oracle 11g PLSQL new features

• PL/SQL "continue" keyword – Now PL/SQL will allow a continue in a loop similar to one provided by C language, which can skip an iteration to bypass any “else” Boolean conditions. Below is an excellent PL/SQL example of the PL/SQL continue clause in-action:
BEGIN
FOR i IN 1..10
LOOP
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(’i=’||TO_CHAR(i));
IF ( i = 9 ) THEN
CONTINUE;
END IF;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(’Only if i is not equal to 9′);
END LOOP;
END;

• Disabled state for PL/SQL - Another 11g new feature is a "disabled" state for PL/SQL (as opposed to "enabled" and "invalid" in dba_objects).

• Easy PL/SQL compiling - Native Compilation no longer requires a C compiler to compile your PL/SQL. Your code goes directly to a shared library.

• Improved PL/SQL stored procedure invalidation mechanism - A new 11g features will be fine grained dependency tracking, reducing the number of objects which become invalid as a result of DDL.

• Scalable PL/SQL - The next scalable execution feature is automatic creation of "native" PL/SQL (and Java code), with just one parameter for each type with an "on/off" value. This apparently provides a 100% performance boost for pure PL/SQL code, and a 10%-30% performance boost for code containing SQL.

• Enhanced PL/SQL warnings - The 11g PL/SQL compiler will issue a warning for a "when others" with no raise.

• Stored Procedure named notation - Named notation is now supported when calling a stored procedure from SQL.