Organization

This book consists of 11 chapters and 3 appendixes, described here.

Chapter 1, introduces SQLJ, describes the software requirements for using SQLJ, and shows you how to configure your computer to develop SQLJ programs. You are introduced to the Oracle JDeveloper tool for developing Java programs and see how to use JDeveloper to compile, run, and debug SQLJ programs.

Chapter 2, provides a basic introduction to relational databases, the Structured Query Language (SQL), and Oracle's PL/SQL procedural language.

Chapter 3, explores the fundamentals of the SQLJ programming language and covers everything you need to know to create simple SQLJ programs.

Chapter 4, explains how to create database object types, create and populate column objects and object tables, create custom classes, and write statements using SQL and SQLJ to access database objects.

Chapter 5, shows how to create collection types as well as tables that contain collections. You also learn how to access collections using both SQL and SQLJ statements.

Chapter 6, describes the JServer and how to write, deploy, and execute an Oracle Java stored program containing SQLJ running in the JServer. This chapter also examines an Enterprise JavaBeans example that contains SQLJ statements, and shows how to deploy and run it using the JServer.

Chapter 7, discusses the large object types, which may be used to store binary data, large blocks of text, and references to external files.

Chapter 8, shows how to create ...

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