Beginning PL/SQL is a fast-paced and blissfully short introduction to Oracle's PL/SQL language. PL/SQL is the built-in language that every Oracle developer and database administrator simply must know. This book gets readers up-to-speed on the core of the language without wasting the readers time on esoteric and seldom used syntax.
Anchors the introductory end of a growing line of Apress titles aimed at Oracle developers, titles that include best sellers from noted authors such as Tom Kyte, Lex de Haan, and Jonathan Lewis Shows readers how to apply object-oriented PL/SQL to production applications. No other book on PL/SQL does this Gives the reader practical advice on what works and what doesn’t Advises on the performance tradeoffs between doing work in SQL versus in PL/SQL