Expert Oracle JDBC Programming

* First book on the market that covers building high-performance Java applications on the Oracle database―using the latest versions of both the Oracle database (10g) and the JDBC API (3.0).

* Promotes and explains an "anti black box" approach to Oracle development complete with benchmark code) that will allow developers to write highly efficient, high performance Oracle JDBC applications.

* A new book from the prestigious OakTable Press, which Apress will be strongly promoting and supporting throughout 2004.

R.M. Menon has worked with Oracle database for over 11 years, eight of which have been at Oracle Corporation. Menon works as a project lead in the core technology division of Oracle. For the past five years, Menon has used JDBC and other J2EE technologies extensively as part of his work. He believes in the philosophy of proving all assertions, and has strived to follow this philosophy rigorously in his book. When he is not doing research on Oracle, Menon learns Indian classical vocal music and performs at local cultural events as a singer. Occasionally, he also dabbles in sketching portraits, and drawing paintings and cartoons.