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Preface

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Before You Begin This Course
Before you begin this course, you should have previous programming experience
with SQL and PL/SQL.
How This Course Is Organized
Oracle Application Express: Developing Web Applications is an instructor-led
course featuring lectures and hands-on exercises. Online demonstrations and written
practice sessions reinforce the concepts and skills introduced..

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Related Publications
Oracle Publications
Title Part Number
• Oracle® Application Express Installation Guide
Release 3.2 E13366-01
• Oracle® Database 2 Day + Application Express E13367-02
Developer's Guide Release 3.2
• Oracle® Application Express Application Builder
User's Guide Release 3.2 E11838-01
• Oracle® Application Express Advanced Tutorials
Release 3.2 E13363-02
• Oracle® Application Express SQL Workshop and E13370-01
Utilities Guide Release 3.2
• Oracle® Application Express Administration Guide E13371-01
Release 3.2
• Oracle® Database Reference 11g Release 1 (11.1) B28320-03
• Oracle® Database SQL Language Reference 11g
Release 1 (11.1) B28286-05
• Oracle® Database Concepts 11g Release 1 (11.1)
B28318-05
• Oracle® Database 2 Day Developer's Guide 11g
Release 1 (11.1) B28843-04
• Oracle® Database SQL Language Reference B28286-05
11g Release 1 (11.1)
• Oracle® Database PL/SQL Language Reference B28370-04
11g Release 1 (11.1)

Additional Publications
• System release bulletins
• Installation and user’s guides
• read.me files
• International Oracle User’s Group (IOUG) articles
• Oracle Magazine

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Typographic Conventions
The following two lists explain Oracle University typographical conventions for
words that appear within regular text or within code samples.

1. Typographic Conventions for Words Within Regular Text


Convention Object or Term Example
Courier New User input; Use the SELECT command to view
commands; information stored in the LAST_NAME
column, table, and column of the EMPLOYEES table.
schema names;
functions; Enter 300.
PL/SQL objects;
paths Log in as scott

Initial cap Triggers; Assign a When-Validate-Item trigger to


user interface object the ORD block.
names, such as
button names Click the Cancel button.

Italic Titles of For more information on the subject see


courses and Oracle SQL Reference
manuals; Manual
emphasized
words or phrases; Do not save changes to the database.
placeholders or
variables Enter hostname, where
hostname is the host on which the
password is to be changed.

Quotation marks Lesson or module This subject is covered in Lesson 3,


titles referenced “Working with Objects.”
within a course

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Typographic Conventions (continued)

2. Typographic Conventions for Words Within Code Samples


Convention Object or Term Example
Uppercase Commands, SELECT employee_id
functions FROM employees;
Lowercase, Syntax variables CREATE ROLE role;
italic
Initial cap Forms triggers Form module: ORD
Trigger level: S_ITEM.QUANTITY
item
Trigger name: When-Validate-Item
. . .
Lowercase Column names, . . .
table names, OG_ACTIVATE_LAYER
filenames, (OG_GET_LAYER ('prod_pie_layer'))
PL/SQL objects . . .
SELECT last_name
FROM employees;
Bold Text that must CREATE USER scott
be entered by a IDENTIFIED BY tiger;
user

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