This book covers everything you need to know to master Web application development in an Oracle environment - using PL/SQL. It is packed with practical tips that save the reader time, effort and frustration while developing and deploying Internet-ready, e-commerce applications using Oracle 9i. The book also provides important information on core topics such as HTML, Java, XML, WML, Perl and PHP, as well as covering various maintenance duties, such as troubleshooting, debugging, indexing, testing and site analysis. As Oracle's premier tool for building store procedures, PL/SQL uniquely supplements the standard relational database language, SQL, with the features needed to build real-world applications.
SUSAN BOARDMAN, Lead Software Engineer for IntraSphere Technologies, specializes in using PL/SQL to build intranet Web applications. She has extensive experience with retail systems, back-end processing, and university applications.
SOLOMON MORSE, Senior Consultant for Net Quotient Consulting Group in New York City, specializes in designing and developing database-integrated e-business Web applications. He has developed Web applications for cutting-edge e-journals as well as for Fortune 500 companies.
MELANIE CAFFREY is an Oracle consultant in New York City, providing front-end and back-end Oracle solutions to numerous clients. She is co-author of the Oracle DBA Interactive Workbook and Oracle Database Administration: The Complete Video Course.
BENJAMIN ROSENZWEIG is an Integration Specialist at IQ Financial Systems. Prior to that he was a principal consultant for 3 1/2 years at Oracle Corporation in the Custom Development Department. He has a wide range of computer experience from creating an electronic Tibetan-English Dictionary in Kathmandu, Nepal, to supporting presentations centers at Goldman Sachs and managing a trading system at TIAA-CREF.
The authors are all members of the faculty at Columbia University School of Continuing Education.