PL/SQL

One of the technologies in Oracle Database, a programming language that combines SQL syntax
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PL/SQL

Summary

PL/SQL is a programming language[1]. PL/SQL ranks in the top 7% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (173 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • PL/SQL was influenced by Q154755[3].
  • PL/SQL's instance of is recorded as programming language[4].
  • PL/SQL's owned by is recorded as Oracle Corporation[5].
  • PL/SQL's GND ID is recorded as 4457669-9[6].
  • PL/SQL's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh96008008[7].
  • PL/SQL's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 135115170[8].
  • PL/SQL's has part is recorded as SQL query[9].
  • +1992-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of PL/SQL[10].
  • PL/SQL's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0609p[11].
  • PL/SQL's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph249440[12].
  • PL/SQL's official website is recorded as http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/pl_sql/index.html[13].
  • PL/SQL's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX544855[14].
  • PL/SQL's readable file format is recorded as PL/SQL source file[15].
  • PL/SQL's readable file format is recorded as PL/SQL binary[16].
  • PL/SQL's readable file format is recorded as Package source file[17].
  • PL/SQL's readable file format is recorded as Package binary file[18].
  • PL/SQL's readable file format is recorded as Combined package specification plus body file[19].
  • PL/SQL's writable file format is recorded as PL/SQL source file[20].
  • PL/SQL's writable file format is recorded as PL/SQL binary[21].
  • PL/SQL's writable file format is recorded as Package source file[22].
  • PL/SQL's writable file format is recorded as Package binary file[23].
  • PL/SQL's writable file format is recorded as Combined package specification plus body file[24].
  • PL/SQL's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/plsql[25].
  • PL/SQL's Quora topic ID is recorded as PL-SQL[26].
  • PL/SQL's programming paradigm is recorded as procedural programming[27].

Body

Designation and Status

PL/SQL's instance of is recorded as programming language[4].

History and Context

+1992-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of PL/SQL[10]. PL/SQL's owned by is recorded as Oracle Corporation[5].

Why It Matters

PL/SQL ranks in the top 7% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (173 views/month).[2] PL/SQL has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] PL/SQL is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

PL/SQL has been cited as an influence by PL/pgSQL[30], a procedural programming language[31], founded in 1998[32].

FAQs

Who did PL/SQL influence?

PL/SQL has been cited as an influence by PL/pgSQL[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . oracle.com. oracle.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . docs.oracle.com. docs.oracle.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . orafaq.com. Retrieved . orafaq.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . orafaq.com. Retrieved . orafaq.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . orafaq.com. Retrieved . orafaq.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . orafaq.com. Retrieved . orafaq.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . orafaq.com. Retrieved . orafaq.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . orafaq.com. Retrieved . orafaq.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . orafaq.com. Retrieved . orafaq.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . orafaq.com. Retrieved . orafaq.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . orafaq.com. Retrieved . orafaq.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . orafaq.com. Retrieved . orafaq.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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