Rosenzweig wrote and presented Oracle Forms Developer: The Complete Video Course, and coauthored Oracle Web Application Programming for PL/SQL Developers.   Elena Silvestrova Rakhimov is Senior Developer and Team Lead at Alea Software. She has more than fifteen years of experience in database development in a wide spectrum of enterprise and business environments, ranging from non-profit organizations to Wall Street. She has taught database programming at Columbia University.   Contents Acknowledgments xiv About the Authors xv Introduction xvii   CHAPTER 1 PL/SQL Concepts 1     LAB 1. 1 PL/SQL in Client/Server Architecture 2         1. 1. 1 Use PL/SQL Anonymous Blocks 8         1. 1. 2 Understand How PL/SQL Gets Executed 10     LAB 1. 2 PL/SQL in SQL*Plus 12         1. 2. 1 Use Substitution Variables 16         1. 2. 2 Use the DBMS_OUTPUT. PUT_LINE Statement 17 Chapter 1 Try It Yourself 19   CHAPTER 2 General Programming Language Fundamentals 21     LAB 2. 1 PL/SQL Programming Fundamentals 22         2. 1. 1 Make Use of PL/SQL Language Components 23         2. 1. 2 Make Use of PL/SQL Variables 24         2. 1. 3 Handle PL/SQL Reserved Words 26         2. 1. 4 Make Use of Identifiers in PL/SQL 27         2. 1. 5 Make Use of Anchored Datatypes 28         2. 1. 6 Declare and Initialize Variables 31         2. 1. 7 Understand the Scope of a Block, Nested Blocks, and Labels 34 Chapter 2 Try It Yourself 37   CHAPTER 3 SQL in PL/SQL 39     LAB 3. 1 Making Use of DML in PL/SQL 40         3. 1. 1 Use the Select INTO Syntax for Variable Initialization 41         3. 1. 2 Use DML in a PL/SQL Block 42         3. 1. 3 Make Use of a Sequence in a PL/SQL Block 44     LAB 3. 2 Making Use of SAVEPOINT 45         3. 2. 1 Make Use of COMMIT, ROLLBACK, and SAVEPOINT in a PL/SQL Block 48 Chapter 3 Try It Yourself 51   CHAPTER 4 Conditional Control: IF Statements 53     LAB 4. 1 IF Statements 54         4. 1. 1 Use the IF-THEN Statement 58         4. 1. 2 Use the IF-THEN-ELSE Statement 62     LAB 4. 2 ELSIF Statements 65         4. 2. 1 Use the ELSIF Statement 69     LAB 4. 3 Nested IF Statements 74         4. 3. 1 Use Nested IF Statements 76 Chapter 4 Try It Yourself 80   CHAPTER 5 Conditional Control: CASE Statements 81     LAB 5. 1 CASE Statements 82         5. 1. 1 Use the CASE Statement 89         5. 1. 2 Use the Searched CASE Statement 91     LAB 5. 2 CASE Expressions 96         5. 2. 1 Use the CASE Expression 100     LAB 5. 3 NULLIF and COALESCE Functions 103         5. 3. 1 The NULLIF Function 107         5. 3. 2 Use the COALESCE Function 109 Chapter 5 Try It Yourself 112   CHAPTER 6 Iterative Control: Part I 113     LAB 6. 1 Simple Loops 114         6. 1. 1 Use Simple Loops with EXIT Conditions 118         6. 1. 2 Use Simple Loops with EXIT WHEN Conditions 120     LAB 6. 2 WHILE Loops 124         6. 2. 1 Use WHILE Loops 128     LAB 6. 3 Numeric FOR Loops 132         6. 3. 1 Use Numeric FOR Loops with the IN Option 137         6. 3. 2 Use Numeric FOR Loops with the REVERSE Option 139 Chapter 6 Try It Yourself 142   CHAPTER 7 Iterative Control: Part II 143     LAB 7. 1 The CONTINUE Statement 144         7. 1. 1 Use t.

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