Mastering Oracle Power Objects

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Edition: Disk
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-03-01
Publisher(s): Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Summary

The first book to cover Power Objects Version 2, a cross-platform development tool that greatly simplifies the development of client/server database applications. Aimed at developers, it provides in-depth coverage of advanced features, including lists, reports, built-in methods, object-oriented principles, global functions and messaging, and use of PL/SQL and the World Wide Web. The accompanying disk contains practical and complete examples that will help you build working applications, right now.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
I: Overview 1(32)
1. Introducing Oracle Power Objects
3(32)
The Challenges of Client/Server Computing
3(2)
What is Oracle Power Objects?
5(4)
OPO Fundamentals
9(9)
Oracle Basic
18(9)
The Version 2 Developer Interface
27(5)
The Order Entry System
32(1)
II. OPO and Data 33(150)
2. Client-Side Data Issues
35(36)
Using Data in a Client/Server System
36(1)
Binding Data in Oracle Power Objects
37(7)
Counter Objects
44(3)
Master-Detail Relationships
47(7)
Recordsets
54(2)
Recordset Methods
56(7)
Shared Recordsets
63(1)
Standalone Recordsets
63(1)
Fetch Modes
64(7)
3. Server-Side Data Issues
71(44)
Sessions
72(11)
Transactions
83(6)
Transactions and Locking
89(5)
Transactions and RowFetchMode
94(3)
Handling Lost Updates
97(11)
EXEC SQL
108(7)
4. Moving Data
115(68)
Migrating Databases with the Migration Tool
116(5)
Moving Data with Drag and Drop
121(4)
Exporting Selected Rows
125(15)
Importing Data From a File
140(6)
Handling Import Errors
146(5)
Delivering Feedback
151(8)
Enhancing the Import Process
159(24)
III: Global Issues 183(108)
5. Built-In Methods
185(32)
Open Form Example
186(9)
Update and Insert Example
195(22)
6. Global Variables, Functions, and Menus
217(32)
Basic Variable Scoping
217(6)
User-Defined Properties and Methods
223(4)
Communicating with Methods
227(4)
Implementing Menus, Toolbars, and Status Lines
231(18)
7. Object Classes and Libraries
249(42)
Libraries
250(5)
Classes
255(18)
Subclasses
273(18)
IV: Creating Real Applications 291(122)
8. Lists
293(52)
List Boxes
294(4)
Version 2--The New CSList Object
298(8)
List Box Classes
306(9)
Pick Lists
315(8)
Creating a Quantity Form
323(22)
9. Reports
345(24)
Version 2 Reporting Tool Options
346(1)
Using Views in OPO Reports
347(2)
Constructing a Report with the OPO Report Writer
349(7)
Coordinating Your Report with a QBF Form
356(4)
Reporting with Crystal Reports Pro v5.0
360(9)
10. Implementing Drag and Drop
369(20)
Drag and Drop Architecture
369(1)
Mouse Methods
370(2)
Of Mice and Clicks
372(1)
Dropping over Fixed Objects
373(1)
Dropping over Repeaters
374(1)
Using Drag and Drop
374(15)
11. Compiling and Debugging Applications
389(24)
Compiling Applications
390(2)
Deployment Options
392(3)
Finding Errors
395(11)
Trapping Run-Time Database Errors
406(3)
Designing for Error-Free Operation
409(4)
V: OPO and Beyond 413(42)
12. PL/SQL
415(18)
Why PL/SQL?
415(2)
What is PL/SQL?
417(1)
PL/SQL Syntax
417(2)
The Structure of a PL/SQL Program
419(4)
Packages
423(1)
OPO and PL/SQL Procedures
424(9)
13. Integrating the Web
433(22)
All You Need to Know About the Internet
434(2)
Accessing the Web Through Power Objects
436(13)
OPO in the Web
449(4)
Summing Up
453(2)
Appendix: OPO Questions and Answers 455(18)
Index 473

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