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Advanced Oracle PL/SQL Developer's Guide (Second Edition)

Master the advanced concepts of PL/SQL for professional-level certification and learn the new capabilities of Oracle Database 12c

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited
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|Jan 2025
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Description

Master the advanced concepts of PL/SQL for professional-level certification and learn the new capabilities of Oracle Database 12c

Key Features

  • *Learn advanced application development features of Oracle Database 12c and prepare for the 1Z0-146 examination
  • *Build robust and secure applications in Oracle PL/SQL using the best practices
  • *Packed with feature demonstrations and illustrations that will help you learn and understand the enhanced capabilities of Oracle Database 12c

Book Description

Oracle Database is one of the most popular databases and allows users to make efficient use of their resources and to enhance service levels while reducing the IT costs incurred. Oracle Database is sometimes compared with Microsoft SQL Server, however, Oracle Database clearly supersedes SQL server in terms of high availability and addressing planned and unplanned downtime. Oracle PL/SQL provides a rich platform for application developers to code and build scalable database applications and introduces multiple new features and enhancements to improve development experience.
Advanced Oracle PL/SQL Developer's Guide, Second Edition is a handy technical reference for seasoned professionals in the database development space. This book starts with a refresher of fundamental concepts of PL/SQL, such as anonymous block, subprograms, and exceptions, and prepares you for the upcoming advanced concepts. The next chapter introduces you to the new features of Oracle Database 12c, not limited to PL/SQL. In this chapter, you will understand some of the most talked about features such as Multitenant and Database In-Memory. Moving forward, each chapter introduces advanced concepts with the help of demonstrations, and provides you with the latest update from Oracle Database 12c context. This helps you to visualize the pre- and post-applications of a feature over the database releases. By the end of this book, you will have become an expert in PL/SQL programming and will be able to implement advanced concepts of PL/SQL for efficient management of Oracle Database.

What you will learn

  • *Learn and understand the key SQL and PL/SQL features of Oracle Database 12c
  • *Understand the new Multitenant architecture and Database In-Memory option of Oracle Database 12c
  • *Know more about the advanced concepts of the Oracle PL/SQL language such as external procedures, securing data using Virtual Private Database (VPD), SecureFiles, and PL/SQL code tracing and profiling
  • *Implement Virtual Private Databases to prevent unauthorized data access
  • *Trace, analyze, profile, and debug PL/SQL code while developing database applications
  • *Integrate the new application development features of Oracle Database 12c with the current concepts
  • *Discover techniques to analyze and maintain PL/SQL code
  • *Get acquainted with the best practices of writing PL/SQL code and develop secure applications

Who this book is for

This book is for Oracle developers responsible for database management. Readers are expected to have basic knowledge of Oracle Database and the fundamentals of PL/SQL programming. Certification aspirants can use this book to prepare for 1Z0-146 examination in order to be an Oracle Certified Professional in Advanced PL/SQL.

Table of Contents

  1. PLSQL Programming Concepts
  2. Oracle 12c SQL and PLSQL New Features
  3. Designing PLSQL Code
  4. Using Collections
  5. Using Advanced Interface Methods
  6. Virtual Private Database
  7. Working with Large Objects and SecureFiles
  8. Tuning the PLSQL Code
  9. Result Cache
  10. Analyzing Profiling Tracing PLSQL Code
  11. Protect PLSQL Code from SQL Injection
  12. Oracle SQL Developer 4.1
PDF ISBN: 978-1-78528-252-2
Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
Copyright owner: © 2016 Packt Publishing Limited
Publication date: 2025
Language: English
Pages: 428
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