_lecturer)RETURN BOOLEAN;
  7    PROCEDURE PrintRows(p_BatchSize IN NUMBER,p_lecturer IN t_lecturer);
  8  END StudentFetch;
  9  /
Package created.
SQL> show errors
No errors.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY StudentFetch AS
  2    CURSOR myAllLecturer IS SELECT * FROM lecturer ORDER BY ID;
  3    PROCEDURE OpenCursor IS
  4    BEGIN
  5      OPEN myAllLecturer;
  6    END OpenCursor;
  7
  8    PROCEDURE CloseCursor IS
  9    BEGIN
 10      CLOSE myAllLecturer;
 11    END CloseCursor;
 12
 13    FUNCTION FetchRows(p_BatchSize IN NUMBER := 5,p_lecturer OUT t_lecturer)
 14      RETURN BOOLEAN IS
 15      v_Finished BOOLEAN := TRUE;
 16    BEGIN
 17      FOR v_Count IN 1..p_BatchSize LOOP
 18        FETCH myAllLecturer INTO p_lecturer(v_Count);
 19        IF myAllLecturer%NOTFOUND THEN
 20          v_Finished := FALSE;
 21          EXIT;
 22        END IF;
 23      END LOOP;
 24      RETURN v_Finished;
 25    END FetchRows;
 26
 27    PROCEDURE PrintRows(p_BatchSize IN NUMBER,
 28                        p_lecturer IN t_lecturer) IS
 29    BEGIN
 30      FOR v_Count IN 1..p_BatchSize LOOP
 31        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT("ID: " || p_lecturer(v_Count).ID);
 32        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT(" Name: " || p_lecturer(v_Count).first_name);
 33        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(" " || p_lecturer(v_Count).last_name);
 34      END LOOP;
 35    END PrintRows;
 36  END StudentFetch;
 37  /
Package body created.
SQL> show errors
No errors.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> set serveroutput on
SQL>
SQL> DECLARE
  2    v_BatchSize NUMBER := 5;
  3    v_lecturer StudentFetch.t_lecturer;
  4  BEGIN
  5    StudentFetch.OpenCursor;
  6    WHILE StudentFetch.FetchRows(v_BatchSize, v_lecturer) LOOP
  7      StudentFetch.PrintRows(v_BatchSize, v_lecturer);
  8    END LOOP;
  9    StudentFetch.CloseCursor;
 10  END;
 11  /
ID: 10001 Name: Scott Lawson
ID: 10002 Name: Mar Wells
ID: 10003 Name: Jone Bliss
ID: 10004 Name: Man Kyte
ID: 10005 Name: Pat Poll
ID: 10006 Name: Tim Viper
ID: 10007 Name: Barbara Blues
ID: 10008 Name: David Large
ID: 10009 Name: Chris Elegant
ID: 10010 Name: Rose Bond
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> drop table lecturer;
Table dropped.
SQL>
SQL>



The pragma is not valid at the package level.

    
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE Auto3 AS
  2    PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION;
  3    PROCEDURE P;
  4    PROCEDURE Q;
  5  END Auto3;
  6  /
Warning: Package created with compilation errors.
SQL> show errors
Errors for PACKAGE AUTO3:
LINE/COL ERROR
-------- -----------------------------------------------------------------
2/10     PLS-00710: PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION cannot be specified here
SQL>



This package will not compile because the body does not match the specification.

    
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE PackageA AS
  2    FUNCTION FunctionA(p_Parameter1 IN NUMBER,
  3                        p_Parameter2 IN DATE)
  4      RETURN VARCHAR2;
  5  END PackageA;
  6  /
Package created.
SQL> show errors
No errors.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY PackageA AS
  2    FUNCTION FunctionA(p_Parameter1 IN CHAR,
  3                        p_Parameter2 IN DATE)
  4      RETURN VARCHAR2;
  5  END PackageA;
  6  /
Warning: Package Body created with compilation errors.
SQL> show errors
Errors for PACKAGE BODY PACKAGEA:
LINE/COL ERROR
-------- -----------------------------------------------------------------
2/12     PLS-00323: subprogram or cursor "FUNCTIONA" is declared in a
         package specification and must be defined in the package body
2/12     PLS-00328: A subprogram body must be defined for the forward
         declaration of FUNCTIONA.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>



