Re: update statement PL/SQL

DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote:

>> Sorry, I may be confused here - am trying to learn PL/SQL. The book
>> Learning Oracle PL/SQL by Bill Pribyl with Steven Feuerstein makes use
>> of cursors - what's so bad about them?

<snip of explanation>

Thanks for taking the time to explain. I will keep and study this post

I'm now getting onto the O'Reilly book "Oracle PL/SQL Programming" by Feuerstein (good?). With that and a couple of books by Kyte (Effective Oracle by Design, and Expert One on One).

If I had a good mastery of these texts, could I assume that I have a reasonable standard of Oracle programming - I am a Delphi programmer who is trying to make the move to Oracle - Delphi market appears to be dying (at least here in Ireland). I had an Oracle opportunity a few years ago, and have been kicking myself for the last two at least. (Though the TOAD is written in Delphi!!).

Paul...

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