What is a Proc ? why do we go for a Proc ? What are the
types of procs?Can we have nesting in Procs ?

Answer Posted / shailendra

this is generaly avoided to use nesting proc , because it
make job complex to understand,and this use only in catalog
proc.if you want to use then nesting is possible up to 15
level.

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