Announcing the 10th Anniversary Edition of the best-selling Oracle book of all time—Oracle8i: The Complete Reference! Written by Oracle experts and complete with a fully searchable book and reusable code on CD-ROM,this is the most definitive resource available on Oracle8i. It's a must-have for every Oracle professional.

The Official Resource on Oracle's E-Business-Enabled Database Solution.

Master all the powerful features of Oracle8i—the most complete and comprehensive platform for building and deploying Internet and enterprise applications. Written by best-selling Oracle author,Kevin Loney,and a former senior vice president of Oracle Corporation,George Koch,Oracle8i: The Complete Reference covers all the components of this robust product. You'll learn key relational and object-relational database concepts; SQL,PL/SQL,SQLJ,and Java programming techniques; backup,recovery,and tuning methods; and much more.

* Get full details on critical database concepts,including all of the new Oracle8i features
* Handle SQL queries and data conversion
* Build reports with SQL *Plus
* Develop robust,Web-enabled PL/SQL applications
* Execute object technology in Oracle8i
* Implement object technology in Oracle8i
* Create multi-platform database applications with SQLJ and JDBC
* Use Oracle8i developer tools,including the data dictionary and optimizer
* Guarantee the security,recoverability,and availability of the database
* Back up,recover,and tune Oracle8i databases