For nearly 15 years, hundreds of thousands of PL/SQL programmers - novices and experienced developers alike - have relied on Oracle PL/SQL Programming to help them make the most of this powerful language. This Fifth Edition, updated for Oracle Database 11g Releases 1 and 2, is packed with syntax, advice, lots of examples, and a great deal of new information. Understand new features, including the edition-based redefinition capability, function result cache, Continue statement, compound triggers, and SecureFiles for large objects. Optimize PL/SQL performance with tools and techniques such as PL/Scope and the PL/SQL hierarchical profiler. Explore datatypes, conditional and sequential control statements, loops, exception handling, security features, globalization and localization issues, and the PL/SQL architecture. Build modular PL/SQL applications using procedures, functions, triggers, and packages. Use the updated online resources available on...