Use package level type as global variables

    
SQL> create or replace package APPLICATION_TYPES is
  2   subtype short_varchar2 is varchar2(40);
  3  end;
  4  /
Package created.
SQL> create or replace procedure MY_PROC(p_input application_types.short_varchar2) is
  2       v1 application_types.short_varchar2;
  3  begin
  4      null;
  5  end;
  6  /
Procedure created.
SQL> create or replace package MY_PKG is
  2   glob_var application_types.short_varchar2 := "asdf";
  3  end;
  4  /
Package created.
SQL>



Use package member variable to pass value

    
SQL>
SQL> create table t as select * from all_objects;
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> create or replace package myPackage
  2  as
  3      type varchar2_array is table of varchar2(30) index by binary_integer;
  4      type rc is ref cursor;
  5      procedure index_by( p_owner in varchar2, p_object_name out varchar2_array,p_object_type out varchar2_array,p_timestamp out varchar2_array );
  6      procedure ref_cursor( p_owner in varchar2, p_cursor in out rc );
  7  end;
  8  /
Package created.
SQL>
SQL> create or replace package body myPackage
  2  as
  3  procedure index_by( p_owner in varchar2,p_object_name out varchar2_array,p_object_type out varchar2_array,p_timestamp out varchar2_array )
  4  is
  5  begin
  6      select object_name, object_type, timestamp
  7        bulk collect into p_object_name, p_object_type, p_timestamp
  8        from t
  9       where owner = p_owner;
 10  end;
 11
 12  procedure ref_cursor( p_owner in varchar2,p_cursor in out rc )
 13  is
 14  begin
 15      open p_cursor for select object_name, object_type, timestamp from t where owner = p_owner;
 16      end;
 17  end;
 18  /
Package body created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> drop table t;
Table dropped.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL>



Without RESTRICT_REFERENCES pragma.

    
SQL>
SQL> CREATE TABLE lecturer (
  2    id               NUMBER(5) PRIMARY KEY,
  3    first_name       VARCHAR2(20),
  4    last_name        VARCHAR2(20),
  5    major            VARCHAR2(30),
  6    current_credits  NUMBER(3)
  7    );
Table created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10001, "Scott", "Lawson","Computer Science", 11);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major, current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10002, "Mar", "Wells","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10003, "Jone", "Bliss","Computer Science", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10004, "Man", "Kyte","Economics", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10005, "Pat", "Poll","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10006, "Tim", "Viper","History", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10007, "Barbara", "Blues","Economics", 7);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10008, "David", "Large","Music", 4);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10009, "Chris", "Elegant","Nutrition", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10010, "Rose", "Bond","Music", 7);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10011, "Rita", "Johnson","Nutrition", 8);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL> INSERT INTO lecturer (id, first_name, last_name, major,current_credits)
  2                VALUES (10012, "Sharon", "Clear","Computer Science", 3);
1 row created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE StudentOps AS
  2
  3    FUNCTION FullName(p_ID IN lecturer.ID%TYPE)
  4      RETURN VARCHAR2;
  5    FUNCTION NumHistoryMajors
  6      RETURN NUMBER;
  7  END StudentOps;
  8  /
Package created.
SQL>
SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY StudentOps AS
  2    v_NumHist NUMBER;
  3
  4    FUNCTION FullName(p_ID IN lecturer.ID%TYPE)
  5      RETURN VARCHAR2 IS
  6      myResult  VARCHAR2(100);
  7    BEGIN
  8      SELECT first_name || " " || last_name
  9        INTO myResult
 10        FROM lecturer
 11        WHERE ID = p_ID;
 12
 13      RETURN myResult;
 14    END FullName;
 15
 16    FUNCTION NumHistoryMajors RETURN NUMBER IS
 17      myResult NUMBER;
 18    BEGIN
 19      IF v_NumHist IS NULL THEN
 20        SELECT COUNT(*)
 21          INTO myResult
 22          FROM lecturer
 23          WHERE major = "History";
 24        v_NumHist := myResult;
 25      ELSE
 26        myResult := v_NumHist;
 27      END IF;
 28
 29      RETURN myResult;
 30    END NumHistoryMajors;
 31  END StudentOps;
 32  /
Package body created.
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> drop table lecturer;
Table dropped.
SQL>