| | |  | Software Engineering | Home » » » Oracle PL/SQL For Dummies | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Find tips for creating efficient PL/SQL codeIf you know a bit about SQL, this book will make PL/SQL programming painless! The Oracle has spoken—you need to get up to speed on PL/SQL programming, right? We predict it'll be a breeze with this book! You'll find out about code structures, best practices, and code naming standards, how to use conditions and loops, where to place PL/SQL code in system projects, ways to manipulate data, and more. Discover how to - Write efficient, easy-to-maintain code
- Test and debug PL/SQL routines
- Integrate SQL and PL/SQL
- Apply PL/SQL best practices
- Use new features introduced in Oracle 9i and 10g
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Michael Rosenblum | | Paperback:
| 432 pages | | Publisher:
| For Dummies | | Publication Date:
| June 13, 2006 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0764599577 | | Product Length:
| 9.22 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.74 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.9 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.45 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.21 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.02 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.59 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 11 reviews |
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15 of 18 found the following review helpful:
 Best Beginning Book on Programming EVERJun 23, 2006
By Mark Watsen
This is just wonderful. Clearly written, easy to read, loads of basic tips. This is the perfect book for someone trying to get into the industry.
This book should be required reading for every new Oracle developer. Many experienced developers would do well to read this as well. Everything in this book should be industry standard, but much of it is not done by "experienced" developers.
Every company should have a few copies around to give to every new hire.
11 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Excellent Book For Learning PL/SQLMar 09, 2007
By CRR for Tampa
"CR From Tampa"
I am very pleased w/ the purchase of the book. If your goal is to learn PL/SQL quickly and comprehensively, this is the book to buy. It covers all the fundamentals you need to know about PL/SQL and it is excellently written. I have been a developer for 20 years in many languages. Learning new languages from overly technical books and writters, I find, often times make your learning process slow and ineffective. I took this class at Oracle, but there were topics that the training manual and the instructor did not do a good job presenting. This book clarified many of the topics I that were presented in class in a simpler, clearer, and more effective manner. I highly recommend it.
12 of 15 found the following review helpful:
First Rate BookJul 26, 2006
By Patrick Cimolini
This book is an excellent introduction to both PL/SQL and general coding principles. It is a good book for beginners and old dogs alike. It provides simple, clear and useful introductions to advanced topics such a INSTEAD OF TRIGGERS, BULK COLLECTS etc. My team is now using it a our "best practice" document for PL/SQL coding. Well done Misha and Paul. ----- FOLLOW UP (September, 2009): My team has been using several copies of this book for over three years now. Our copies are dog-eared from much use. This book has more than paid for itself many, many times over. Both our senior and junior developers use the book routinely. I still think that it is a five star book.
11 of 15 found the following review helpful:
An excellent text on PL/SQLJul 26, 2006
By Walter Spring
As I began reading, the attribute which came foremost to my mind was "readable". It covers all of the basics in a fashion readily comprehensible to those with even modest exposure to programming. We can always do better, but for most of us, if we go only as far as this text takes us, we will do far better than many of our contemporaries in the industry today.
It certainly is also "A Reference for the Rest of Us". Those of us who have used PL/SQL for many years may not have noticed various handy new features as they have come along, and for those features we know of but use less frequently, this book is a handy reference.
Interspersed with the fundamentals of the language and all of the tips and examples, the authors continually (and gently) remind us that we have to keep checking the bigger picture - in short how to avoid project failure. Good advice in any language.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Good reference, not for beginnersNov 10, 2006
By John P. Evans
This book has a lot of good technical data, but it's not well organized for learning, more of a reference. Also, it assumes you are already an experienced SQL programmer.
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