What does “Standard” mean in the datatype column of describe
Question
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Describe dbms_transform
PROCEDURE COMPUTE_TRANSFORMATION
Argument Name Type In/Out
------------------------------ ----------------------- ------
MESSAGE STANDARD IN
TRANSFORMATION_SCHEMA VARCHAR2 IN
TRANSFORMATION_NAME VARCHAR2 IN
TRANSFORMED_MESSAGE STANDARD OUT
What does the STANDARD mean there?
Solution
The type is "<ADT_1>" which is defined in package standard.
According to the reference these
data types are generics, used specially within package STANDARD and some other Oracle packages. They are protected against other use; sorry. True generic types are not yet part of the language.
OTHER TIPS
Abstract Data Type?
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