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Part I: Basic PL/SQL Concepts > PL/SQL and Your Database

Chapter 1. PL/SQL and Your Database

In This Chapter

  • Getting to know relational databases

  • Understanding database terminology

  • Finding out about Oracle

  • Using SQL and PL/SQL

  • Discovering what PL/SQL is good for

PL/SQL is an extension to the industry‐standard SQL language. Oracle Corporation developed PL/SQL and released the first version in 1991. PL/SQL is an easy‐to‐use procedural language that interacts seamlessly with the Oracle database. Server‐side PL/SQL is part of the Oracle database and needs no explicit installation or licensing.


  

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