For Database Systems courses focusing on SQL and/or Oracle, Oracle courses, and SQL courses offered in departments of Computer Science, CIS, MIS, IT and Continuing Education.
Database Systems Using Oracle first introduces students to relational database concepts and database designing techniques, teaching them how to design and implement accurate and effective database systems. With its subsequent in-depth coverage of SQL (the universal query language for relational databases) and PL/SQL (Oracle's procedural language extension to SQL), this text serves not only as an introductory guide but also as a future reference. The author concludes with an introduction to the architecture and administration of Oracle 8, the new features of Oracle 8i, and the concepts of object orientation.
Nilesh Shah, Ph.D., has been teaching for more than a decade. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the New Jersey campus of DeVry. He also works as a systems analyst at Monroe College, New York. Dr. Shah is associated with many prestigious technology companies as a freelance consultant.