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Explain the difference between a FUNCTION, PROCEDURE and
PACKAGE.

Answer Posted / aleena

PROCEDURE:

cannot return a value

SYNTAX:
CREATE PROCEDURE procedure_name [argument datatype]
AS
BEGIN
sql statements
END;
/

FUNCTION:

returns a value

SYNTAX:

CREATE FUNCTION function_name [argument[IN] datatype]
RETURN datatype
AS
BEGIN
sql statements
END;
/


PACKAGES

Pakages are groups of functions,procedures,sql blocks
goruped together in a single unit.

there are two parts to creating a PACKAGE --1>CREATE
PACKAGE & 2> CREATE PACKAGE BODY

SYNTAX :
CREATE PACKAGE :

CREATE PACKAGE package_name
AS

FUNCTION function_name(datatype);
PROCEDURE procedure_name (datatype);
.......
.......(sql/plsql statements )
........
END;

CREATE PACKAGE BODY :

CREATE PACKAGE BODY packagebody_name
AS
FUNCTION function_name (datatype)
RETURN datatype
AS
.....
.....
.....
END function_name;
PROCEDURE procedure_name (datatype)
AS
......
.....
.....
END procedure_name
END PACKAGE;



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