# alexandria-plsql-utils
Oracle PL/SQL Utility Library

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This library is a collection of various utility packages for PL/SQL, as well as links to useful libraries hosted and maintained elsewhere.


## Generate PDF files using PL/SQL


  * https://technology.amis.nl/2012/04/11/generating-a-pdf-document-with-some-plsql-as_pdf_mini-as_pdf3/
  * https://technology.amis.nl/2010/10/20/as_pdf-generating-a-pdf-document-with-some-plsql/
  * http://www.erasme.org/PL-FPDF,1337?lang=en
  * http://ora-00001.blogspot.com/2009/10/free-pdf-package-for-plsql.html
  * http://sourceforge.net/projects/pljrxml2pdf/
  * http://www.plpdf.com/
  * PDF_BUILDER_PKG
  * PDFGEN_PKG


## Generate Excel files using PL/SQL

  * https://technology.amis.nl/2011/02/19/create-an-excel-file-with-plsql/
  * http://www.jasonsdevelopercorner.com/?page_id=8
  * https://xml-spreadsheet.samplecode.oracle.com/
  * http://sanjeev-oracle-world.blogspot.com/2007/06/create-excel-workbook-by-plsql-code.html
  * http://matzberger.de/oracle/spreadsheet-en.html
  * http://www.protalk.in/oracle/plsql-tips-package-for-exporting-data-to-excel/
  * XLSX_BUILDER_PKG
  * SYLK_UTIL_PKG

## Generate RTF files using PL/SQL

  * http://monkeyonoracle.blogspot.com/2009/07/dynamic-rtf-documents-revisited.html

## Working with Office 2007 (OOXML) files using PL/SQL

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/X-office-document.svg/48px-X-office-document.svg.png" align="right" />
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/X-office-presentation.svg/48px-X-office-presentation.svg.png" align="right" />
<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/X-office-spreadsheet.svg/48px-X-office-spreadsheet.svg.png" align="right" />
<br>

  * http://ora-00001.blogspot.com/2011/02/working-with-office-2007-ooxml-files.html
  * https://technology.amis.nl/2010/06/09/parsing-a-microsoft-word-docx-and-unzip-zipfiles-with-plsql/
  * http://www.docufy.be/
  * OOXML_UTIL_PKG

## Zip and unzip files using PL/SQL

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/The_Unarchiver_zip.png/64px-The_Unarchiver_zip.png" align="right" /><br>

  * https://technology.amis.nl/2010/03/13/utl_compress-gzip-and-zlib/
  * ZIP_UTIL_PKG

## Generate and parse CSV files using PL/SQL

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/CsvDelimited001.svg/113px-CsvDelimited001.svg.png" align="right" /><br>

  * http://ora-00001.blogspot.com/2010/04/select-from-spreadsheet-or-how-to-parse.html
  * CSV_UTIL_PKG


## Generate and parse RSS feeds using PL/SQL

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Feed-icon.svg/75px-Feed-icon.svg.png" align="right" /><br>

  * http://ora-00001.blogspot.com/2011/02/fun-with-rss-and-plsql-part-one.html
  * http://ora-00001.blogspot.com/2011/02/fun-with-rss-and-plsql-part-two.html
  * RSS_UTIL_PKG


## Generate JSON using PL/SQL

  * http://ora-00001.blogspot.com/2010/02/ref-cursor-to-json.html
  * JSON_UTIL_PKG


## Parse JSON using PL/SQL

  * https://github.com/pljson/pljson
  * http://reseau.erasme.org/pl-sql-library-for-JSON?lang=en


## Transfer files (FTP) using PL/SQL

  * http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/misc/FTPFromPLSQL.php
  * FTP_UTIL_PKG


## Send email (SMTP) using PL/SQL

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Arobaze.svg/75px-Arobaze.svg.png" align="right" /><br>

  * http://www.oracle.com/technology/sample_code/tech/pl_sql/htdocs/Utl_Smtp_Sample.html
  * http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E10513_01/doc/apirefs.310/e12855/apex_mail.htm
  * MAIL_UTIL_PKG


## Receive email (POP3) using PL/SQL

  * POP3_UTIL_PKG


## Receive email (POP3 and IMAP) using PL/SQL (and Java)

  * http://plsqlmailclient.sourceforge.net/

##Work with MS Exchange using PL/SQL

  * http://ora-00001.blogspot.com/2012/05/ms-exchange-api-for-plsql.html
  * MS_EWS_UTIL_PKG


## Integrate with Google services (Google Maps, Google Calendar, Google Translate) using PL/SQL

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Googlelogo.png/200px-Googlelogo.png" align="right" /><br>

  * http://ora-00001.blogspot.com/2009/12/using-google-translate-from-plsql.html
  * GOOGLE_AUTH_PKG
  * GOOGLE_CALENDAR_PKG
  * GOOGLE_MAPS_PKG
  * GOOGLE_TRANSLATE_PKG

## Integrate with Amazon web services (Simple Storage Service S3) using PL/SQL

<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/AmazonWebservices_Logo.svg/200px-AmazonWebservices_Logo.svg.png" align="right" /><br>

