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Developing an Application

This chapter demonstrates the building of a Java stored procedures application. The example is based on a simple business activity: managing customer purchase orders. By following along from design to implementation, you learn enough to start writing your own applications.

Major Topics

• Drawing the Entity-Relationship Diagram

• Planning the Database Schema

• Creating the Database Tables

• Writing the Java Classes

• Loading the Java Classes

• Publishing the Java Classes

• Calling the Java Stored Procedures

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