Oracle PL/SQL by Example

Written for developers familiar with SQL, this tutorial introduces the elements and syntax for working with Oracle databases using the procedural language extensions to SQL (PL/SQL), and features a series of labs that explain conditional control statements, iterative control, cursors, exceptions, packages, database triggers, collections, and records. The third edition is updated for Oracle 10g. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

BENJAMIN ROSENZWEIG is a Loan Integration Manager at IQ Financial Systems. Prior to that he was a principal consultant for more than three years at Oracle Corporation in the Custom Development Department. His computer experience ranges from creating an electronic Tibetan-English Dictionary in Kathmandu, Nepal, to supporting presentation centers at Goldman Sachs and managing a trading system at TIAA-CREF. His previous Prentice Hall PTR publications include Oracle Forms Developer: The Complete Video Course and Oracle Web Application Programming for PL/SQL Developers.

ELENA SILVESTROVA, a senior software engineer for a prominent New York brokerage firm and securities dealer, has taught relational database programming in Columbia University's CTA program during the past four years. She studied analysis and design at Columbia University and applied mathematics at Baku State University in Azerbaijan.