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Having used Oracle's PL/SQL, I can't really see a use case for this kind of language. Your application logic should be kept within your application, not on your
by tcbasche 8y ago
Having used Oracle's PL/SQL, I can't really see a use case for this kind of language. Your application logic should be kept within your application, not on your database.
The exception to this of course being unless your application is already on your database.
- iracic 8y agoThere is. When you need to treat your data without network delays. When performance is essential. When you can't express it efficiently with non-procedural SQL or need to have access with several technologies (can think of it as service on db level). Depending of environments, deploying changes can be much easier than patching app side.
- tcbasche 8y agoThat is a very good point :) I definitely did not consider the performance benefits. You learn something new every day!