Oracle PL/SQL for DBAs

Oracle PL/SQL for DBAs Book Description

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.

About the Authors:
Steven Feuerstein is the author or coauthor of Oracle PL/SQL Programming, Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices, Oracle PL/SQL for DBAs, Oracle PL/SQL Developer's Workbook, Oracle Built-in Packages, and several pocket reference books (all from O'Reilly Media). Steven has been developing software since 1980, spent five years with Oracle (1987-1992), and serves as a Senior Technology Advisor to Quest Software. His products include utPLSQL (an open source unit testing framework for PL/SQL) and Qnxo (active mentoring software that helps to generate, reuse, and test code,http://www.qnxo.com). He has won numerous awards for his writing and trainings, offers a PL/SQL portal at www.oracleplsqlprogramming.com , and can be reached via email at steven@stevenfeuerstein.com. He lives in Chicago with his wife, Veva, and three cats. Two sons, Eli and Chris, orbit nearby.

Arup Nanda is a Senior Oracle DBA with 10 years of experience with a variety of projects using skills in Oracle Database Administration (DBA), Oracle Parallel Server, Performance Tuning, Security Administration, Replication, Distributed Databases, Enterprise Manager, Database Design, XML, System Design, Object-Based Design, Data Modeling, PL/SQL, Pro*C, C, Unix, NT, Shell Scripting. He has an MBA from Xavier Institute of Management, India.

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