Trivadis PL/SQL & SQL Coding Guidelines v3.1

Version 3.1

PLSQL-and-SQL-Coding-Guidelines.pdf

• Released in April 2016
• Some corrections

Trivadis PL/SQL & SQL Coding Guidelines v3.0

Version 3.0

PLSQL-and-SQL-Coding-Guidelines.pdf

• Release in January 2016
• Added rules for Oracle Database 12c
• Added SQALE metrics
• New guideline numbering system

Trivadis PL/SQL & SQL Coding Guidelines v2.0

Version 2.0

PLSQL-and-SQL-Coding-Guidelines.pdf

• Released in August 2011
• Added error handling section
• Added rule 23: Always define your VARCHAR2 variables using CHAR SEMANTIC
• Added rule 30: Use BULK OPERATIONS (BULK COLLECT, FORALL) whenever you have to
  repeatedly execute a DML or SELECT command for more than 4 times.
• Added rule 31: Always use %NOTFOUND instead of NOT %FOUND to check whether a cursor was
  successful.
• Added rule 43: Use 1 as lower boundary and COUNT() as upper boundary when looping over a
  dense array.

Trivadis PL/SQL & SQL Coding Guidelines v1.3.1

Version 1.3.1

PLSQL-and-SQL-Coding-Guidelines.pdf

• Released in October 2010
• Changed some formatting

Trivadis PL/SQL & SQL Coding Guidelines v1.3

Version 1.3

PLSQL-and-SQL-Coding-Guidelines.pdf

• Released in April 2010
• Several Corrections
• Added rule 72: Always prefix ORACLE supplied packages with owner schema name

Trivadis PL/SQL & SQL Coding Guidelines v1.2

Version 1.2

PLSQL-and-SQL-Coding-Guidelines.pdf

• Release in August 2009
• Initial GA Release