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- validating
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  - foreign key entry (example)
: 6.13.1. Validating Foreign Key Entry with Cursors
  - modules
: 23.3. Module Validation and Dependency Management
  - parameters and assumptions
: 22.2.4. Use Assertion Modules to Validate Parameters and Assumptions
 
- VALUE operator
: 18.4.2.3. VALUE
- VALUE_ERROR exception
: 8.3.1. Named System Exceptions 
- VALUES list, functions in
: 17.1. Looking at the Problem
- VARCHAR datatype
: 4.2.3.2. The VARCHAR2 and VARCHAR datatypes
- VARCHAR2 datatype
: 4.2.3.2. The VARCHAR2 and VARCHAR datatypes
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  - converting to CHAR
: 4.2.3.2. The VARCHAR2 and VARCHAR datatypes
  - converting to/from ROWID
: 14.2.1. The CHARTOROWID function
 
- variable arrays,
objects for
: 18.1.2. Some Simple Examples
- variable-size arrays
: (see VARRAYs)
- VARIABLE_VALUE procedure
: C.14.16. The VARIABLE_VALUE procedure
- variables
- 
  - (see also datatypes)
  - 1.4.3.2. Expanded set of datatypes for variables and constants
  - 4. Variables and Program Data
  - 4.2. Scalar Datatypes 
  - Boolean
: (see Boolean variables)
  - collection variables
  
- 
    - 19.2.2.1. Collection variables
    - 19.4.1. Initializing Collection Variables
  
 
- combining scalars and aggregates
: 17.8.2. Combining Scalar and Aggregate Values
  - constants
: (see literals)
  - converting to named constants
: 4.7.5. Convert Variables into Named Constants 
  - correlation variables
: 18.4.2.2. REFs
  - cursor
: 1.4.5.2. Cursor variables
  - cursor variables
  
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    - 6.2.1. Types of Cursors
    - 6.12. Cursor Variables
    - restrictions on
: 6.12.8. Cursor Variable Restrictions
  
 
- in cursors
: 6.4.2. PL/SQL Variables in a Cursor
  - declaring
: 4.4. Variable Declarations
  
- 
    - in packages
: 16.3. The Package Specification
  
 
- default values for
: 4.4.3. Default Values
  - fetching into
: (see FETCH statement)
  - global
: 22.5.4. Avoid Global Variables and Data Structures 
  
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    - package data as
: 16.5.2. Global Within a Single Oracle Session
  
 
- IN OUT mode
: 15.6.2.3. The IN OUT mode
  - local
  
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    - objects for
: 18.1.2. Some Simple Examples
    - performance and
: 25.4.3. Rely on Local Variables to Improve Performance
  
 
- names for
  
- 
    - (see also identifiers)
    - 1.7.5. Structured Code and Other Best Practices
  
 
- naming
  
- 
    - 4.1. Identifiers
    - 4.7.1. Establish Clear Variable Naming Conventions 
  
 
- normalization of local
: 4.5.1.2. Normalization of local variables
  - NULL
: 4.3. NULLs in PL/SQL
  - package, stored functions and
: 17.4. Restrictions on PL/SQL Functions in SQL
  - in packages
  
- B.2.2. No Direct Stored Package Variable References
    - reducing memory usage of
: 25.2.5. Reducing Memory Usage of Package Variables
  
 
- recycling
: 4.7.3. Avoid Recycling Variables 
  - removing unused
: 4.7.6. Remove Unused Variables from Programs
  - representing columns
: 4.7.7. Use %TYPE When a Variable Represents a Column
  - simplifying logic with
: 4.7.9. Use Variables to Hide Complex Logic
  - text
: (see strings)
  - variable arrays
: 1.4.7.3. Variable arrays and nested tables
 
- VARRAYs (variable-size arrays)
: 19.1. Types of Collections
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  - adding/removing elements of
: 19.4.3. Adding and Removing Elements
  - assigning values to elements
: 19.4.2. Assigning Values to Elements: Index (Subscript) Considerations
  - CAST pseudo-function for
: 19.5.2. The CAST Pseudo-function
  - defining
: 19.2.1. Collections "In the Database"
  - initializing
: 19.4.1. Initializing Collection Variables
  - integration of
: 19.4.1.4. VARRAY integration
 
- verifying string format
: 11.2.5. Verifying String Formats with TRANSLATE
- Version 1.1, PL/SQL
: B. Calling Stored Procedures from PL/SQL Version 1.1
- Version 2.0, PL/SQL
: 1.4.3. PL/SQL Version 2.0
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  - datatypes
: B.2.1. No Server-Side PL/SQL Datatypes
  - RPCs
: 23.4. Remote Procedure Calls
  - stubs
: B.1. Using Stubs to Talk to Server-Side PL/SQL
 
- Version 8.0, PL/SQL
- 
- 1.4.7. PL/SQL Version 8.0
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version 8 enhancements
: 25.5. Overview of PL/SQL8 Enhancements
 
- versions of Oracle, objects and
: 18.1.3. Comparison: Oracle8 Objects and Earlier Features
- versions, PL/SQL, working with multiple
: 1.4.1. Working with Multiple Versions of PL/SQL
- views,
dropping
: 20.3.2. DROP: Dropping Views and Triggers
- views, object
  
(see objects, 
object views)
- virtual REFs
: 20.3.3. MAKE_REF: Returning a Virtual REF
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  - defining
: 20.4.2.1. Defining virtual REFs
  - DEREF function and
: 20.4.2.4. DEREF: Interpreting a virtual REF
  - storing
: 20.4.3. Storage of Virtual REFs
 
- virtual tables
: 6.2. Cursors in PL/SQL
- visibility of identifiers
: 15.3.5. Scope and Visibility
- VSIZE function
: 13.3.10. The VSIZE function
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