Oracle Web Applications PL/SQL Developer's Introduction

Name: Oracle Web Applications PL/SQL Developer's Introduction
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ISBN: 9781565926875

ISBN-10: 1565926870

ISBN-13: 9781565926875

Edition: 1999

Authors: Andrew Odewahn, Debby Russell, Gigi Estabrook

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This compact guide provides the jump-start Oracle developers need to make the transition from traditional programming to the development of useful Web applications for Oracle8i. Even readers who start out knowing nothing about HTML, PL/SQL, or Oracle's other tools will learn how to create simple Web applications in a matter of days. The book focuses on Oracle8i, but also covers Web development for earlier Oracle versions (Oracle8 and Oracle7). Background: The explosion in the use of the Internet and the Web has resulted in a whole new way of doing business. Developers who only yesterday were using COBOL to write accounts payable systems are now being asked to create a broad range of new… Internet-based applications ranging from electronic commerce (e-commerce) Web sites to internal data warehouses to enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Unfortunately, the filesystem architectures of most Web systems aren't up to the task. The new breed of Web applications -- which are quickly becoming critical resources that companies need to survive -- demand a platform that provides production-quality tools for content management, application development, and application integration. And current Web techniques are inadequate in many ways. Oracle8i, Oracle's "Internet database," gives Web developers a way to build Web technology on top of a relational database, rather than on a traditional filesystem. With Oracle8i, companies can apply well understood, reliable, production-quality database methodologies to Web content management. Oracle8i also supports a wide variety of application development platforms and tools that are tightly integrated to the core database. Finally, Oracle8isupports technologies that help companies tie their Web-based applications into legacy applications. There is a lot to learn in Oracle8i. Not only does it enhance basic database features, it introduces Java and a variety of Web development tools. Oracle8i provides a soup-to-nuts platform for Web site and Web application development that extends traditional database concepts to Web content. It replaces the traditional filesystem used by most Web servers with a database management system. Many users are intimidated by the vast array of new technologies in Oracle8i. And yet, they are under pressure to use these technologies to build complex Web applications right now. This book gives such users a way to start using Oracle8i immediately to create useful Web applications. It is a concise, easy-to-read guide to the basic technologies developers need to understand in order to build Web applications. Contains: The book describes the following Web development tools: PL/SQL-- a structured programming language that combines procedural constructs and standard SQL. It offers such features as cursors, loops, conditional and sequential control statements, exception handlers, records, tables, and constructs for developing modular code (functions, procedures, and packages). PL/SQL Toolkit -- a set of PL/SQL packages supplied by Oracle for use in developing Web applications. HTML -- an ASCII-based markup language used to create Web pages. WebDB -- A software system for building, monitoring, and creating content-driven Web sites; it allows users to use a Web browser to access and store information in the Oracle8i database. Oracle Application Server (OAS) -- anextensible Web server that uses plug-in programs called cartridges to allow database-integrated Web systems to be developed in a variety of languages (e.g., PL/SQL, Java, Perl). XML -- An emerging standard for creating self-describing documents. It is similar to HTML but allows you to create your own markup tags. XML is expected to be a key technology in electronic commerce systems. The book also presents several fully realized sample Web applications that will teach you how to build such applications of your own. NOTE: Although this book touches on the Java features of

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/14/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144

Andrew Odewahn is a writer and software entrepreneur. With an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business, he has an exceptional ability to find creative yet practical solutions to real-life business problems. The author of Oracle Web Applications (O'Reilly, 1999) and co-author of Oracle PL/SQL Workbook (O'Reilly, 2000), Andrew specializes in database technology. While not writing or designing software, he and his wife travel whenever they can. Their adventures include riding Lipizzaner stallions at a Slovenian casino, speeding down an alpine slide deep in the jungles of Vietnam, hiking (and riding the occasional ski lift!) across the Swiss Alps, hosteling in a Soviet-era…



Preface



Introduction


The Internet Grows Up


Current Web Techniques Are Inadequate


Oracle's Solution--Oracle8i


A Roadmap to Oracle8i



Foundations


Resources


Server-to-Client Communication


Content Delivery Model


Database Integration


Database Security Review



WebDB


Overview of WebDB


WebDB Architecture



Oracle Application Server (OAS)


How OAS Returns Web Resources


Creating Dynamic Resources



HTML


Programming in HTML


A Whirlwind Tour



PL/SQL


Structured Programming in PL/SQL


Programming Constructs


Packages


PL/SQL Tools



The PL/SQL Toolkit


Communicating with the Outside World


Text Processing


Maintaining State


Improving Productivity



Developing Applications


Designing a Web Application



An Anonymous Survey



A Discussion Forum



XML


Motivations for XML


XML Syntax


The Document Type Definition (DTD)


The XML Parser


Example: Generating an XML Invoice from Oracle


PLSXML Utilities and Demos


XML and iFS



Resources for the Oracle Web Developer


Index