Oracle Web Applications: PL-SQL Developer's Introduction

Oracle8i, Oracle's "Internet database," introduces a variety of Web development tools that extend traditional database concepts to Web content. With Oracle's DBMS, you can now build Web technology on top of a relational database, rather than on a traditional filesystem. This approach remedies many of the problems that have slowed down the ability of organizations to build new Web applications and to put their legacy applications on the Web. Many developers are intimidated by the vast array of new technologies in Oracle8i. And yet, they are under pressure to build complex Web applications immediately. This book provides the information you need to start building these applications right away. It is a compact, easy-to-read guide to PL/SQL, HTML, XML, WebDB,and Oracle Application Server (OAS). It also covers the packages in the PL/SQL toolkit and shows several fully realized Web applications. This book provides the jump-start you need to to make the transition from traditional programming to the development of useful Web applications for Oracle8i. Even those who know 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 also covers Web development for earlier Oracle versions (Oracle8 and Oracle7).