There is ample evidence from community discussion lists that many
developers really struggle when it comes to actually applying PL/SQL
stored procedures to their real world problems. There are several books
on the market that teach the PL/SQL language and will dedicate a few
chapters to the fundamental of stored procedures. However, Mastering
Oracle PL/SQL will help take them to the next level. It shows clearly
the sort of problems that can (and should) be solved using stored
procedures, and how to code them effectively. It focuses exclusively on
real practical uses of PL/SQL in the database - as a highly efficient
data handling language, as a database administration tool, a web
development language, a security mechanism and more. It also shows how
to exploit the versatile functionality of Java stored procedures, right
in the database, to extend the capabilities of PL/SQL.