About Oracle Database Access

You can access Oracle Database only through a client program, such as SQL*Plus or SQL Developer. The client program's interface to Oracle Database is Structured Query Language (SQL). Oracle provides an extension to SQL called Procedural Language/SQL (PL/SQL).

This section contains:

• About SQL*Plus

• About SQL Developer

• About Structured Query Language (SQL)

• About Procedural Language/SQL (PL/SQL)

• About Other Client Programs, Languages, and Development Tools