Ah yes, but it depends on what the developer is trying to do now doesn't it. I've heard the term "code reuse" tossed around so much as a reason for this that I'm sick. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Yasin Baskan Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:54 AM To: brian.peasey@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: OT - Orientation for developers new to Oracle One of the most important points to emphasize is "not trying to write plsql codes for tasks that can be done in sql". I have seen so many poor performing plsql code that could be done in a single sql statement that runs in much much less time. -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l