Oracle guru Tom Kyte has written the definitive guide to designing and building high-performance, scalable Oracle applications. Providing detailed code examples throughout, Tom teaches proactive and efficient methods to develop and tune Oracle applications that fully exploit the database. You\'ll learn how to maximize the built-in functionality of the tools you\'re using in order to achieve the best results possible. From the exclusive publisher of Oracle Press books, this is a must-have resource for all Oracle developers and DBAs.