The PL/SQL Interpreter is your debugging workspace, where you can display source code, create debug actions, run program units, and execute Interpreter commands, PL/SQL, and SQL statements.
By default, two panes are always open in the PL/SQL Interpreter: Source pane and Interpreter pane.
Debugging features include the following:
Direct manipulation debugging: insert debug actions and inspect program data by directly manipulating displayed source text.
Dynamic execution feedback: Reports Builder automatically displays and tracks the current PL/SQL source location as program execution is interrupted by debug actions or incrementally advanced during program stepping.
Browsing of interrupted program state: once execution has been interrupted, it is possible to browse the current stack, browse and modify variable state, and execute arbitrary PL/SQL statements. All information is accessed symbolically (that is, by name as opposed to by address or number).
PL/SQL Interpreter (context-sensitive help topic)
Running a program unit in the PL/SQL Interpreter
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