Explain the advantages of PL/SQL. PL/SQL is a transaction processing language that offers the following advantages:
1. Support for SQL - SQL is flexible, powerful and easy to learn. 2. Support for object-oriented programming 3. Better performance - with PL/SQL, an entire block of statements can be sent to Oracle at one time. 4. Higher productivity - PL/SQL increases productivity by enabling use of better tools. 5. Full portability - PL/SQL are portable to any operating system and platform on which Oracle runs. 6. Tight integration with Oracle 7. Security PL/SQL can achieve data abstraction, access control.
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