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"*Build Oracle PL/SQL applications--now. *Fully updated for Oracle 9i*No Oracle PL/SQL experience necessary.*Real-life labs and ""Test Your Thinking"" Q AsStart developing applications with Oracle PL/SQL--fast. This integrated book-and-Web learning solution teaches all the Oracle PL/SQL skills you need, hands on, through real-world labs, exercises, projects, and a complete Web-based training site. Completely updated for Oracle 9i, it covers all the fundamentals--and a whole lot more. Master PL/SQL syntax, iterative and conditional control, scoping, anchored datatypes, cursors, triggers, security, tables, and packaging--plus powerful new techniques for working with exceptions, cursors, collections, and records. Your free Web-based training module includes a Virtual Study Lounge where you can interact with other learners, work on new projects, and get updates. Totally integrated with a FREE, state-of-the-art Oracle 9i learning Web site.Every Prentice Hall Oracle Interactive Workbook is fully integrated with its own exclusive Web site, giving you all this and more: *""Test Your Thinking"" project solutions and detailed explanations*Additional self-review exercises with instant feedback and explanations*An exclusive Virtual Study Lounge where you can interact with other students. Just the facts. No endless, boring discussions here. You'll learn hands on through practical exercises, self-review questions, and real-world answers. Exclusive ""Test Your Thinking"" projects guarantee you'll go beyond rote knowledge to really master the subject. It's an integrated learning system that's proven to work. Dozens of exercises cover the real-world tasks that matter most.Hundreds of self-review questions and answers make sure you understand."

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Author:   Benjamin Rosenzweig ,  Elena Silvestrova ,  Elena Silvestrova
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Prentice Hall
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.961kg
ISBN:  

9780130473202

ISBN 10:   0130473200
Pages:   688
Publication Date:   08 November 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. About the Authors. Introduction. 1. Programming Concepts. LAB 1.1 The Nature of a Computer Program and Programming Languages. LAB 1.2 Good Programming Practices. Chapter 1 Test Your Thinking. 2. PL/SQL Concepts. LAB 2.1 PL/SQL in Client-Server Architecture. LAB 2.2 PL/SQL in SQL*Plus. Chapter 2 Test Your Thinking. 3. General Programming Language Fundamentals. LAB 3.1 PL/SQL Programming Fundamentals. Nested Blocks, and Labels. Chapter 3 Test Your Thinking. 4. SQL in PL/SQL. LAB 4.1 Making Use of DML in PL/SQL. LAB 4.2 Making Use of SAVEPOINT. Chapter 4 Test Your Thinking. 5. Conditional Control: IF Statements. LAB 5.1 IF Statements. LAB 5.2 ELSIF Statements. LAB 5.3 Nested IF Statements. Chapter 5 Test Your Thinking. 6. Conditional Control: Case Statements. LAB 6.1 CASE Statements. LAB 6.2 CASE Expressions. LAB 6.3 NULLIF and COALESCE Functions. Chapter 6 Test Your Thinking. 7. Error Handling and Built-In Exceptions. LAB 7.1 Handling Errors. LAB 7.2 Built-In Exceptions. Chapter 7 Test Your Thinking. 8. Iterative Control. LAB 8.1 Simple Loops. LAB 8.2 WHILE Loops. LAB 8.3 Numeric FOR Loops. LAB 8.4 Nested Loops. Chapter 8 Test Your Thinking. 9. Introduction to Cursors. LAB 9.1 Cursor Manipulation. LAB 9.2 Using Cursor FOR Loops and Nesting Cursors. Chapter 9 Test Your Thinking. 10. Exceptions. LAB 10.1 Exception Scope. LAB 10.2 User-Defined Exceptions. LAB 10.3 Exception Propagation. Chapter 10 Test Your Thinking. 11. Exceptions: Advanced Concepts. LAB 11.1 RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR. LAB 11.2 EXCEPTION_INIT Pragma. LAB 11.3 SQLCODE and SQLERRM. Chapter 11 Test Your Thinking. 12. Procedures. LAB 12.1 Creating Procedures. LAB 12.2 Passing Parameters In and Out of Procedures. Chapter 12 Test Your Thinking. 13. Functions. LAB 13.1 Creating and Using Functions. Chapter 13 Test Your Thinking. 14. Packages. LAB 14.1 The Benefits of Utilizing Packages. Chapter 14 Test Your Thinking. 15. Advanced Cursors. LAB 15.1 Using Parameters with Cursors and FOR UPDATE Cursors. LAB 15.2 Cursor Variables. Chapter 15 Test Your Thinking. 16. Stored Code. LAB 16.1 Gathering Stored Code Information. Chapter 16 Test Your Thinking. 17. Triggers. LAB 17.1 What Triggers Are. LAB 17.2 Types of Triggers. LAB 17.3 Mutating Table Issues. Chapter 17 Test Your Thinking. 18. Collections. LAB 18.1 PL/SQL Tables. LAB 18.2 Varrays. LAB 18.3 Multilevel Collections. Chapter 18 Test Your Thinking. 19. Records. LAB 19.1 Records. LAB 19.2 Nested Records. LAB 19.3 Collections of Records. Chapter 19 Test Your Thinking. Appendix A. Answers to Self-Review Questions. Appendix B. PL/SQL Formatting Guide. Appendix C. Student Database Schema. Appendix D. Answers to Test Your Thinking Sections. Appendix E. Oracle 9i SQL New Features. Index.

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BENJAMIN ROSENZWEIG is an Integration Specialist at IQ Financial Systems. Prior to that he was a principal consultant for more than 3 years at Oracle Corporation in the Custom Development Department. His computer experience ranges from creating an electronic Tibetan-English Dictionary in Kathmandu, Nepal, to supporting presentations centers at Goldman Sachs and managing a trading system at TIAA-CREF. His previous Prentice Hall PTR publications include Oracle PL/SQL: The Complete Video Course and Oracle Forms Developer: The Complete Video Course. ELENA SILVESTROVA, a senior software engineer for a prominent New York brokerage firm and securities dealer, has taught relational database programming in Columbia University's CTA program during the past four years. She studied analysis and design at Columbia University and applied mathematics at Baku State University in Azerbaijan.

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