Oracle PL/SQL Programming: The Essential Guide for Every Oracle Programmer

I bought this book as a complete Oracle novice, transitioning from Microsoft T-SQL to PL/SQL. I was worried about the transition being difficult until I read this book.It is one of those very rare books that presents advanced concepts in a context understandable by users of all experience levels. The author often throws in tips about Oracle PL/SQL quirks to watch out for, as well as some very applicable information about how Oracle works internally.I've since become more comfortable with PL/SQL, and the book also serves as a great reference. I highly encourage you to read this book straight through.I recommend this well-written book to anybody wanting to learn PL/SQL, as well as anyone needing a great reference.

This is definitely an excellent book. No one should rank it less than 5 stars just because it was published in 1996. Please do some research before talk. Actually, Scott Urman has wrote a book, "Oracle8 PL/SQL Programming", which was published in 1997. Buy this one if you want to learn PL/SQL 8.0.

This book is excellent. The topics have discussed in detail and are made very easy even for a beginner.The book should come in a hard cover as it is one of those books that you would not like to give as a loaner to anyone.

This is by far the most complete and best book in the market. if you are serious about learning PL/SQL then this is the book. Just go through the book and you can call yourself a good PL/SQL programmer.

A must for all the PL/SQL programmers. It has very good examples which are also explained by the addition of comments. The language used is very simple and easy to understand. Covers a lot in Cursors, triggers, procedures and functions. I think this book will help me to achieve my goal:)