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Let Donald Bales show you how to leverage JDBC, a key technology used to access relational data from Java programs, in an Oracle environment. Begin by learning the all-important mysteries of establishing database connections. Then learn to issue SQL statements and get results back, to read and write data from large, streaming data types such as BLOBs, CLOBs, and BFILEs, and to interface with Oracle's other built-in language, PL/SQL. If you're taking advantage of the Oracle's relatively new ability to create object tables and column objects based on user-defined datatypes, you'll be pleased with Donald's thorough treatment of this subject. Donald shows you how to use JPublisher and JDBC to work seamlessly with Oracle database objects from within Java programs. You'll also learn how to access nested tables and arrays using JDBC. Donald concludes the book with a discussion of transaction management, locking, concurrency, and performance--topics that every professional JDBC programmer needs to know and understand. This is a must-have book for Java programmers working with Oracle.


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Donald Bales is a Computer Applications Consultant specializing in the analysis, design, and programming of distributed systems; systems integration; and data warehousing. Don has over sixteen years experience with Oracle as both a developer and a database administrator, and six years experiance 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 Elmhurst, Illinois. Don currently resides in Downers Grove, Illinois with his wife Diane and his daughter Kristyn. He can be contacted by email at don@donaldbales.com

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  • Paperback: 450 pages
  • Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1st edition (December 15, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 059600088X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0596000882
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.1 inches
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Oracle JDBC gets a good treatment., December 20, 2001
By L. Johnson (Central Valley CA USA) - See all my reviews
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I'm prototyping an Oracle database application "engine" for use in a planning and estimation application (as in project management). The idea was to use Java and Oracle 8i's object-relational features, specifically to take advantage of performance improvements and generally to get the advantages of object oriented design. I had reached the point of implementing Oracle's CustomDatum interface when I got this book. I was initially disappointed when I opened the book and found it discussed on the last eleven pages of the section on Object-Relational SQL. But then I read the Introduction, the first chapter, and on and on....
It's immediately obvious Mr. Bales is familiar with actual process of developing real applications. He has presented this complex and complicated subject in a direct and pleasant manner for advanced programmers. Relatively new to Java but very familiar with Oracle, I found his organization of the material very helpful - and the sections on Relational SQL and Object-Relational SQL based on sound knowledge and experience. Mr. Bales includes a final Section on Essentials where he discusses transactions and locking, performance and trouble shooting - all very practical and extremely useful if you are developing serious applications. And yes, those last eleven pages were very helpful.
I have not found a book that addresses using Oracle JDBC in application development directly, and have found few books that address database application development very well - but this book does both. One small thing I thought was missing were guidelines for using weakly typed object SQL vice strongly typed - in other areas good advice was offered.
Before I bought this book, I used Oracle's documentation at otn.oracle.com. This required a file of bookmarks, several large block diagrams, lots of notes and much patience. It's much better to start with this book - and get a well-organized and coherent view along with practical advice and examples, before wading into Oracle's extensive documentation.

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent coverage of Oracle's implementation of JDBC, February 21, 2002
By Ajith Kallambella (JavaRanch.com) - See all my reviews
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An excellent coverage of Oracle's implementation of JDBC, this book beats your expectations

Meet the middle ground where the strengths of Java and Oracle work in synergy - the JDBC. Whether making simple database connections or using the Oracle 8i's sophisticated object-relational features, the authors peel the onion very well with detailed information and cleverly written examples. After a brief overview of JDBC, several different types of database clients are discussed in detail - the applets, the Servlets, the Server side internal drivers and those managed by J2EE using JNDI and connection pooling.

A whole section is dedicated to modes of interaction between Java programs and the JDBC API such as using cursors, submitting prepared statements and ResultSet manipulation. A great deal of good advice is offered to help you choose between the options. The chapter on Object-Relational SQL covers broad ground on both Weakly Typed Object SQL and Strongly Typed Object SQL.

Enterprise essentials such as Security, locking, transaction management supports for data encryption and SSL issues, performance tuning and testing strategies - are addressed in detail. This book is treasure trove if newer feats of Oracle are of Interest to you. I found immediate application for features such as creating object tables and column objects based on user-defined data types, support for really big streaming data types such as BFILEs and LONG RAW and batch processing for my project.

Overall, this book has everything you need to learn, know and master in order to leverage the essential two great technologies - JDBC and Oracle. Every serious Java developer should have this at arms reach.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Well written, but out of date, January 30, 2004
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Let me start by saying that had I purchased this book 2 years ago when it was first released, I would have given it 5 stars.

This is a very well-written book, with good explanations and sample code. However, the book is fairly out of date, and much of the performance tuning suggestions he makes don't really apply as much when using the latest Oracle JDBC drivers and Oracle9 database. This book covers Oracle 8.1.6, and a lot of changes have been made between that release and 8.1.7 and Oracle9.

I recommend the newer "Oracle 9i JDBC Programming" book by Jason Price for much more current coverage of this topic.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A no-nonsense, well-written and well-organized introduction to the Java programming language with Oracle JDBC.
A no-nonsense, well-written and well-organized introduction to the Java programming language with Oracle JDBC. It uses a careful, example-based, easy to understand approach. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Svetlana Vladimirova

5.0 out of 5 stars A workmanlike book which achieves its aims
This book is for Java developers who need to get the most out of using JDBC and Oracle (version 8.1.6). Choosing a specific database allows a lot more detail. Read more
Published on September 11, 2003 by Frank Carver

2.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but....
This book gives good coverage of Oracle's JDBC implementation. That is about as far as it goes. This is just too close to being documentation. Read more
Published on August 24, 2003 by Mark A. Schmeets

1.0 out of 5 stars average book
Looks like most of the material came from oracle documentation. Examples are very basic
Published on April 24, 2003

1.0 out of 5 stars Only covers Oracle8i, not 9i
I felt a bit cheated buying this book as it doesn't cover Oracle9i. It only covers 8i programming.
Published on January 23, 2003 by Steve Hill

4.0 out of 5 stars Quite revealing and very helpful
Having just completed Bales' book, I found that it provided answers to a number of things that were previously only "fuzzy" in my knowledge in terms of applying the JDBC... Read more
Published on December 29, 2002 by Bob Nelson

1.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't cover Oracle9i in depth
I have this book 1 star because it doesn't cover Oracle9i in depth. This book is for Oracle8i programming, and therefore doesn't cover the latest tuning stuffyou can use with the... Read more
Published on November 8, 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Informational Java w/Oracle
This book is incredibly well written. It was able to walk me through the nesscessary items I had to understand. The key to knowledge is understanding, not just memorizing. Read more
Published on October 27, 2002 by Donald J. Bales

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Layman's Oracle JDBC Book
Finally a book that spoon feeds me JDBC!! As a developer who does limited JDBC development,
I appreciate the simple yet comprehensive nature of the written material. Read more
Published on October 16, 2002 by Bob Rivera

5.0 out of 5 stars Great examples throughout book
I had no knowledge of JDBC prior to getting this book. The author does an excellent job of explaining his code examples and builds on the examples throughout the book. Read more
Published on October 16, 2002 by Nicholas R. Granata

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