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Oracle PL/SQL by Example (3rd Edition) Paperback – September 20, 2003

by Benjamin Rosenzweig (Author), Elena Silvestrova (Author)

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ISBN-13: 007-6092025610 ISBN-10: 0131172611 Edition: 3^rd

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Paperback: 768 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 3 edition (September 20, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0131172611
ISBN-13: 978-0131172616
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful

You can access a PL/SQL executable with this book

By W Boudville HALL OF FAMETOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on September 29, 2003

Format: Paperback

Very much a task oriented book, suitable for a classroom or self paced study. It is aimed at someone who wants or needs explicit lessons and exercises. Thoughtfully, the authors also furnished answers to the exercises. Sometimes with other computing books, I have wondered why their authors omit questions. Perhaps the nature of the topic makes it awkward to provide problem sets. But not for Oracle's PL/SQL language. So this book is chock-a-block with them.
To students, retention is greatly enhanced by doing, and the book will take you a long way into facility with PL/SQL if you can discipline yourself to go through it methodically and not peek at the answers till you have given the problems a fair go.
As far as the language itself, the book's presentation reminds me of a text on fortran or C, and unlike a text on java or C#. Firstly, the latter two are object-oriented, while PL/SQL, fortran and C are procedural. So if you have already learnt fortran or C and you read this book, step back and defocus a little from the specific syntax. Stylistically, the book has the flavour of many texts in those languages. Reinforced by PL/SQL not having a GUI. The I/O is character based. A slight retro feel. [Though PL/SQL should NOT have a GUI. It is optimised as a query language.]
One thing to note is that the book explains using examples and exercises that are at the subroutine or procedural level, as mentioned above. Bite sized. What it lacks are higher level examples that necessitate decomposing a problem into several procedures. But this may be unfair. Those are harder, more abstract issues, whereas this book is meant for someone who still needs to learn the syntax in the first place. It does suggest the utility of such a book, as a logical successor to this.Read more ›

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

Well done. Oracle Education look out!

By John on March 4, 2005

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I'm a developer and DBA who had not written PL/SQL in over a year. I used this book as a refresher.

This is the "Learning Perl" of PL/SQL, meaning: a beginner can learn from it, and an experienced hack can use it as a reference.

I consider lots of good sample code to be important when learning a programming language. Here it is, as a series of labs, with intelligent discussion. It's like having a friend who's an expert act as a personal tutor. It has complete, well-rounded coverage of PL/SQL fundamentals: control structures, stored procedures, packages, and a good chapter on triggers. In rare cases where some keyword is introduced with no explanation, it's usually covered in the following section.

It is nearly the quality of Oracle course materials, but with (a tolerable amount of) typos. Annoyingly, some of the typos are incorrect answers in the appendix; the rest are obvious typos and therefore not too confusing.

Chapter 1 is deceptively basic, explaining what a program is, what a programming language is, etc., but chapter 2 jumps right into PL/SQL with no further ado. The book progresses in baby steps as far as PL/SQL is concerned. Although knowledge of SQL is assumed, some concepts like commit & rollback, savepoints, and sequences are introduced and explained for beginners. It is also assumed that the reader:

- knows what DML, DDL, and the DUAL table are;
- has an account that can create objects (the "Scott" demo account will do); and
- knows how to connect to the database with SQL*Plus or a development tool (IDE).

With an IDE I was able to work through it in about thirty hours.Read more ›

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful

not deep

By V. Chkliar on October 17, 2004

Format: Paperback

It is not as good as Alice Rischert's "Oracle SQL by example". Looks like it is written for people who never programed before. So it teaches how to program using examples of pl/sql. Might be good for beginners.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

Definately the greatest book you could ever buy

By A. Gendle on June 23, 2004

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I'm a really big fan of the Oracle Series books and often wonder why other book authors do not take the same approach. I purchased the 1st editions of Oracle SQL and Oracle PL/SQL back in the day and read both of them. I really loved the format of these books and so I purchased the 3rd edition. They have helped me in passing the SQL and PL/SQL test for the Oracle certification. I just purchased the 3rd edition and really appreciate the fact that they expand on details and have fixed most of the typos from the previous editions. The format of the book is that you read a little and do hands-on activities afterward. This book is probably the best book you could ever buy for yourself because you truly learn PL/SQL. The hands-on labs reinforce the information very well and it's also a great reference tool. This book is definately a must buy for any person wishing to become an Oracle Developer or Oracle DBA. This book will provide you the foundations for your career. THis is the same book they use for the students at Columbia University in New York City.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful

Great review, but wrong about one thing

By Michael Milligan on May 27, 2004

Format: Paperback

Wes' review was excellent, with one major mistake. Oracle offers all the free software you care to download. Just go to [...] and you can have it all free to learn on, etc. The full versions.
I think the book is very good as well.

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Provides a solid foundation

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