Designed for new developers, this book is anessential guide for putting Oracle SQL and PL/SQL to work. It provides all of the basics you would expect to find in an introductory text and at the same time serves those who want to harness the unexploited, overlooked power of Oracle SQL and PL/SQL with an easy to follow format and numerous real examples based on most commonly used business database models.

It delves deeply into new features found in Oracle Database 12c, the next incarnation of Oracle’s flagship database management system along with existing features found in Oracle Database 9i, 10g and 11g.