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Summary: Not recommended for beginners
Review: 1.this book doesn't even list triggers in the table of contents, which means that triggers were not included in that book at all!! 2.i dont know why, but the examples in the book were so different in every page and every chapter. it was really hard to know what the examples were all about. 3.table contents and actual contents do not match sometimes. the author mixes oracle8 features with oracle 7 features while explaining about oracle7 features, which only gave me confusions. 4.the only thing that attracted me was the tips that helped me pretty much.. In conclusion, if you are a beginner to pl/sql, please do not buy this book.
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Summary: Worth the $36 good PL SQL reference/intro
Review: I am new to PL/SQL but have read other programming books.
The index & TOC work. It is easy to find the syntax of a particular feature and every feature is illustrated with many examples. The layout is clean.
A disc with sample PL/SQL is included. We've adopted some of the packages in the advanced book for use in our own organization.
The author apparently has a quite a lot of experience with PL/SQL. This is useful in describing likely cryptic error messages, PL/SQL limits or quirks. For example PL/SQL uses 'ELSIF' not 'ELSEIF'
There are jokes, but they are not too numerous or dumb.
A lot of space is devoted to source code format and good programming practice. I'd say this was wasted, if my organization's code base wasn't rife with magic numbers. In any event if the style & practice material is irksome it is easily skipped.
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Summary: Best available introduction & reference for PL/SQL.
Review: The best book written so far for the beginning to intermediate PL/SQL programmer. Includes EXCELLENT examples as well as valuable utilities, and guidelines for how to write good code that takes maximum advantage of PL/SQL's encapsulation and polymorphism features. Feuerstein writes in an easy, clean style that doesn't get in the way of the information. A must-buy book for anyone doing serious work with PL/SQL
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Summary: Oracle PL/SQL Bible
Review: This is the best book ever written on PL/SQL. It can be used by a beginner as well as an experienced Oracle Programmer to fully explore the power of PL/SQL. I reccommend every Oralce User to read and refer it during the development effort. It is truely the BIBLE of PL/SQL
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Summary: This book is awesom!
Review: This book is great! Whatever I need about PL/SQL,
I found it in this book, with a detailed example,which fits
my needs exactly! It might not be suitable for beginners though,
you lose your patient reading before you learn the essential
of PL/SQL. Keep one on your desk for reference.
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Summary: Database Developer
Review: Im an experienced SQL Server developer.
I used this book to learn PL/SQL, while this book is
very detailed but it is HIGHLY disorganized.
It assumes you know everything. It talk about issues in
some chapter, while defines the concepts used in that issue in the future chapters!!!!
This makes this book a very "BAD" resourse for beginners.
For a 900+ pages book the number of examples are very limited!
Buy this book "only" IF you are already an expreinced Oracle
User and you need a review.
Otherwise this is not for you.
Regards.
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Summary: Dog-eared and Coffee-Stained
Review: I use this book more than any other in my stash. I've had it for several years. It is an excellent practical reference for writing pl/sql and Oracle programming. Just wish there was a version for 9i.
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Summary: useless as a reference
Review: I really thought I knew PL/SQL until I read this book.It contains so much great, hidden information. It is a great value at triple its price. If you do any serious Oracle PL/SQL coding, GET THIS BOOK!
Rating: 
Summary: Great PL/SQL reference
Review: The book is really a reference manual. You'll certainly learn a lot by reading the book from cover to cover, but you'll probably get more out of it by just having it handy by your computer. Each chapter contains clear explanations on the specific subject, a function reference (if applicable), and troubleshooting. The book has been updated for Oracle 9i, which is nice, however, the book is still a great reference even if you're not using 9i. Certain sections of the previous edition were condensed or removed for this edition, however, those sections are available in their entirety on O'Reilly's web site. This extra information may be useful to readers running older versions of Oracle (like me). All the examples used in this book can also be downloaded from the web.
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