PL SQL Programming Oracle PLSQL Tutorial

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declare
    ...
     Declaration section
    ...
begin
    ...
    Procedural section
    ...
        <>
        declare
        ...
        begin
        ...
        end;
    ...
exception
    ...
end;
You can label all blocks including nested ones by using identifiers enclosed in .
This notation allows programmers to reference elements of different blocks.