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Murach's Oracle SQL and PL/SQL by Joel Murach 18 chapters,627 pages, 271illustrations ISBN: 978-1-890774-50-9   If you're developing applications that access Oracle databases, why not let SQL do more of the work for you? With the new, free, Express Edition of Oracle Database and Oracle SQL Developer (also free), you can set up the database environment you need and train yourself right on your own computer. This new book shows you how! Get started fast with Oracle SQL Developer In chapter 1, you'll quickly master the database concepts you have to know to handle Oracle databases effectively. Then, chapter 2 gets you started using Oracle SQL Developer. This graphical tool makes it far easier to work with an Oracle database than it is with command-line tools like SQL*Plus,...

Murach's Java SE 6 by Joel Murach and Andrea Steelman 22 chapters, 810 pages, 351 illustrations ISBN-10: 1-890774-42-1; ISBN-13: 978-1-890774-42-4 "I love your Java book. It cuts right to the essential information, providing the perfect balance between too many details and too little information. I bought another well-known Java book, but I spent several hours trying to learn what I learned from your book in about 45 minutes." That's what one developer wrote us about the JDK 5 edition of our core Java book. Now, you can expect that same practical, time-saving approach in the current edition that covers the latest version of Java, Java SE 6. What you'll learn from the SE 6 edit...

by Joel Murach and Andrea Steelman    24 chapters, 729 pages, 329 illustrations ISBN-13: 978-1-890774-44-8 Ever since we published the first edition of this book back in 2003, we've been getting feedback like this from developers: "This book is excellent, excellent, excellent! The authors have a gift for developing the topic of JSP, Servlets, and building a Java-based ecommerce site in a methodical, easy-to-understand approach." Now, I'm delighted to tell you that you'll feel the same way about this new, 2nd edition. The content has been redone from start to finish, so you'll learn the best features, tools, and techniques for developing today's web applications (see what's NEW below).But our popular approach hasn't changed: This 2nd edition still presents Java web programming ...