21st Century PL/SQL: Top Ten

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Top Ten

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Top Ten

Here are the top 10 vote getters and top 10 scorers across all categories.

Top Vote Getters

Rank	Idea	Number of Voters
1.	A 'finally' section like in Java	28
2.	Expand the use of ROWTYPE construct	24
3.	Introduce WITH as in VB	22
4.	Ability to write binaries	21
5.	The foreach Collection iterator Loop	20
6.	Remove implementation restriction on FORALL collections of records	19
7.	:new and :old pseudo records in triggers should be records of %rowtype	19
8.	Add overloadings to DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE.	18
9.	Get the name of the current procedure	18
10.	Allow RETURNING for INSERT....SELECT	17

Top Scorers

Rank	Idea	Current Score
1.	A 'finally' section like in Java	52
2.	Expand the use of ROWTYPE construct	50
3.	Remove implementation restriction on FORALL collections of records	47
4.	Allow RETURNING for INSERT....SELECT	45
5.	:new and :old pseudo records in triggers should be records of %rowtype	41
6.	Get the name of the current procedure	41
7.	The foreach Collection iterator Loop	40
8.	Ability to write binaries	40
9.	htp.p and htp.f	35
10.	Add overloadings to DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE.	33