Customer Reviews

Oracle9i Developer: Developing Web Applications with Forms Builder

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This text is not for the practicing OPracle person, and it reads like a College textbook.

The examples are clear, but the text is somewhat terse and non-illustrative. It might be a fine book for a High School class, but ois wanting for the working Oracle person.

Palinski makes it clear that he is a seasoned developer and I really liked this book. It explains Oracle developer issues in plain English with loads of illusttative examples.

Forms builder is a complited product and this book was great help to me.

This book was required for a class I am taking, and I can't think of another reason to buy it. If you have a strong background in similar forms development platforms, you may be able to get enough out of this book to work with Oracle. But if you are completely new, this is not the book for you. The author brings in way, way too much extraneous detail, and the examples are complex and unrealistic. Some exercises require you to use tools & concepts not introduced until later chapters.

While I have a ways to go to really get into this book, so far I'm really impressed. It seems to be written with Forms 9i in mind, but has plenty of comments for those who are still using 6i. So it's good if you're learning both environments. It also comes with the Oracle 9i Forms CDs, which impressed me (even though you can download it free online. Still, it's a huge file!). It says it will also help you prepare for the OCP Forms exam, but the objectives weren't out when the book was finished. So they said they'd put on their web site what part of their book matches the Oracle Forms exam objective, but unfortunately they have not done this. But since there's nothing else out there really for Forms 9i, this is the best book on the market for learning forms and preparing for the OCP forms exam.

This book has more information about Oracle forms - in one place and usable - than I have found during many years of heavy forms use. There are lots of other books - but this one brings a style of presentation that is very good - even though it is 'college' oriented. I did not do the exercises, but rather focused on the actual content information. Am impressed with this book. Great job of pulling together the complexity of Oracle forms development.