Fully updated and expanded for Oracle 9i, this integrated book-and-Web learning solution is designed to help students master Oracle PL/SQL as quickly as possible. Its unique workbook-based pedagogy incorporates hands-on, real-world labs, exercises, and projects, as well as an outstanding Web-based training site containing Test Your Thinking project solutions and detailed explanations; additional self-review exercises with instant feedback and explanations; and an exclusive Virtual Study Lounge where students can interact with each other. The book's coverage includes every fundamental PL/SQL concept, skill, and technique, including PL/SQL syntax, iterative and conditional control, scoping, anchored datatypes, cursors, triggers, security, tables, and packaging—plus powerful new techniques for working with exceptions, cursors, collections, and records.