Goods which are not shared are not goods. --Fernando de Rojas
This chapter shows you how to bundle related PL/SQL programming resources into a package. The resources might include a collection of procedures or a pool of type definitions and variable declarations. For example, a Human Resources package might contain hiring and firing procedures. Once written, your general-purpose package is compiled, then stored in an Oracle database, where its contents can be shared by many applications.
This chapter discusses the following topics: