Re: Is pl/sql still in wide use as a development tool for Oracle?

Hi Christopher.

PL/SQL development is most decidedly alive and well. A lot of the new functionality that comes in the Oracle database is now actually delivered through the use of PL/SQL packages.

It is true that there are other development environments that you can use to access the database (your knowledge of perl will do you well), and there are some recent additions to writing stored code (notably Java) inside the database, but PL/SQL is still the language of choice.

Just my 3 cents (inflation)

DH

"Christopher" <icarus_at_caffeine.doit.wisc.edu> wrote in message news:1819b2a4.0110171339.c28ce2e_at_posting.google.com...
> My company is migrating some of our databases to Oracle, and I am
> teaching myself a little on the side in anticipation of this
> (currently I use perl and MySQL or PostgreSQL). After browsing
> through the current books out there, I notice that there aren't many
> books on pl/sql and furthermore, there are even fewer published in the
> past few years. Oracle Press' and OReilly's most recent contributions
> in pl/sql are both about 4 years old.
>
> I was wondering if this is because pl/sql is being deprecated in favor
> of other development tools (a la Crystal Reports, etc. -- which I know
> nothing about)?
>
> If anyone has insight into whether pl/sql is worth learning or if it
> would be better to look into something else, I'd appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
Received on Wed Oct 17 2001 - 17:21:53 CDT