| OverviewThe new edition of this must-have pocket guide boils down
the most vital information from Oracle PL/SQL
Programming, the bestseller that many consider
"the Bible" for PL/SQL development. This concise booklet
summarizes features available in Oracle's powerful new
product-- Oracle9i-- and provides essential information on
PL/SQL block structure, fundamental language elements,
control statements, and use of procedures, functions,
packages, triggers, Oracle objects, external procedures, and
methods of calling Java classes from PL/SQL. Editorial Reviews| Book Description | | Like most PL/SQL programmers, you've found Oracle PL/SQL Programming to be a reference book you can't do without. Packed with examples and recommendations, it's a book that has helped everyone, from Oracle Forms developers to database administrators, make the most of PL/SQL. But you can't always carry it with you, and even at your desk there are times when you just need a reminder, a quick answer to a problem you're up against. For times like those, PL/SQL experts Stephen Feuerstein, Bill Pribyl, and Chip Dawes have written a new edition of Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference. Updated for Oracle9i, this little book is easy to take with you and use anywhere for quick problem solving. The second edition of the Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference boils down the most vital information from Oracle PL/SQL Programming into a convenient quick reference to PL/SQL basics. This compact book will be indispensable for new and seasoned Oracle database developers alike. It summarizes features available in Oracle9i and provides essential information on PL/SQL block structure, fundamental language elements, control statements, and use of procedures, functions, packages, triggers, Oracle objects, external procedures, and methods of calling Java classes from PL/SQL. O'Reilly's Pocket References have become a favorite among developers and database administrators everywhere. By providing a wealth of important details in a concise, well-organized format, these handy books deliver just what you need to complete the task at hand. When you've reached a sticking point in your work and need to get to a solution quickly, the new edition of Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference is the book you'll want to have. |
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Reader Reviews From Amazon (Ranked by 'Helpfulness') | Average Customer Rating: |  | based on 7 reviews. |
| Great pocket reference, 2nd edition WITH INDEX now, 2003-04-03 | | Reviewer rating: |  |
| | This small booklet "ORACLE PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference" in this new 2nd edition is exactly what you need as PL/SQL (PL/SQL is the ORACLE procedural language extension of SQL) programmer (and is even more important for casual PL/SQL programmer). "ORACLE PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference" assumes that you are running at least ORACLE 8i and it covers ORACLE 9i as well (ORACLE 9i features are marked as such). The content and coverage of the book is very good from my perspective. Even the more exotic features that I just can't remember, like e.g. the AUTHID stuff for PL/SQL procedures, are covered in this book. Even if you do not remember the exact keyword to look something up in the index, the book is still small enough to brose over every page in a couple of minutes to find your solution. All of the ORACLE 9i features (that I know of) are explained like e.g. "bulk binds" (cool PL/SQL performance feature). The language and the new index are very good. Even though this is a relatively small book, there are examples for almost every topic covered (although not big ones). This is NOT the right book to learn PL/SQL and it will not teach you any SQL. If you want to learn PL/SQL, I recommend the other books (by the same authors) from O'Reilly that are all VERY good. |
| | anO'REILLY flop, 2002-08-29 | | Reviewer rating: |  |
| | Where's the index?? A REFERENCE is something you pick up to find a particular needed peice of information. Without an index you have to scan everywhere trying to find what you are looking for. What a waste of time! Dont' even waste the 10 bucks for this piece of junk... |
| | Nice, compact, but it really needs an index!, 2002-04-03 | | Reviewer rating: |  |
| A good sidekick for when you have a mental lapse, unfortunately they seem to have forgot to print the index.
This book will not replace any other PL/SQL book you have (or should have) in your tech library, but is great to have around on your desk instead of the usual 4,000 pages tomes. |
| | Only "OK", 2000-05-18 | | Reviewer rating: |  |
| | I've worked with Oracle for quite a while, and I've tinkered with PL/SQL, triggers, etc. on and off during the time that I used Oracle. Recently, I needed to write a really simple PL/SQL program to assist in doing a backfill. I bought this book expecting to pluck out details quickly for writing this program. Unfortunately, there was no index, and the table of contents was a little too high-level to help you find specific information. Finally, once you locate an appropriate section, the text is terse and the examples are quite basic. I concede that I probably should've bought "Oracle PL/SQL Language" the book for which this is a reference for my particular need. Just beware, however, that this book is solely a reference, and is hard to use unless you already know PL/SQL. |
| | All it needs is an Index!, 2000-03-28 | | Reviewer rating: | |
| | An index would make this pocket reference 5 stars. The TOC - (Table of Contents) is helpful but an Index would be better in addition to the TOC. Gio |
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