Oracle 10g Programming

Rajshenkhar Sunderraman is an associate professor of computer science at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Professor Sunderraman received his PhD in computer science from Iowa State University. He has published numerous articles on a wide range of topics, including deductive databases and logic programming; incompleteness, inconsistency, and negation in databases; deductive and object-oriented databases; Web access to databases; and semi-structured data on the Web.

1. The Relational Data Model.
The Relational Database.
Integrity Constraints.
Tabular View of a Relation.
Sample Databases.
Relational Algebra.

2. Oracle SQL.
Oracle SQL*Plus.
Creating, Dropping and Altering Tables.
Inserting Rows.
Querying the Database.
Views.
Modifying the Database.
Sequences.
Oracle Data Dictionary.
Oracle9i Object Features.
Exercises.

3. PL/SQL.
What is PL/SQL?
Data Types and Variables.
Program Control Statements.
Program Structure.
Triggers.
Database Access Using Cursors.
Records.
PL/SQL Tables.
Built-in Packages.
Error Handling.
PL/SQL Access to Oracle9i Objects.
Exercises.

4. Web Programming with PL/SQL.
HTTP.
A Simple Example.
Printing HTML Tables.
Passing Parameters.
Processing HTML Forms.
Multi-Valued Parameters.
PL/SQL Web Toolkit.
PL/SQL Server Pages (PSP).
Exercises.

5. Oracle JDBC.
What is JDBC?
A Simple Example.
Developing JDBC Applications.
Non-Query SQL Statements.
Executing SQL Queries.
Grade Book Application.
Database Metadata.
Errors and Warnings.
Scrollable ResultSets.
Exercises.

6. SQLJ: Embedded SQL in Java.
What is SQLJ?
Simple Example.
Compiling SQLJ Programs.
Multiple Connections.
Host Variables and Expressions.
SQLJ Iterators.
Dynamic SQL using JDBC.
Calling PL/SQL from within SQLJ.
Investment Portfolio Database Application.
Exercises.

7. Oracle Web Programming with Java Servlets.
A Simple Servlet.
HTTP Servlet API Basics.
Web Shopping Application.
HTML Form Processing in Servlets.
Search Parts and Add to Cart.
Oracle's Dynamic HTML Generation Package.
Java Server Pages.
Exercises.

8. Oracle XML.
Basic Syntax.
Document Type Definitions (DTDs).
XML Parsing in Java.
Oracle XML-SQL Utility (XSU).
XMLType.
Exercises.

9. Projects.
Airline Flight Information System.
Library Database Application.
University Student Database.
Video Chain Database.
Banking Database.
BiBTeX Database.
Music Store Database.
Online Auctions Database.
Oracle Data Dictionary Browser.
Oracle Data Browser on the Web.
QBE Interface on the Web.
A Web Survey Management System.