Oracle PL/SQL built-in packages: DBMS_OUTPUT, …

• https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/learning-oracle-plsql/9781771375702/ – my PL/SQL course

In my PL/SQL course I came across this built-in package: DBMS_OUTPUT. The put_line procedure within that package reminded me of Ada, so I got curious to get to know its sister subroutines.

My web search led me to this :

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1453538/how-to-redirect-the-output-of-dbms-output-put-line-to-a-file

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• http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781565923751.do – Oracle Built-in Packages – Oracle Development Languages
• https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/oracle-built-in-packages/1565923758/
• https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/oracle-built-in-packages/1565923758/ch06.html – “Generating Output from PL/SQL Programs”, “DBMS_OUTPUT: Displaying Output”
• https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/oracle-built-in-packages/1565923758/ch06s02.html – “UTL_FILE: Reading and Writing Server-side Files”

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• https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14258/toc.htm – Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference