Oracle for Perl DBAs
Perl Scripts, Applications & Tips for Database Administrators
Published on 24. September 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
624 pages
978-0-596-00210-7 (ISBN)
Description
Perl is a very powerful tool for Oracle database administrators, but too few DBAs realize how helpful Perl can be in managing, monitoring, and tuning Oracle databases. Whether you're responsible for Oracle9i, Oracle8i, or earlier databases, you'll find Perl an invaluable addition to your database administration arsenal. You don't need to be a Perl expert to use the excellent applications and scripts described in Perl for Oracle DBAs. The book explains what you need to know about Perl, provides a wealth of ready-to-use scripts developed especially for Oracle DBAs, and suggests many resources for further exploration. The book covers: * The Perl language -- an introduction to Perl, its rich history and culture, and its extensive text processing and data transformation capabilities. * The Perl/Oracle architecture -- Detailed information about Perl DBI, DBD::Oracle, the Oracle Call Interface (OCI), Oracle::OCI, extproc_perl, and mod_perl, the modules that allow Perl programs to communicate with Oracle databases.
* Perl applications for Oracle DBAs -- Profiles of the best Perl open source applications available for use and customization by Oracle DBAs: Perl/Tk, OraExplain, StatsView, Orac, DDL::Oracle, SchemaDiff, Senora, DBD::Chart, SchemaView-Plus, Oracletool, Karma, Embperl, and Mason. * The Perl Database Administration (PDBA) Toolkit -- a comprehensive suite of specialized, ready-to-use scripts designed to help Oracle DBAs perform both routine and special-purpose administrative tasks: monitoring the Oracle alert log and databases, creating and managing Oracle user accounts, maintaining indexes and extents, extracting DDL and data, troubleshooting and tuning database problems, and much more. The book also explains how Oracle DBAs and developers can extend the toolkit and solve their own database administration problems using Perl.
* Perl applications for Oracle DBAs -- Profiles of the best Perl open source applications available for use and customization by Oracle DBAs: Perl/Tk, OraExplain, StatsView, Orac, DDL::Oracle, SchemaDiff, Senora, DBD::Chart, SchemaView-Plus, Oracletool, Karma, Embperl, and Mason. * The Perl Database Administration (PDBA) Toolkit -- a comprehensive suite of specialized, ready-to-use scripts designed to help Oracle DBAs perform both routine and special-purpose administrative tasks: monitoring the Oracle alert log and databases, creating and managing Oracle user accounts, maintaining indexes and extents, extracting DDL and data, troubleshooting and tuning database problems, and much more. The book also explains how Oracle DBAs and developers can extend the toolkit and solve their own database administration problems using Perl.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Sebastopol
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
887 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-596-00210-7 (9780596002107)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
08/2002
1st Edition
O'Reilly
€34.99
Available for download
Persons
Andy Duncan is a psychology graduate and inveterate software dabbler who lives in Oxfordshire, England. He was the initial author of the Orac open source tool for Oracle database administration, development, and tuning. After a spell with Sun Microsystems in the late 1990s, working on Java-based software delivery systems, Andy began a period with Oracle Corporation in 1998 as an Oracle DBA contractor, at their central EMEA Data Centre in the U.K. He remained there as a senior DBA through the January 2000 hurdle; he then returned to Sun as a Perl and Java web consultant, moving away from database administration and back into full-time software development. He now combines various Internet projects for different clients with leading commercial Perl training courses for Learning Tree. He can be reached at andy_j_duncan@yahoo.com.
Content
Preface 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