Calling a PL SQL script

Hi, is it possible to call a pl sql script from within another pl sql script. I wanted to created a function or a procedures but turns out that I'm not allowed to in my organization.
Thank you

SeanMacGC wrote:
BluShadow wrote:
I take it your organization doesn't expect you to do much work then. What a stupid limitation.All in the name of 'Database Independence' or to be 'Database Agnostic' no doubt, the first to put humans on Mars they won't be! ;-)LOL!
All attempts I've ever seen by people to write completely generic solutions (whether database generic or application generic) have resulted in unmaintainable code that performs slower than you could do it by hand).

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