Beginning PL/SQL is a fast-paced and blissfully short introduction to Oracle's PL/SQL language. PL/SQL is the built-in language that every Oracle developer and database administrator simply must know. This book gets readers up-to-speed on the core of the language without wasting the readers time on esoteric and seldom used syntax.

Anchors the introductory end of a growing line of Apress titles aimed at Oracle developers, titles that include best sellers from noted authors such as Tom Kyte, Lex de Haan, and Jonathan Lewis Shows readers how to apply object-oriented PL/SQL to production applications. No other book on PL/SQL does this Gives the reader practical advice on what works and what doesn't Advises on the performance tradeoffs between doing work in SQL versus in PL/SQL

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Donald Bales is a computer applications consultant specializing in the analysis, design, and programming of client-server and web-based distributed systems, systems integration, and data warehousing. Don has over 20 years of experience with Oracle as both a developer and a database administrator, and 10 years of experience with Java. He is currently working on the migration of medical and industrial hygiene systems to a web environment for a major oil company. When he is not developing applications, Donald can often be found working with horses, playing the piano, or playing the bagpipes. Donald has had several careers, and has at various times been a mechanic, a general contractor, Mr. Mom, a developer, and currently a consultant. He has a bachelor of science degree in business from Elmhurst College in Illinois. Don resides in Downers Grove, Illinois, with his wife, Diane, and his daughter, Kristyn. He can be contacted by e-mail at don@donaldbales.com.

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Genesis.- PL/SQL Is Square, Man!.- Now Where Did I Put That?.- Whoa! One Statement at a Time, Please!.- Next Please, One Row at a Time!.- Just Like It Is in the Real World!.- So Just What's Happening Here?.- Test, Test, Test, and Test Again.- What Does This Thing Do Anyway?.- Fairy Tales.