Overview
The single most comprehensive sourcebook for Oracle8. This encyclopedic hardcover reference is the cornerstone of the Oracle curriculum.The Most Authoritative Coverage of Oracle8 Available.
More than 500,000 Oracle Press books are in the hands of Oracle developers worldwide due to their exhaustive insider's coverage of the world's most popular RDBMS. The encyclopedic Oracle8: The Complete Reference is the cornerstone of Oracle's core curriculum. Fully revised,this #1 best-seller is back - bigger and even better than ever - providing the full story of Oracle8,The Database for Network Computing.
Written by a former senior vice president of Oracle Corporation,George Koch,and best-selling Oracle author,Kevin Loney,this easy-to-use book/CD covers the full suite of Oracle8's capabilities. In straightforward language,the authors simplify even the most complex aspects of Oracle8 - and reveal scores of insider tips and secrets along the way.
Oracle developers of all skill levels will harness the true power of Oracle8 as they use this special hardcover edition to:
- Find full coverage of Oracle8 written in understandable terms
- Implement object technology in Oracle8
- Develop applications with the Oracle ConText Cartridge,Oracle8's powerful database search tool
- Discover Oracle8's more robust handling of very large databases
- Understand basic concepts of PL/SQL
- Find every important Oracle8 command,function,syntax,keyword,concept,and product in the huge alphabetical reference
Unmatched in range,content,and authority,Oracle8: The Complete Reference has set the standard for Oracle reference guides. Thisone-of-a-kind book and CD package is a must have for every Oracle developer - whether a seasoned professional or just getting started.
Updated and expanded Oracle 8 edition of the author's prior publication: Oracle: The Complete Reference, Electronic Edition. Covers releases 7 through 8, with a focus on 8. Follows the same style and format, with a quick and basic review of critical database concepts before delving into SQL and SQLPLUS, from concepts to basic and advanced use. Discusses report and command parameters, date and time conversion, transformation functions, grouping, query dependencies, altering tables and views. Covers triggers procedures, remote data access, large objects (LOBs) and Con Text configuration. Hikes with you through the ORACLE8 Data Dictionary. Discusses database design concepts (good and bad), performance optimization and humane, that's correct, "humane" design considerations before taking you on another hike, this time through the Oracle optimizer. Appendixes contain additional references. As in the prior edition, CD-ROM includes the entire text of this publication in searchable format.