Oracle Databases on the Web

While most of the Oracle Web books focus on Java and other insignificant details, this was the only one that I found that had a simple, clear explaination of creating Web pages with Oracle.

To address a few points made in some of the reviews of 'Oracle Databases on the Web', I would like to first point out that this book was written PRIOR to most of Oracle's own written documentation on Oracle WebServer and prior to any online documentation. This book was the first released for Oracle WebServer and so was the pioneer on this subject. Consequently, the book was targeted for beginner to intermediate development using Oracle WebServer. It was reviewed by an Oracle VP who was thrilled with its content, which led to subsequent major orders for the book by Oracle's Business Partner Alliance. If any written Oracle documentation did exist at the time, it was at best scattered and incomplete. Many documented code examples and product features did not work and had to be refined as presented in the book. The publication has already sold out 2 printings and I continue to receive positive comments even though it is based on OWS 2. All-in-all, this book serves well as the introduction into this new technology.

I reviewed all of the Oracle Web books, and while there are no wonderful books, this was by far the best. I like the section of updating from a Web page the best. This book has paid for itself many times.

This text has proven to be the best investment that I have made in Oracle books. I use it nearly every day as a reference book, and it has paid for itself many times in time savings. The part about creating interactive applications with Webserver was the most useful. I would give it a 10.

Because the Oracle documentation is so poor, I had an urgent need to locate useful information on WebServer. This book was far and away the best book that I found, and it has some useful information that allowed me to create WebServer applications very quickly. I especially enjoyed the section on creating interactive applications with WebServer. This book saved me hundreds of hours of work!