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What is the use of %ROWTYPE and %TYPE in PL/SQL?

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What is the use of %ROWTYPE and %TYPE in PL/SQL?
posted Oct 22, 2015 by Shivaranjini

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% TYPE provides the data type of a variable or a database column to that variable. % ROWTYPE provides the record type that represents a entire row of a table or view or columns selected in the cursor. The advantages are : I. Need not know about variable's data typeii. If the database definition of a column in a table changes, the data type of a variable changes accordingly.

answer Oct 26, 2015 by Manikandan J
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