Advanced Oracle PL/SQL Programming with Packages (Nutshell Handbook) (Paperback)

by Steven Feuerstein (Author)

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Steven Feuerstein's first book, Oracle PL/SQL Programming, has become the classic reference to PL/SQL, Oracle's procedural extension to its SQL language. His new book looks thoroughly at one especially advanced and powerful part of the PL/SQL language -- the package. The use of packages can dramatically improve your programming productivity and code quality, while preparing you for object-oriented development in Oracle technology. In this book, Feuerstein explains how to construct packages -- and how to build them the right way. His "best practices" for building packages will transform the way you write packages and help you get the most out of the powerful, but often poorly understood, PL/SQL language. Much more than a book, Advanced Oracle PL/SQL Programming with Packages comes with a PC diskette containing a full-use software companion. Developed by Feuerstein, RevealNet's PL/Vision Lite is the first of its kind for PL/SQL developers: a library of thirty-plus PL/SQL packages. The packages solve a myriad of common programming problems and vastly accelerate the development of modular and maintainable applications.

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Steven Feuerstein's first book, Oracle PL/SQL Programming, has become the classic reference to PL/SQL, Oracle's procedural extension to its SQL language. His new book looks thoroughly at one especially advanced and powerful part of the PL/SQL language -- the package. The use of packages can dramatically improve your programming productivity and code quality, while preparing you for object-oriented development in Oracle technology. In this book, Feuerstein explains how to construct packages -- and how to build them the right way. His "best practices" for building packages will transform the way you write packages and help you get the most out of the powerful, but often poorly understood, PL/SQL language. Much more than a book, Advanced Oracle PL/SQL Programming with Packages comes with a PC disk containing a full-use software companion. Developed by Feuerstein, RevealNet's PL/Vision Lite is the first of its kind for PL/SQL developers: a library of thirty-plus PL/SQL packages. The packages solve a myriad of common programming problems and vastly accelerate the development of modular and maintainable applications. The packages provided in PL/Vision Lite fall into three categories: Building block packages: low-level development enhancers, including string parsers, a list manager, and an interface to PL/SQL tables. Developer utilities: programs that improve your PL/SQL development environment, including a code generator, a powerful substitute for SHOW ERRORS, and an online help delivery mechanism. Plug-and-play components: pieces of code that can be used as is in your own applications, including a high-level exception handler mechanism and a generic, reusable logging mechanism. In addition to describing the details of these packages, this book explores why and how they were built the way they were. You'll come away with an increased appreciation of the PL/SQL language and the power of packages. Most importantly, you'll be ready and eager to put that power to use immediately in your own applications.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 687 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly; 1 edition (December 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565922387
• ISBN-13: 978-1565922389
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,286,524 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Misleading and Disappointment (otherwise good), March 28, 2000

By	"gjaram" (Los Angeles, CA - USA) - See all my reviews

As my title suggests, I was disappointed in seeing that 85-90% of the book was about the author's product (3rd party library of PL/SQL packages). So if you have not purchased the software, book is not useful. Only the first 3 chapters are about packages, the rest about PL/Vision.

I am a HUGE fan of Steve Feuerstein's books, but this one was a disappointment. If he takes those chapters out then it would've been 5 stars, but I can only give him 2. Sorry Steve.

Gio

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well written with good examples; NOT a reference work, October 21, 1999

By A Customer

Steven Feuerstein's first book, Oracle PL/SQL Programming, has become the classic reference to PL/SQL. This one looks thoroughly at one especially advanced and powerful part of the PL/SQL language -- the package but it will not become a classic reference, instead some people might think it was a marketing ploy :-), as it is structured around a set of packages called PL/Vision...But all in all, Steve presents a nice organized approach for an application (development) environment...so it will be a keeper

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a book I would keep refering to., August 12, 1998

By A Customer

Being a Feuerstein 'fan' I bought this book hoping to learn a lot more about PL/SQL. I did learn from it, but not a lot. For those familiar with 'Oracle PL/SQL' and 'Oracle Built-in Packages' from the same author (both of which I highly recommend) Advanced Oracle PL/SQL is just not worth buying.