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Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference, 4th Edition
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Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference, 4th Edition

by Steven Feuerstein, Bill Pribyl, Chip Dawes
October 2007
Intermediate to advanced
178 pages
2h 50m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Overview

The fourth edition of this popular pocket guide provides quick-reference information that will help you use Oracle's PL/SQL language, including the newest Oracle Database 11g features. It's a companion to Steven Feuerstein and Bill Pribyl's bestselling Oracle PL/SQL Programming.

This concise guide boils down the most vital PL/SQL information into an accessible summary of:

  • Fundamental language elements (e.g., block structure, datatypes, declarations)
  • Statements for program control, cursor management, and exception handling
  • Records, procedures, functions, triggers, and packages
  • Calling PL/SQL functions in SQL
  • Compilation options, object-oriented features, collections, and Java integration
The new edition describes such Oracle Database 11g elements as PL/SQL's function result cache, compound triggers, the CONTINUE statement, the SIMPLE_INTEGER datatype, and improvements to native compilation, regular expressions, and compiler optimization (including intra-unit inlining). In addition, this book now includes substantial new sections on Oracle's built-in functions and packages.

When you need answers quickly, the Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference will save you hours of frustration.

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