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Database Procedure vs Oracle Program Units Procedure vs Library Procedures [message #654048]

Tue, 26 July 2016 06:41

Sandeepsm
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HI all,
I would like to know the advantages & disadvantages of writing a procedure in oracle forms program units against writing procedures in Oracle database. Also please clarify on using library procedures against database procedures.

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Sandy

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Re: Database Procedure vs Oracle Program Units Procedure vs Library Procedures [message #654051 is a reply to message #654048]

Tue, 26 July 2016 07:11

John Watson
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Welcome to the forum. Please read our OraFAQ Forum Guide and How to use [code] tags and make your code easier to read

The developer types here may give you different advice, but this is mine, from the DBA's point of view. Code stored in a form is submitted to the database as an anonymous pl/sql block. I hate programmers whop use anonynmous blocks! They stress the database, perform badly, have security implications, no source code control, and worst of all I can't see the code. Use stored program units instead.

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Re: Database Procedure vs Oracle Program Units Procedure vs Library Procedures [message #654052 is a reply to message #654051]

Tue, 26 July 2016 07:16

cookiemonster
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If the procedure is primarily to use form built-ins then put it in the form, unless you want to do the same thing in multiple forms, in which case you should put it in a library.
If it's primarily doing PL/SQL and SQL then it should go in the DB.
If it's a mix try and split it into a DB part and a forms part.

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Re: Database Procedure vs Oracle Program Units Procedure vs Library Procedures [message #654197 is a reply to message #654052]

Thu, 28 July 2016 03:45

Sandeepsm
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Thanks John, cookiemonster for the reply. I am new to this Oracle Forms. Don't take me wrong if i ask , if we can achieve the functionality using Database procedure, then why do we need library functions, both can be accessed among different forms.

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Sandy

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Re: Database Procedure vs Oracle Program Units Procedure vs Library Procedures [message #654209 is a reply to message #654197]

Thu, 28 July 2016 05:25

cookiemonster
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Because sometimes there is common forms functionality that can't be done by the DB. Anything that affects the appearance of forms for example.

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Re: Database Procedure vs Oracle Program Units Procedure vs Library Procedures [message #654266 is a reply to message #654209]

Thu, 28 July 2016 23:37

Sandeepsm
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Thanks a lot cookiemonster..

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Sandy

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