7 1/2 X 9 1/4 in Preface
Introduction
Part I: Java in the Dat abase
1 Stored Procedures as Database Programming Model 1.1 Rationale for Stored Procedures
1.1.1 Simp lifying Database Programming
1.1.2 Centrally Managed Data Logic
1.1.3 Performance: Run JDBC Applications Faster inthe Database
1.1.4 Encapsulation
1.1.5 Security: Advanced Data Access Control
1.1.6 Resour ce Optimization
1.1.7 Low-Cost Deployment
1. 1.8 Fully Utilize Database Capabilities
1.2 Obstacles to t he Adoption of Stored Procedures
1.2.1 Lack of Portability across RDBMS Vendors
1.2.2 Scalability
1.2. 3 Maintenance and Resilience to Schema Change
1.2.4 Hard t o Debug
1.2.5 Weak Support for Complex Types
1.3 Languages for Stored Procedures
1.3.1 Proprietary Lan guages
1.3.2 Java for Stored Procedures
1.3. 3 .NET Languages
1.4 PL/SQL or Java
1.4.1 PL 10g Release 2 (the coverage start with Oracle 9i Release 2, though).