  * http://ora-00001.blogspot.com/2011/03/amazon-s3-api-for-plsql.html
  * http://jastraub.blogspot.com/2011/01/building-amazon-s3-client-with.html
  * AMAZON_AWS_AUTH_PKG
  * AMAZON_AWS_S3_PKG

## Integrate with PayPal web services

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/PayPal_logo.svg/200px-PayPal_logo.svg.png" align="right" /><br>

  * PAYPAL_UTIL_PKG

## Integrate with Twitter using PL/SQL

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Twitter_bird_logo_2012.svg" width="100" align="right" /><br>

  * http://oratweet.com/

## Call SOAP and REST web services using PL/SQL

  * http://jastraub.blogspot.com/2008/06/flexible-web-service-api.html
  * https://flex-ws-api.samplecode.oracle.com/
  * http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17556_01/doc/apirefs.40/e15519/apex_web_service.htm#BABFFDEH
  * http://ora-00001.blogspot.com/2009/07/calling-soap-web-service-from-plsql-by.html
  * FLEX_WS_API
  * SOAP_CLIENT_UTIL_PKG
  * T_SOAP_ENVELOPE


## Publish SOAP web service using PL/SQL

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/SOAP.svg/182px-SOAP.svg.png" align="right" /><br>

  * http://ora-00001.blogspot.com/2011/01/soap-server-in-plsql.html
  * SOAP_SERVER_PKG

## Publish REST web services using PL/SQL

  * http://ora-00001.blogspot.com/2009/07/creating-rest-web-service-with-plsql.html
  * http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/misc/XMLOverHTTP.php

## Regular expressions using PL/SQL

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/2/a/8/2a8ea57cab60c6ac9279fbf68e37ba0d.png" align="right" /><br>

  * REGEXP_UTIL_PKG


## String, date and math utilities

  * DATE_UTIL_PKG
  * MATH_UTIL_PKG
  * STRING_UTIL_PKG

## Encoding and data type utilities

  * ENCODE_UTIL_PKG
  * RAW_UTIL_PKG

## SQL utilities

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/SQL_ANATOMY_wiki.svg/275px-SQL_ANATOMY_wiki.svg.png" align="right" /><br>

  * SQL_BUILDER_PKG
  * SQL_UTIL_PKG

## XML utilities

<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/XML.svg/125px-XML.svg.png" align="right" /><br>

  * http://ora-00001.blogspot.com/2011/02/display-any-xml-as-clickable-tree-using.html
  * XML_BUILDER_PKG
  * XML_DATASET_PKG
  * XML_STYLESHEET_PKG
  * XML_UTIL_PKG

## File utilities

  * FILE_UTIL_PKG

## HTTP utilities

  * HTTP_UTIL_PKG

## Encryption and security utilities and protocols

  * http://ora-00001.blogspot.com/2011/08/ntlm-for-plsql.html
  * CRYPTO_UTIL_PKG
  * NTLM_UTIL_PKG
  * NTLM_HTTP_PKG

## Logging and debugging utilities

  * https://github.com/tmuth/Logger---A-PL-SQL-Logging-Utility
  * http://sourceforge.net/projects/log4plsql/
  * http://sourceforge.net/projects/ilo/
  * DEBUG_PKG

## Generating test data and random bits using PL/SQL

  * http://ora-00001.blogspot.com/2011/02/generating-test-data-using-plsql.html
  * RANDOM_UTIL_PKG

## PL/SQL Web Toolkit (OWA) utilities

  * OWA_UTIL_PKG

## Web Gateways for PL/SQL

  * http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14258/d_epg.htm
  * http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14099_19/web.1012/b14010/toc.htm
  * http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/apex-listener/overview/index.html
  * http://code.google.com/p/thoth-gateway/
  * http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbprism/
  * http://oss.oracle.com/projects/mod_owa/dist/documentation/modowa.htm

## jQGrid Integration Kit for PL/SQL and Apex

  * http://ora-00001.blogspot.com/2010/03/jqgrid-integration-kit-for-plsql-and.html
  * http://code.google.com/p/jqgrid-for-plsql/

## Application Express APIs

  * http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17556_01/doc/apirefs.40/e15519/toc.htm
  * APEX_UTIL_PKG

## Miscellaneous utilities and demos

  * http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/plsql/sfdemo.zip
  * http://www.toadworld.com/platforms/oracle/w/wiki/8243.plsql-obsession

## PL/SQL Frameworks

  * http://sourceforge.net/projects/plsqlframestart/
  * http://www.toadworld.com/Freeware/PLVisionFreeware/tabid/687/Default.aspx

## PL/SQL Wrappers for Java

  * http://sourceforge.net/projects/oracle-jutils/

## Unit Testing Frameworks for PL/SQL

  * https://utplsql.github.io/
  * http://code.google.com/p/pluto-test-framework/

## Documentation Generators (JavaDoc-style)

  * http://sourceforge.net/projects/plsqlutils/
  * http://www.thatjeffsmith.com/archive/2012/03/javadoc-for-the-database-a-la-dbdoc-via-sql-developer/

## Scripting, deployment and installation utilities

  * http://code.google.com/p/oracle-ddl2svn/