Steven Feuerstein

Steven Feuerstein is an expert on the Oracle database PL/SQL language, having written ten books on PL/SQL, and one book on mySQL, all from O'Reilly Media. His signature book Oracle PL/SQL Programming, by many considered as the "bible" for PL/SQL developers was published first in September 1993, covering 916 pages and has grown in its 5th edition, published 16 years later, to 1232 pages.

Steven has been developing software since 1980, spent five years with Oracle Corporation (1987-1992) and serves as PL/SQL evangelist for Quest Software, where he has been employed since January 2001. Since 2005 he has focused his attention on improving the testing of PL/SQL programs, first by starting the open-source framework utPLSQL for Unit Testing PL/SQL, later on through the creation of Quest Code Tester for Oracle, which automates PL/SQL code testing.

Books

• Advanced Oracle PL/SQL Programming with Packages, O'Reilly Media, October 1996, ISBN 1565922387
• with Charles Dye, John Beresniewicz.Oracle Built-in Packages, O'Reilly Media, May 1998, ISBN 1565923758
• with John Beresniewicz, Chip Dawes. Oracle PL/SQL Built-ins Pocket Reference, O'Reilly Media, October 1998, ISBN 1565924568
• Oracle PL/SQL Programming: Guide to Oracle8i Features, O'Reilly Media, October 1999, ISBN 1565926757
• with Andrew Odewahn. Oracle PL/SQL Programming: A Developer's Workbook, O'Reilly Media, May 2000, ISBN 1565926749
• with Bill Pribyl. Learning Oracle PL/SQL, O'Reilly Media, November 2001, ISBN 0596001800
• with Arup Nanda. Oracle PL/SQL for DBAs, First Edition, O'Reilly Media, October 2005, ISBN 0596005873
• with Guy Harrison. MySQL Stored Procedure Programming: Building High-Performance Web Applications in MySQL, O'Reilly Media, March 2006, ISBN 0596100892
• Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices, Second Edition, O'Reilly Media, October 2007, ISBN 0596514107
• with Bill Pribyl, Chip Dawes. Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference, Fourth Edition, O'Reilly Media, October 2007, ISBN 0596514042
• with Bill Pribyl. Oracle PL/SQL Programming, Fifth Edition, O'Reilly Media, September 2009, ISBN 0596514468

External links

• Steven Feuerstein on Wikipedia
• The Cyberworld of Steven Feuerstein (personal homepage)
• FeuerThoughts Steven Feuerstein's blog, often about non-technical issues
• Best Practice PL/SQL with Steven Feuerstein, on Oracle Technology Network
• PL/SQL Obsession Steven Feuerstein's online portal for all things PL/SQL on Quest Software's community portal 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
• An interview with Steven Feuerstein A recent interview on databasedesign-resource.com