Performance Toolkit -- Oracle Fundamentals -- to JDBC -- Transactions -- Statement and PreparedStatement -- CallableStatement -- Result Sets Explored -- Oracle Objects: An Objective Analysis -- Using Weakly Typed Struct Objects -- Using Strongly Typed Interfaces with JPublisher -- Using Oracle Collections and References -- Using LOBs and BFILEs -- Statement Caching -- Connection Pooling and Caching -- Security-Related Issues -- Locking-Related Issues -- Selected PL/SQL Techniques.JDBC is the most commonly used API in Java to access and manipulate data in a database. Oracle is one of the most popular and scalable databases in the world. This book is a must-have for any developer building an application that employs JDBC on Oracle database. Unlike other JDBC books, this book has been written to complement not rehash the contents of Oracle JDBC documentation and the JDBC specification. The book teaches you not just how to write JDBC code, but how to write effective JDBC code in a step-by-step fashion. This book does not assume any prior knowledge of JDBC, though it does assume basic knowledge of SQL and PL/SQL. It covers JDBC with a focus on writing high-performing, scalable and secure applications for Oracle 10g and 9i.