PL/SQL, Oracle's powerful procedural language, has been the
cornerstone of Oracle application development for nearly 15 years.
Although primarily a tool for developers, PL/SQL has also become an
essential tool for database administration, as DBAs take increasing
responsibility for site performance and as the lines between
developers and DBAs blur.
Until now, there has not been a book focused squarely on the
language topics of special concern to DBAs "Oracle PL/SQL for DBAs"
fills the gap. Covering the latest Oracle version, Oracle Database
10g Release 2 and packed with code and usage examples, it contains:
A quick tour of the PL/SQL language, providing enough basic
information about language fundamentals to get DBAs up and running
Extensive coverage of security topics for DBAs: Encryption
(including both traditional methods and Oracle's new Transparent
Data Encryption, TDE); Row-Level Security (RLS), Fine-Grained
Auditing (FGA); and random value generation Methods for DBAs to
improve query and database performance with cursors and table
functions Coverage of Oracle scheduling, which allows jobs such as
database monitoring and statistics gathering to be scheduled for
regular execution
Using Oracle's built-in packages (DBMS_CRYPTO, DBMS_RLS,
DBMS_FGA, DBMS_RANDOM, DBMS_SCHEDULING) as a base, the book
describes ways of building on top of these packages to suit
particular organizational needs. Authors are Arup Nanda, "Oracle
Magazine 2003" DBA of the Year, and Steven Feuerstein, the world's
foremost PL/SQL expert and coauthor of the classic reference,
"Oracle PL/SQL Programming."
DBAs who have not yet discovered how helpful PL/SQL can be will
find this book a superb introduction to the language and its
special database administration features. Even if you have used
PL/SQL for years, you'll find the detailed coverage in this book to
be an invaluable resource.
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