What is the difference between sql/pl-sql/embeded sql?

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What is the difference between sql/pl-sql/embeded sql?..

Answer / madhuri

SQL is a structured query language used for various
operations such as retrieval,manipulation of data using
DML,DDL statements.

PL/SQL is programming language used to write various sql
statements together.Advantage of pl/sql over sql is,you can
write many sql statements within a pl/sql block.One more
advantage is subprogramming like procedures and functions.
We can write cursors for fetching number of records at a time.
And also packages and triggers.

Embedded sql are those statements which are written in host
programs like pro*c,java etc.

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What is the difference between sql/pl-sql/embeded sql?..

Answer / siragam manjunath reddy

Both sql and pl/sql are languages used to acess data with in
oracle data base....sql writtens querys by using ddl,dml,dcl
etc...where plsql uses cursors,triggers,procedures etc..
In sql querys process at a time where as in plsql it done
step by step or recoed by record ...

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What is the difference between sql/pl-sql/embeded sql?..

Answer / swapna

SQL is Structured Query Language used for DDL,DML.
PL/SQL is used for Cursors and Triggers .

Embeded SQL is used to embed SQL statements in
C,Cobol,Pascal,Foxpro like languages.

Embedded SQL - SQL statements are invoked from a host
environment like C/C++, Java or any other programming
languages.

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