Foreword

I have some bad news and some good news. The bad news is: when you first meet Don Bales, he seems like an overly confident know-it-all. The good news is: he’s not. Actually, he’s a great teacher/author and perhaps does know it all when it comes to Oracle! I’ve not only read this book, but lived it. You see, I ended up working for him. Because of this, I think I am the perfect person to introduce you to Beginning Oracle PL/SQL.

A good programmer knows that the purpose of a good book, like this one, is to introduce the concepts of, the application of, and good examples of the subject: PL/SQL. Beginning Oracle PL/SQL goes above and beyond the call by explaining when you can use PL/SQL and when you should not. It starts with a low level ...

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