Oracle Pl/SQL Programming (Oracle Series) (ISBN 0078821762) Book Reviews 1-9 Sorted By Most Recent, at VeryWellSaid.com

Excellent for beginners

I bought this book as a complete Oracle novice, transitioning from Microsoft T-SQL to PL/SQL. I was worried about the transition being difficult until I read this book.

It is one of those very rare books that presents advanced concepts in a context understandable by users of all experience levels. The author often throws in tips about Oracle PL/SQL quirks to watch out for, as well as some very applicable information about how Oracle works internally.

I've since become more comfortable with PL/SQL, and the book also serves as a great reference. I highly encourage you to read this book straight through.

I recommend this well-written book to anybody wanting to learn PL/SQL, as well as anyone needing a great reference.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-11-30 06:57:27 EST)

02-27-99

5\7

Well-Organized, Useful Examples, Easy to Read

Although the information was accurate and useful, I think the strength of this book was it's clear and logical presentation. It is easy to read and very helpful. For example, I needed to know how to dynamically build the "where" clause for select statements and his chapter on DBMS_SQL gave me the tools to accomplish my task at work.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-07 11:09:42 EST)

02-02-99

9\9

An Excellent Book

This is definitely an excellent book. No one should rank it less than 5 stars just because it was published in 1996. Please do some research before talk. Actually, Scott Urman has wrote a book, "Oracle8 PL/SQL Programming", which was published in 1997. Buy this one if you want to learn PL/SQL 8.0.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-07 11:09:42 EST)

01-27-99

9\10

Good but outdated

Oracle 8 is out and in this book it only covers to Oracle 7. It is a very well written book. It is a valuable reference however it was published in 1996. Still looking for Oracle SQL Plus 8.0 AND the PL/SQL Programming. I hope the author steps up to the plate and updates his work.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-07 11:09:42 EST)

12-22-98

(NA)

An Outstanding Wealth of Information

This book is a MAINSTAY in my reference library. Though I do only limited back-end development in the applications I work on, this is the first book I look for when I need to be pointed in the right direction. I highly recommend it!

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-07 11:09:42 EST)

11-11-98

1\1

A must book for programmers!

This book is excellent. The topics have discussed in detail and are made very easy even for a beginner.

The book should come in a hard cover as it is one of those books that you would not like to give as a loaner to anyone.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-07 11:09:42 EST)

11-10-98

1\1

Excellent Book

This is by far the most complete and best book in the market. if you are serious about learning PL/SQL then this is the book. Just go through the book and you can call yourself a good PL/SQL programmer.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-07 11:09:42 EST)

08-03-98

1\1

A must for all pl/sql programmers :)

A must for all the PL/SQL programmers. It has very good examples which are also explained by the addition of comments. The language used is very simple and easy to understand. Covers a lot in Cursors, triggers, procedures and functions. I think this book will help me to achieve my goal:)

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-07-07 11:09:42 EST)

05-03-98

(NA)

A Clear and Concise Intro and Reference