Safari Gets Bigger and Better -- There are now more than 2,000 books from the industry's leading technical publishers available on Safari Bookshelf. As the library grows, so does its functionality: searches are powerfully precise and as broad or specific as you wish; and now, with a Safari Max subscription, you can download chapters to read offline. Safari will help you save time, reduce errors, keep current, and save more money than ever with up to 35% off print copies of your favorite books. If you haven't
yet gone on Safari, try a free trial subscription.
Oracle Built-In Packages -- Scott Galliand wrote to us because he's ready for a new edition of Oracle Built-In Packages. O'Reilly editor Debby Russell explains why we haven't updated this title, and she describes what we've done instead to address the information pain around Oracle's abundance of packages, in December's Letters column.
Oracle Magazine Author of the Year -- "Learning something new
is interesting, but it's even better when you can share it." So says Jason
Hunter, Oracle Magazine's 2003 Author of the Year. Jason is the
publisher of Servlets.com and the author of O'Reilly's Java Servlet
Programming, 2nd Edition.
Oracle on Windows -- Why doesn't O'Reilly have an Oracle on Windows title?
Editor Jonathan Gennick writes, "Every time we consider a platform-specific
book on Oracle, we struggle with the fact that once you get past the
initial installation and configuration, Oracle is pretty much the same
across all platforms." Find out more in this Letters column.
Optimizing Oracle Performance: A Case Study -- Cary Millsap
explains how Method R, which he defines as a means for making any system
faster, works in real-world ways to improve the overall value of your
system to your business. This is an excerpt from Cary's Optimizing Oracle
Performance.
MIN-MAX PL/SQL is a best
practices and optimization seminar by O'Reilly author Steven Feuerstein,
who has selected from Oracle's many new PL/SQL features and his recommended
best practices to create a three-day course that will radically change the
way you design and implement PL/SQL-based applications. Steven has written
many books, including Oracle PL/SQL
Programming, 3rd Edition.
IOUG Live! 2003: The Week in Review -- David C. Kreines summarizes the week, focusing on what makes IOUG Live! such a unique event. Read about what he calls "an incredible opportunity to learn, share experiences, and interact with your fellow Oracle professionals."
Using PL/SQL Records in SQL Statements -- Steven Feuerstein
and Bryn Llewellyn show how, with Oracle 9i Release 2, you can now
use the PL/SQL RECORD datatype inside SQL statements. Steven is a coauthor
of Oracle PL/SQL
Programming, 3rd Edition.
Oracle 9i Release 2 Developments for PL/SQL Collections -- Steven
Feuerstein and Bryn Llewellyn explore the extended flexibility of the
collection syntax, storage, and access in Oracle 9i Release 2, which
makes it possible to write simpler, more efficient code. Steven is a
coauthor of Oracle PL/SQL
Programming, 3rd Edition.
HTTP Communication from Within the Oracle Database -- Steven Feuerstein
and Bryn Llewellyn continue their series on new Oracle 9i features
with an article on how to use Utl_Http to implement a requestor in
a B2B implementation. Steven is a coauthor of Oracle PL/SQL
Programming, 3rd Edition.
Multi-Level Collections in Oracle 9i -- Steven Feuerstein and Bryn
Llewellyn continue their series of articles on new Oracle 9i
features with both simple and complex examples showing you how to work with
multi-level collections. For answers to your PL/SQL questions, see Oracle PL/SQL
Programming, 3rd Edition.
Oracle Cross Tab Views -- Tom Birch makes a case for coding when he explores both the power and the limits of Oracle's Cross Tab query for turning data in a report from vertical to horizontal. For coverage on the full range of Oracle SQL features, see O'Reilly's Mastering Oracle SQL .
