Explain the difference between a FUNCTION, PROCEDURE and
PACKAGE.

Answer Posted / ezhumalai

A Procedure that performs an action.
A Function that computes a value.

We can call a Function in SELECT Statement.
We can't call a Procedure in SELECT Statement.

Is This Answer Correct ?    5 Yes 3 No



Post New Answer       View All Answers


Please Help Members By Posting Answers For Below Questions

What is Restricted Mode of Instance Startup in Oracle?

933


How do you create a credit note against an invoice? : oracle accounts receivable

863


My requirement is like in database some defects are present and i need to clean them.To be brief for example every employee should have active assigments.So for those records which are not having status as active or null ,i need to update the roecords using API with the correct value. Client will provide a flat file for the records whch are defected.So i need to run the API for those records (flat file)and update the data in database. So my question is how to handle this requirement.Is there any existing API for this purpose?If yes then please send me the NAME. How to update the records in the database using flatfile. Any pointer will be appreciated.Thanks in advance.

1965


What is chargeback invoice? How do we create it? : oracle accounts receivable

1057


What is the mandatory setup in cyclecount ?

2449


What do you mean by Oracle MEDIA RECOVERY?

935


can u pls share responsibilities for production how to environment in odi?and how to generate report ?

2145


Tell me about entire study of finacle software as soon as possible? give me the idea about questions which coulb be asked in interview of pnb it officers?

7716


i am pursuing mca and i want to do oracle apps technical in hydrabad, plz guide me tne best institue in hydrabad those have excellent knowledge in oracle apps.

2079


CREATE OR REPLACE procedure XXPROC_OPENINT(errbuf OUT VARCHAR2, retcode OUT VARCHAR2) AS --Cursor Declaration cursor inv_cur IS SELECT INVI.INVOICE_ID ,INVI.INVOICE_TYPE_LOOKUP_CODE ,INVI.INVOICE_DATE ,INVI.VENDOR_ID ,INVI.VENDOR_SITE_ID ,INVI.INVOICE_AMOUNT ,INVI.INVOICE_CURRENCY_CODE ,INVI.STATUS ,INVI.GROUP_ID ,INVI.SOURCE ,INVI.ORG_ID ,INVI.DESCRIPTION ,INVI.CREATION_DATE ,INVI.CREATED_BY ,INVL.INVOICE_ID ,INVL.LINE_NUMBER ,INVL.LINE_TYPE_LOOKUP_CODE ,INVL.DESCRIPTION ,INVL.ORG_ID ,INVL.INVENTORY_ITEM_ID ,INVL.ACCOUNTING_DATE ,INVL.AMOUNT ,INVL.CREATION_DATE ,INVL.CREATED_BY ,INVL.PO_HEADER_ID ,INVL.PO_LINE_LOCATION_ID ,INVL.ITEM_DESCRIPTION FROM XXAP_INVOICES_INTERFACE_STG INVI ,AP_INVOICE_LINES_INTERFACE_STG INVL WHERE INVI.INVOICE_ID=INVL.INVOICE_ID AND INVI.ORG_ID=INVL.ORG_ID; l_currency_code varchar2(25); l_flag varchar2(2); l_error_msg varchar2(100); l_err_msg varchar2(100); l_err_flag varchar2(10); l_count number(9) default 0; BEGIN for rec_cur in inv_cur loop l_count:=l_count+1; --Currency Code Validation BEGIN SELECT currency_code INTO l_currency_code FROM FND_CURRENCIES WHERE currency_code ='USD'; EXCEPTION WHEN others THEN l_flag:='E'; l_error_msg:='Currency Code Does not Exists'; fnd_file.put_line(fnd_file.log,'Inserting Data Into The Interface Table'||'-'||l_count||' '||l_error_msg); END; IF l_flag!='E' THEN fnd_file.put_line(fnd_file.log,'Inserting Data Into The Interface Table'); INSERT INTO AP_INVOICES_INTERFACE( INVOICE_ID ,INVOICE_TYPE_LOOKUP_CODE ,INVOICE_DATE ,VENDOR_ID ,VENDOR_SITE_ID ,INVOICE_AMOUNT ,INVOICE_CURRENCY_CODE ,STATUS ,GROUP_ID ,SOURCE ,ORG_ID ,DESCRIPTION ,CREATION_DATE ,CREATED_BY) VALUES (rec_cur.INVOICE_ID ,rec_cur.INVOICE_TYPE_LOOKUP_CODE ,rec_cur.INVOICE_DATE ,rec_cur.VENDOR_ID ,rec_cur.VENDOR_SITE_ID ,rec_cur.INVOICE_AMOUNT ,rec_cur.INVOICE_CURRENCY_CODE ,rec_cur.STATUS ,rec_cur.GROUP_ID ,rec_cur.SOURCE ,rec_cur.ORG_ID ,rec_cur.DESCRIPTION ,rec_cur.CREATION_DATE ,rec_cur.CREATED_BY); INSERT INTO ap_invoice_lines_interface ( INVOICE_ID ,LINE_NUMBER ,LINE_TYPE_LOOKUP_CODE ,DESCRIPTION ,ORG_ID ,INVENTORY_ITEM_ID ,ACCOUNTING_DATE ,AMOUNT ,CREATION_DATE ,CREATED_BY ,PO_HEADER_ID ,PO_LINE_LOCATION_ID,ITEM_DESCRIPTION) VALUES (rec_cur.INVOICE_ID ,rec_cur.LINE_NUMBER ,rec_cur.LINE_TYPE_LOOKUP_CODE ,rec_cur.DESCRIPTION ,rec_cur.ORG_ID ,rec_cur.INVENTORY_ITEM_ID ,rec_cur.ACCOUNTING_DATE ,rec_cur.AMOUNT ,rec_cur.CREATION_DATE ,rec_cur.CREATED_BY ,rec_cur.PO_HEADER_ID ,rec_cur.PO_LINE_LOCATION_ID ,rec_cur.ITEM_DESCRIPTION); END IF; l_flag:=NULL; l_err_MSG:=NULL; END LOOP; COMMIT; END XXPROC_OPENINT; / PLS-00402: alias required in SELECT list of cursor to avoid duplicate column names

2768


please send me oracle pl/sql exp resume. and also faqs...

2288


if i write the procedure.. and other person make the changes in that code then where i find who is changing my procedure

1777


Which is the best institute in Hyderabad to learn OBIEE and DataStage?Please tell me faculty name also

2060


What is the use of lockboxes? Steps for lock box : oracle accounts receivable

1041


What is the difference between conversions and interfaces? : oracle accounts receivable

902