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title: "What are the advantages of using a PACKAGE?"  
description: "What are the advantages of using a PACKAGE?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-03-28  
updated: 2020-09-11  
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# What are the advantages of using a PACKAGE?

**Advantages of using a PACKAGE**\
1. Avoid having to bind a large number of DBRM members into a plan \
2. Avoid cost of a large bind \
3. Avoid the entire transaction being unavailable during bind and automatic rebind of a plan \
4. Minimize fallback complexities if changes result in an error.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

**Advantages of using a PACKAGE**\
1. Avoid having to bind a large number of DBRM members into a plan \
2. Avoid cost of a large bind \
3. Avoid the entire transaction being unavailable during bind and automatic rebind of a plan \
4. Minimize fallback complexities if changes result in an error.


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