Oracle PL/SQL in 10 Minutes, Sams Teach Yourself

Ben Forta has three decades of experience in the computer industry in product design and development, support, training, and marketing. As Adobe Inc.’s Senior Director of Education Initiatives, he spends a considerable amount of time teaching, talking, and writing about Adobe products, coding and application development, creativity, and digital literacy and provides feedback to help shape the future direction of Adobe products.   Ben is the author of more than 40 books, including the world’s bestselling title on SQL, as well as titles on topics as diverse as Regular Expressions, mobile development, and Adobe ColdFusion. More than 750,000 copies of his books are in print in English, and titles have been translated into fifteen languages. Many of these titles are used as textbooks in colleges and universities worldwide.   Education is Ben’s passion. Between writing, lecturing, and in-classroom experience, Ben has dedicated his professional and personal lives to teaching, inspiring, and sharing his love for technology and creativity. He is immensely grateful to have had the opportunity to share with millions worldwide.   Ben is also a successful entrepreneur with experience creating, building, and selling start-ups. He is a sought-after public speaker, a writer, and a blogger, and he presents on education and development topics worldwide.

Introduction
Chapter 1: Understanding SQL  
Chapter 2: Getting Started with Oracle and PL/SQL 
Chapter 3: Working with Oracle  
Chapter 4: Retrieving Data
Chapter 5: Sorting Retrieved Data  
Chapter 6: Filtering Data 
Chapter 7: Advanced Data Filtering  
Chapter 8: Using Wildcard Filtering 
Chapter 9: Searching Using Regular Expressions
Chapter 10: Creating Calculated Fields
Chapter 11: Using Data Manipulation Functions
Chapter 12: Summarizing Data
Chapter 13: Grouping Data
Chapter 14: Working with Subqueries
Chapter 15: Joining Tables
Chapter 16: Creating Advanced Joins
Chapter 17: Combining Queries
Chapter 18: Inserting Data
Chapter 19: Updating and Deleting Data
Chapter 20: Creating and Manipulating Tables
Chapter 21: Using Views
Chapter 22: Working with Stored Procedures 
Chapter 23: Using Cursors
Chapter 24: Using Triggers
Chapter 25: Managing Transaction Processing
Chapter 26: Managing Security
Appendix A: The Example Tables  
Appendix B: Oracle PL/SQL Datatypes
Appendix C: Oracle PL/SQL Reserved Words and Keywords
Index