Oracle Pl/Sql Programming - Guide To Oracle8i Features, Cd-Rom Included - Feuerstein Steven

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Résumé :
Oracle8i, the long-awaited "Internet database" from Oracle Corporation, has hit the streets running-and you may find yourself struggling to keep up with Oracle's fast-moving technology. oracle boasts that Oracle8i offers more than 150 new features, many of them designed to make its popular database programming language, PL/SQL, faster, more powerful, and easier to use. This concise and engaging book is both a companion to Oracle PLISQL Programming (widely recognized as the "bible" for PL/SQL developers) and a guide designed to bring you up to speed as quickly as possible on the new PL/SQL features of Oracle8i. Following the style of Feuerstein's earlier books, the Guide to Oracle8i Features combines easy-to-understand descriptions of the new Oracle8i features with a wealth of interesting and informative examples. It covers: ? Autonomous transactions ? Invoker rights ? Native dynamic SQL ? Bulk binds and collects ? System-level database triggers ? New built-in packages ? Fine-grained access control ? Calling Java methods from within PL/SQL Some PL/SQL developers are uneasy about what the introduction of Java means to their applications-and their programming future. But the two languages are expected to work well together in Oracle8i. This book gives you enough Java know-how to build simple Java classes, load them into the Oracle8i database, and leverage those classes from within your PL/SQL code. Now you'll be able to take advantage of all the power of Java without giving up the performance and usability advantages of PL/SQL! Included with this book is a diskette containing an online tool developed by RevealNet, Inc., that provides point-and-click access to approximately 100 files of reusable source code and examples. The Guide to Oracle8i Features showcases A the powerful new features of Oracle8i designed especially for PL/SQL developers. You'll find it indispensable as you strive to take the fullest possible advantage of everything this exciting new version has to offer. "The Oracle8i release adds a myriad of new features and enhancements to the PL/SQL application development platform-a crucial part of the Oracle programmers arsenal. In his latest book, Steven Feuerstein superbly describes each of these features, going right to the heart of the matter. His technical expertise, lucid descriptions, examples, and humor bring life to the book, making it not just an invaluable reference, but also a wonderful teaching fount. " Usha Sangam, Senior Manager, PL/SQL Language and Compiler Frontend Languages and Object-Relational Technology, Oracle Corporation

Biographie:
Steven Feuerstein is considered one of the world's leading experts on the Oracle PL/SQL language. He is the author or coauthor of Oracle PLISQL Programming, Oracle Built-in Packages, Advanced Oracle PLISQL Programming with Packages, and several pocket reference books (all from O'Reilly & Associates). Steven has been developing software since 1980 and worked for Oracle Corporation from 1987 to 1992. As Chief Technology Officer of RevealNet, Inc., he has designed several products for PL/SQL developers, including the PL/SQL Knowledge Base, PL/Vision, and PL/Generator. Steven hosts RevealNet's PL/SQL-Pipeline, an online community for PL/SQL developers (http://www.revealnet.com/plsql-pipeline). You can reach Steven via email at feuerstefflrevealnet.com or visit him at http://www.stevenFeuerstein.com. Steven is president of the PL/Solutions training and consulting company (http://www.plsolutions.com). He shares a Rogers Park, Chicago, Georgian with his wife, Veva, his youngest son, Eli, two cats (Sister Itsacat and Moshe Jacobawitz), and Mercury (a Congo Red African Gray parrot). His older son, Chris, is busy making music and creating art nearby. Steven is a member of the Board of Directors of the Crossroads Fund, which provides grants to organizations in Chicago working for social change.

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["Oracle8i: A Bounty for PL\/SQL Developers","Choose Your Transaction! Invoker Rights: Your Schema or Mine? Native Dynamic SQL in Oracle8i","Bulking Up with PL\/SQL 8,1","New Trigger Features in Oracle8i","New and Enbanced Built-in Packages in Oracle8i","Deploying Fine-Grained Access Control","Calling Java from PL\/SQL","More Goodies for Oracle8i PL\/SQL Developers","What's on the Companion Disk?"]