Explain the difference between a FUNCTION, PROCEDURE and
PACKAGE.

Answer Posted / suresh

Function must return one value
Procedure may or may not return one or more values.
Can call functions in Sql statements
we can't call a procedure in sql statements
Functions can not return images
procedure returns images

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