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Oracle PL/SQL by Example, Fourth Edition (c) by Prentice Hall PTR

The type of the release is: eBook
In the PDF format with ISBN: 0137144229 and Pub Date: August 25, 2008
The size of the release is: 01 disks x 2.88mb
And released on: 09/16/2008


This integrated learning solution teaches all the Oracle PL/SQL skills
you need, hands-on, through real-world labs, extensive examples,
exercises, and projects! Completely updated for Oracle 11g, Oracle
PL/SQL by Example, Fourth Edition covers all the fundamentals, from
PL/SQL syntax and program control through packages and Oracle 11g’s
significantly improved triggers.

One step at a time, you’ll walk through every key task, discovering the
most important PL/SQL programming techniques on your own. Building on
your hands-on learning, the authors share solutions that offer deeper
insights and proven best practices. End-of-chapter projects bring
together all the techniques you’ve learned, strengthening your
understanding through real-world practice.

This book’s approach fully reflects the authors’ award-winning
experience teaching PL/SQL programming to professionals at Columbia
University. New database developers and DBAs can use its step-by-step
instructions to get productive fast; experienced PL/SQL programmers can
use this book as a practical solutions reference. Coverage includes
• Mastering basic PL/SQL concepts and general programming
language fundamentals, and understanding SQL’s role in
          PL/SQL
• Using conditional and iterative program control techniques,
including the new CONTINUE and CONTINUE WHEN statements
        • Efficiently handling errors and exceptions
• Working with cursors and triggers, including Oracle 11g’s
powerful new compound triggers
• Using stored procedures, functions, and packages to write
modular code that other programs can execute
• Working with collections, object-relational features, native
dynamic SQL, bulk SQL, and other advanced PL/SQL capabilities
• Handy reference appendices: PL/SQL formatting guide, sample
database schema, ANSI SQL standards reference, and
          more

Benjamin Rosenzweig is a Software Development Manager at Misys.
Previously he was a Principal Consultant at Oracle. His experience
ranges from creating an electronic Tibetan—English Dictionary in
Kathmandu, Nepal, to supporting presentation centers at Goldman Sachs
and managing trading systems at TIAA-CREF. As an instructor at Columbia
University’s Computer Technology and Application Program, he was awarded
the Outstanding Teaching Award. Rosenzweig wrote and presented Oracle
Forms Developer: The Complete Video Course, and coauthored Oracle Web
Application Programming for PL/SQL Developers.

Elena Silvestrova Rakhimov is Senior Developer and Team Lead at Alea
Software. She has more than fifteen years of experience in database
development in a wide spectrum of enterprise and business environments,
ranging from non-profit organizations to Wall Street. She has taught
database programming at Columbia University.

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