Structured Query Language (SQL) is the high-level declarative computer language with which all programs and users access data in an Oracle database. PL/SQL and Java, which are server-side procedural languages, enable you to store data logic in the database itself.

This part contains the following chapters:

• SQL

• Server-Side Programming: PL/SQL and Java

• SQL
  This chapter provides an overview of the Structured Query Language (SQL) and how Oracle Database processes SQL statements.
• Server-Side Programming: PL/SQL and Java
  SQL explains the Structured Query Language (SQL) language and how the database processes SQL statements. This chapter explains how Procedural Language/SQL (PL/SQL) or Java programs stored in the database can use SQL.