Steven Feuerstein is an author focusing on the

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language, having written ten

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s on PL/SQL, and one book on

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, all published by

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. His signature book, ''Oracle PL/SQL Programming'', which many consider the "bible" for PL/SQL developers, was first

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in September 1993. It has grown from 916 pages in 1993 to over 1000 pages in its 6th edition, published 20 years later.

Career

Feuerstein has developed

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since 1980. He spent five years with

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(1987–1992) and served as PL/SQL evangelist for

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from January 2001 to 2013. In March 2014, he re-joined Oracle Corporation as an Architect and leads a team of Oracle Developer Advocates. Between 1999 and 2008, he focused his attention on improving the

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of PL/SQL programs, first by starting the

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utPLSQL for

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PL/SQL, later on through the creation of Quest Code Tester for Oracle, which automates PL/SQL code testing. Steven was one of the original Oracle ACE Directors and publishes regularly in Oracle Magazine and in the ODTUG magazine. In April 2010, Feuerstein launched the PL/SQL Challenge, a daily quiz on Oracle PL/SQL that quickly attracted over 1,000 daily players, making it one of the most active PL/SQL-related websites on the Internet. In 2011, Feuerstein added the PL/SQL Channel, which offers video-based training on the Oracle PL/SQL language. In March 2014, Feuerstein re-joined Oracle Corporation as an evangelist. He then formed the Developer Advocates team to help Oracle Database users take full advantage of this database to build their applications. The PL/SQL Challenge was transformed into th
Oracle Dev Gym
which offers quizzes, workouts and classes on SQL,

, and other Oracle technologies.

Books

* ''Advanced Oracle PL/SQL Programming with Packages'', O'Reilly Media, October 1996, * with Charles Dye, John Beresniewicz.''Oracle Built-in Packages'', O'Reilly Media, May 1998, * with John Beresniewicz, Chip Dawes. ''Oracle PL/SQL Built-ins Pocket Reference'', O'Reilly Media, October 1998, * ''Oracle PL/SQL Programming: Guide to Oracle8i Features'', O'Reilly Media, October 1999, * with Andrew Odewahn. ''Oracle PL/SQL Programming: A Developer's Workbook'', O'Reilly Media, May 2000, * with Bill Pribyl. ''Learning Oracle PL/SQL'', O'Reilly Media, November 2001, * with Arup Nanda. ''Oracle PL/SQL for DBAs'', First Edition, O'Reilly Media, October 2005, * with Guy Harrison. ''MySQL Stored Procedure Programming: Building High-Performance Web Applications in MySQL'', O'Reilly Media, March 2006, * ''Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices'', Second Edition, O'Reilly Media, October 2007, * with Bill Pribyl, Chip Dawes. ''Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference'', Fourth Edition, O'Reilly Media, October 2007, * with Bill Pribyl. ''Oracle PL/SQL Programming'', Fifth Edition, O'Reilly Media, September 2009, * ''Oracle PL/SQL Programming'', 6th Edition Covers Versions Through Oracle Database 12c, February 2014

References

External links

The Cyberworld of Steven Feuerstein
(personal homepage)
The PL/SQL Challenge
(daily PL/SQL quiz)
The PL/SQL Channel
(video trainings on Oracle PL/SQL)
FeuerThoughts
''Steven Feuerstein's blog'', often about non-technical issues

o
Oracle Technology Network

PL/SQL Obsession
''Steven Feuerstein's online portal for all things PL/SQL'' on Quest Software's community porta
toadworld.com

Feuerthoughts: An Interview with Steven Feuerstein
by Iggy Fernandez, Editor of the Northern California Oracle Users Group
NoCOUG
Journal for the August 2006 issue

''A recent interview'' o
databasedesign-resource.com
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