Write Powerful SQL Statements and PL/SQL Programs

In this comprehensive book, you’ll learn to write Structured Query Language (SQL) statements to access an Oracle database and use PL/SQL (Procedural Language/SQL) to write programs containing SQL statements. Developed in compliance with the new SQL2003 specification, this definitive resource explains how to use the latest Oracle Database 10g features, and much more. Written by Oracle guru Jason Price, Oracle Database 10g SQL covers everything you need to know to master SQL.

• Execute queries, inserts, updates, and deletes against a database
• Write PL/SQL stored programs, packages, and triggers
• Create database tables, sequences, indexes, views, and users
• Use SQL*Plus to execute SQL statements, scripts, and reports
• Perform complex calculations using analytic functions
• Learn the basics of running SQL using Java through JDBC
• Use large objects to store up to 128 terabytes of character and binary data
• Define database object types and create object tables to handle advanced data
• Use all the latest Oracle Database 10g features such as the BINARY_FLOAT and BINARY_DOUBLE types, the MODEL clause, and more
• Implement high-performance tuning techniques to make your SQL statements really fly