Oracle PL / SQL For Dummies 1st Edition

I am very pleased w/ the purchase of the book. If your goal is to learn PL/SQL quickly and comprehensively, this is the book to buy. It covers all the fundamentals you need to know about PL/SQL and it is excellently written. I have been a developer for 20 years in many languages. Learning new languages from overly technical books and writters, I find, often times make your learning process slow and ineffective. I took this class at Oracle, but there were topics that the training manual and the instructor did not do a good job presenting. This book clarified many of the topics I that were presented in class in a simpler, clearer, and more effective manner. I highly recommend it.

it is always intimidating for me to read "for dummies" books series because i consider myself a professional database developer, but being new to Oracle I found this book extremely clear and helpful. Authors did a great job to describe basics of PL/SQL and was ready for my first Oracle project in a few days. Examples in the book are nice and short and there are quite a few tips and best practices described. I would definitely recommend this book to get you started quickly with Oracle programming.

This is a great book for beginners. I give it only 4 stars because it does not have examples to practice.In my opinion you definitely have to know SQL better prior to using this book. For hard-heads like me :) it was helpful to understand the concepts and the programming Syntax in a easier way without losing in several lines of text.However I used this book along with the free online material and had practicing on Oracle installed in my PC and trying out the examples/scenarios that I created myself.I am glad I used this book and would recommend any one to start with this for beginners and move on to books with more advanced concepts.

I'm very new to PL/SQL. My experience so far has been with MySQL. This book has a lot of great info and it's for beginners as well as people that know some basics. I'm working on a certification for Oracle (programming with PL/SQL) and decided to start with this book before moving onto the more advanced stuff. I recommend it!

I felt like I received a good introduction to the basics of PL/SQL from this book. However, I purchased the Kindle version (for iPad) and the formatting needs to be corrected. The code examples in the book were very difficult to read and follow because of the formatting. Once I replicated the examples on my computer, they were much easier to read.

Help Dummies like me who learned MS SQL and combine that knowledge with oracle and actuall get some serious queries done.

Very solid detailing of various basic PL/SQL methods

great resource book