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Book SynopsisDescribes what database administrators need to know about Perl and explains how they can use this popular open source language to manage, monitor and tune their Oracle databases.
Table of ContentsPreface Part I. Introducing Perl for Oracle 1. Perl Meets Oracle What is Perl? The Perl/Oracle Architecture Perl for Oracle DBAs For Further Information 2. Installing Perl Installing Perl Installing Perl DBI Running Perl DBI Installing Cygwin Part II. Extending Perl 3. Perl GUI Extensions Perl/Tk OraExplain StatsView Orac DDL::Oracle SchemaDiff Senora DBD::Chart SchemaView-Plus Open Source Perl IDEs Open Source Perl GUI Debuggers 4. Perl Web Extensions Apache Oracletool Karma 5. Embedding Perl into Apache with mod_perl mod_perl Apache::OWA 6. Embedded Perl Web Scripting Embperl Mason 7. Invoking the Oracle Call Interface with Oracle::OCI What is Oracle::OCI? What Is OCI? Installing Oracle::OCI Coding with Oracle::OCI The Future of Oracle::OCI 8. Embedding Perl into PL/SQL Communication Between Perl and PL/SQL Embedding Perl Within Oracle Part III. The Perl DBA Toolkit 9. Installing the PDBA Toolkit Introducing the PDBA Toolkit Toolkit Modules Installing the PDBA Toolkit for Unix Installing the PDBA Toolkit for Win32 Configuring the PDBA Toolkit 10. Performing Routine DBA Tasks with the PDBA Toolkit Managing User Accounts Maintaining Indexes Killing Sniped Sessions Managing Extent Usage Extracting DDL and Data 11. Monitoring the Database with the PDBA Toolkit Monitoring the Alert Log Monitoring the Databases 12. Building a Database Repository with the PDBA Toolkit Repository Table Structure nstalling the Repository Loading the Repository with Data Reporting on Database Changes Reporting on SQL Execution Plans 13. Extending the PDBA Toolkit Modifying a Script in the Toolkit Modifying a Module in the Toolkit Part IV. Appendixes A. The Essential Guide to Perl B. The Essential Guide to Perl DBI C. The Essential Guide to Regular Expressions D. The Essential Guide to Perl Data Munging Index
