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Title: Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices by Steven Feuerstein ISBN: 0-596-00121-5 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 April, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (10 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Well worth the price
Comment: 1. I do not follow every practice in this book.
2. Only some of those I don't follow do I think I should follow.
3. All of the practices strike me as at least arguable.

It does what it sets out to do. I believe that it will help the reader use PL/SQL more effectively. In the next edition, I'd like to see a section on unit testing, using the utPLSQL system that Feuerstein is managing the development of.

Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent resource for new or experienced PL/SQL programmers
Comment: I found this book to be an excellent (re-)introduction to good programming practices in PL/SQL. After reading the first few pages a little defensively ("I don't make those sorts of mistakes do I?") I soon realised that there was much to learn in this book as well as much that I had forgotten.

This book has lead to an instant improvement in the quality of my PL/SQL code. I particularly like the Quick Reference card in the back of the book.

Rating: 4
Summary: A Handy Reference For Intermediate PL/SQL Programmers.
Comment: This is not a text for learning PL/SQL programming. Feuerstein's PL/SQL Programming text is much more suited for that. What you have in this book is information that the author has distilled from his other works. In a way it could be considered a summary as the title might suggest. This book is a must have for the leader of an organization that is beginning to use PL/SQL. You will find what you need for your programming standards here.

In addition to good standards suggestions, the author also gives a lot of resources that are available to PL/SQL developers. One of the prime examples is utPLSQL, a unit testing tool for stored procedures and functions. The author gives numerous other web sites and tool suggestions throughout the book.

Anyone looking to increase their PL/SQL productivity should pick up this book.

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