Suitable for any developer or manager who worked on the Oracle platform, Professional Oracle 8i Application Programming with Java, PL / SQL, and XML is an excellent guide to programming tools and techniques you need for successful business development using Oracle today. Unless you buy a stack of books on the current Oracle tools and technologies, you will not likely find as comprehensive a tour like this. First, the author is a master in Oracle using the tool for the development of high-end enterprise, including PL / SQL (SQL his language) and Java. Business Components Java (BC4J), which simplifies the use of Enterprise JavaBeans and JSP with Oracle databases, also described briefly. The emphasis is on the server side programming, with all the features supported in Oracle, such as stored procedures (and objects), written in PL / SQL and Java Dragan. - Richard Topics covered: History of the Introduction to Oracle PL / SQL Overview of Oracle tools (including Forms, Reports, Portal, Designer, Oracle 8i, and JDeveloper) SQLJ and JavaServer Pages (JSP), Enterprise JavaBeans on the Oracle platform XML support in Oracle Enterprise Application Design (EAD ) and n-tier architecture in Oracle database fundamentals Oracle platform (including data dictionary, indexes, and object / relational design) Designer 6i Oracle Net8 for scalability (case study for the course-registration database online) PL / SQL tutorials (including PL / SQL Server Pages and Web Toolkit for Web programming) case studies for a stock-tracker application online Java JDBC stored procedures tutorial (including the field of binary API, connection pooling, and caching) Introduction to SQLJ tutorial for EJB Oracle performance tuning of Oracle Business Components Java (BC4J) Case studies for discussion databases using PL / SQL and Java Search engine with inter fundamental Oracle XML and Oracle Media case studies for Relationship Management (CRM), enterprise systems Customer Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)