In examples of Oracle PL/SQL code, use varchar2 not varchar.
Oracle recommends using VARCHAR2 not VARCHAR, allegedly because they might someday change VARCHAR to be spec-compliant about distinguishing null from empty string. (I'm not holding my breath, though.) Our examples of PL/SQL code were using VARCHAR, which while not wrong is missing the pedagogical opportunity to talk about converting Oracle type names to Postgres. So switch the examples to use VARCHAR2, and add some text about what to do with common Oracle type names like VARCHAR2 and NUMBER. (There is probably more to be said here, but those are the ones I'm sure about offhand.) Per suggestion from rapg12@gmail.com. Discussion: <20160521140046.22591.24672@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
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