- Paperback: 1024 pages
- Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 2 edition (9 Sep 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1565923359
- ISBN-13: 978-1565923355
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 17.8 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
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- #45 in Books > Computers & Internet > Computer Science > Databases > Applications > Oracle > PL & SQL
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The first edition of Oracle PL/SQL Programming quickly became an indispensable reference for both novice and experienced PL/SQL developers. Packed with examples and recommendations, it helped everyone using PL/SQL (from the Oracle Forms developer to the database administrator) make the most of this powerful language.
Oracle8 presents PL/SQL programmers with new challenges by increasing both the possibilities and complexities of the language. This new edition updates the original book for Oracle8, adding chapters describing the new PL/SQL object features (object types, collections, object views, and external procedures). The second edition also contains a much-requested chapter on tuning PL/SQL, as well as expanded discussions of debugging and tracing PL/SQL execution.
The book comes with a companion diskette containing the Companion Utilities Guide for Oracle PL/SQL Programming, an online tool developed by RevealNet, Inc. The online guide contains more than 100 file of source code and documentation prepared by the authors.
Even if you've already read the first edition of Oracle PL/SQL Programming, you'll find an enormous amount of new and revised information in this second edition and on its companion diskette. If you're new to PL/SQL, you'll soon find yourself on the road to mastery.
NOTE: To make room for the new material, some summaries and code from the first edition have been moved to the companion disk.
Oracle PL/SQL Programming is divided into seven parts:
Foreword Preface
Part I: Programming in PL/SQL
- 1. Introduction to PL/SQL
- 2. PL/SQL Language Fundamentals
- 3. Effective Coding Style
- 11. Character Functions
- 12. Date Functions
- 13. Numeric, LOB, and Miscellaneous Functions
- 14. Conversion Functions
- 15. Procedures and Functions
- 16. Packages
- 17. Calling Stored PL/SQL Functions from SQL
- 18. Object Types
- 19. Nested Tables and VARRAYs
- 20. Object Views
- 21. External Procedures
- 22. Code Design Tips
- 23. Managing Code in the Database
- 24. Debugging PL/SQL
- 25. Tracing PL/SQL
- 26. Tuning PL/SQL
- A. What's on the Companion Disk?
- B. Calling Stored Procedures from PL/SQL Version 1.1
- C. Built-in Packages
From the Publisher
The first edition of Oracle PL/SQL Programming quickly became an indispensable reference for PL/SQL developers. The second edition focuses on Oracle8, covering Oracle8 object types, object views, collections, and external procedures, as well as new datatypes and functions and tuning, tracing, and debugging PL/SQL programs. The diskette contains an online Windows-based tool with access to more than 100 files of source code.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was the first book on PL/SQL that I ever read and is still the best. The authors cover the entire breadth of PL/SQL functionality with enough detail to answer all but the hardest PL/SQL questions.
Now in its 3rd edition. Highly recommended
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
1.this book doesn't even list triggers in the table of contents, which means that triggers were not included in that book at all!! 2.i dont know why, but the examples in the book were so different in every page and every chapter. it was really hard to know what the examples were all about. 3.table contents and actual contents do not match sometimes. the author mixes oracle8 features with oracle 7 features while explaining about oracle7 features, which only gave me confusions. 4.the only thing that attracted me was the tips that helped me pretty much.. In conclusion, if you are a beginner to pl/sql, please do not buy this book.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A very good book for those with some coding experience who want to write better PL/SQL programs. Good examples and useful tips. More advanced subjects (eg dynamic SQL) only referred to briefly, though. Should be part of every PL/SQL developer's library.
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A great book for developing practical pl/sql applications
Feuerestein's introductory book for PL/SQL along with his other PL/SQL books and discussion groups ( pipeline.revealnet. Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2000
OK But not for experienced developers
Too long and slow to get to the point for experienced programmers who need a grounding in PL/SQL. Quite well written.
Published on 22 May 2000 by Python fan
A good first rate book
This book was in fact my very first proper introduction to PL/SQL, It is a good book to have and you can learn a lot from it, follow the tips he gives you and you can't go wrong. Read more
Published on 13 April 2000 by ahsan_mahmud@hotmail.com
A good solid PL/SQL reference
If you're looking for a single reference on PL/SQL: buy it. Easy to understand, but a little wordy. Read more
Published on 13 Dec 1999
Exactly what I needed.
I didn't give this one 5 stars because of the author's repetitive pontification on matters of style, which is basically preaching to the choir, and was a waste of dead trees. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 1999
Very useful for all levels.
This is a very good book, both for beginners and as a reference book for others. Every topic covered has been done in a structured way, and its filled with examples. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 1999
A good book for people already familiar with PL/SQL
This book is ideal if you already have some PL/SQL experience and you want to improve your ability to code. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 1999
Not for good developer, also not for beginner
The book really deserves a 4 star for all the material it presents. I want to highlight my disappointment that a large part of it are just things in Oracle manuals, basics of... Read more
Published on 17 Dec 1998
Fantastic
A book which covered everything I needed and more!
Published on 5 Nov 1998
Not a reference book
This book is useless as reference it doesnt fully describe basic functions like to_number. author waste pages on style which is useless to experienced programmers. waste of money
Published on 27 Aug 1998
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