Working With Oracle Cartridges [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Steve Shiflett (Author), Joe Duer (Author)

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Product Description
Learn about one of the hottest database topics of the year--cartridges--and how to use them in an Oracle database system. Case studies demonstrate new technologies: push and subscribe, broadcasting, self-describing database design, virtual reality presentation, and storing and retrieving images.

From the Publisher
This book is both an overview of the cartridge technology, and a hands-on tutorial for using the existing cartridges in your databases. This book will allow readers to see how Java, LiveHTML, VRML, and Perl can bring their data alive. Look for sections on third-party cartridges, as well as information on why custom cartridges will make you more productive, and save you money. Learn to optimize and design your databases to exploit Oracle Cartridge technologies. Learn the publish-and-subscribe PUSH technology, and how to deploy it in your databases now. Serves as both an overview of the cartridge technology and a hands-on tutorial for using the existing cartridges in your databases

Allows readers to see how Java, LiveHTML, VRML, and Perl can bring their data alive

Includes sections on third-party cartridges, as well as information on why custom cartridges will make you more productive, and save you money

Provides case studies to demonstrate new technologies: publish and subscribe, broadcasting, self-describing database design, virtual reality data presentation, storing and retrieving images in your database, and more

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Que Pub; illustrated edition edition (January 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789714175
• ISBN-13: 978-0789714176
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,963,312 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent problem solving book., February 19, 1998

By	"another_reviewer" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

Just received and read the book. It succeeds by covering WAS 3.0 and 3rd party cartridges with lots of examples. The demo software comes with WAS 2.1 and 3.0, and not "the collection of software that is provided on the attached CD-ROM". Because there was no CD-ROM attached to the book. Most examples are in print right in the book. This book hits a moving target. WAS from Oracle is already the best, and constantly getting better. The book is also timely since it arrives a month ahead of Oracle's next major release of the Web Dev Ste(mid Mar). The new WDS should have WAS 3.x, and Oracle 8.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, November 15, 1999

By A Customer

One of the better books that I read about Oracle Application Serve

4.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff where it counts .., May 1, 1998

By A Customer

The authors take a "lets roll up our sleeves and build something" approach to using Oracle web technology, including examples of web application server cartridge apps in PL/SQL, Perl, LiveHTML, and even COBOL! It is a bit frustrating to read all the references to the files on the "CD-ROM", when there is no CD-ROM! On the other hand, the book is very useful toward getting a working app up quickly. Well worth the $, even without the CD-ROM.