This book is great! It's a fabulous book to use as a resource within projects. It's a tool specifically designed to teach the user the best in database management systems. Would highly recommend this book for anyone's use!

Well, I am new to PL/SQL and I read a few chapter of this book and understand it well. I'm also able to apply it.
I am Chinese from Hong Kong, China, and English is not even my first language and I am reading it just fine.
This book is not only text, but has some pictures to explain the ideals before them.
If you are a new PL/SQL programmer or want to learn some PL/SQL. This is a great book that you can trust.

This is one of the PL/SQL book that you wanted to keep, I hope it will translate to Chinese soon.

You can't go wrong with this book! It is truly comprehensive. I highly recommend it.

I've been using PL/SQL for a few years, but not often and not well. I wanted a book that would serve as both a reference book and as a cover-to-cover read from which I could absorb all the niceties.

This isn't that book. As a reference book, I think it's okay, but as a read it was pretty bad. The book has a lot of cut-and-pasting, with paragraphs lifted from one chapter and dropped in another (albeit relevant) chapter, or similar information repeated redundantly. For example, CHAR, NCHAR, VARCHAR2 and NVARCHAR2 are awfully similar data types, but instead of combining them into a single section and describing what they have in common and how they differed, the same long paragraph was repeated, tweaking a few words. That might be okay for a pure reference book (hence two stars rather than one), but it sure makes for a dull read, and it just makes the book heavier.

I returned the book before finishing it (and wouldn't that be cheating?), but searching the text there were some things that seemed missing. My current project will involve a SELECT-FOR-UPDATE cursor loop, and I couldn't find a description of it.

This is one of the best technical books I have read. It makes PL/SQL easy to learn for the beginners and it is so detailed that very experienced users will find it extremely useful. It covers the usage of PL/SQL with many different types of applications such as JAVA, XML, PHP, etc. I have recommended very few language books in my time, because, I have found them to be written with the writer's logic as to how the writer thinks the code would be better executed. However this is the first book that I have seen that is written logically based on how the language would be better used to efficiently interact with the database. In short, I give this book my highest recommendation. I would like to congratulate Michael on writing such a great book.

Michael McLaughlin has delivered the most comprehensive book on PL/SQL on the market. No matter where you are, novice or master, you will find this book helpful. The book is loaded with practical, working examples and detailed descriptions that will help you from getting lost. Even the most complex topics are covered thoroughly and comprehensively in a way that makes them feel simple. Even if you are not on 11g yet, you need to buy this book. It's not only a great reference, but an interesting and captivating read that will give you ideas and understanding which will help in any project.

Most of all, this book reveals the power of PL/SQL as a viable and fully-featured programming language. It covers complex subjects such as Object Oriented Programming and utilizing Large Objects (LOBS) with striking detail. It also contains a primer on using PHP and Java with PL/SQL! You'll also find a revealing discussion on using Functions, Procedures, and Packages that enhance understanding in a way that no other book does. Other books teach you the "how", this book covers the "what" and the "why" so that you not only can write the code, but you understand everything that it is doing.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone that uses PL/SQL no matter your current skill level. There's great content for everyone.