What is the difference between Stored Procedure , Function
and Package,
1. how many blocks in Package and what are they.

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What is the difference between Stored Procedure , Function and Package, 1. how many blocks in Pac..

Answer / scorpio.mishra

1->stored procedure can not be written as a column name but
function can be written as a column name
2->result set of stored procedure can not be used in
joining tables but table return by function can be used in
joins

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What is the difference between Stored Procedure , Function and Package, 1. how many blocks in Pac..

Answer / darshan shah

SP may return value or may not ,function always treturn
value.
SP cannot use in sselect statment or in sql stattment ,We
can use Function in any where in sql statment.
Packeage is set of statment,SP,Function Which run one by
one statment in that.

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What is the difference between Stored Procedure , Function and Package, 1. how many blocks in Pac..

Answer / pratap557

In general SPs are sequential block of PL/SQL for
Transaction
Func are used for specific calculation / selection

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What is the difference between Stored Procedure , Function and Package, 1. how many blocks in Pac..

Answer / bunty_18

1>Stored procedure is pre-executed block of code whereas
function is not.
2>Stored procedure may return zero,one or more than one value
whereas function always return one and only one value..
3>We can use try catch block in stored procedure whereas
function doesn't support try catch block...
4>We can't use stored procedure in select statement whereas we
use function in select statement..

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What is the difference between Stored Procedure , Function and Package, 1. how many blocks in Pac..

Answer / pratap557

We cannot write DML in Function whereas in SPs we can

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