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For Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (11.2.0.2), Oracle Database Express Edition 2 Day Developer's Guide has these changes:
If you use SQL Developer, Oracle recommends using version 4.0 or later (see "Connecting to Oracle Database Express Edition from SQL Developer").
Chapter 2, "Connecting to Oracle Database Express Edition and Exploring It," covers the topics previously covered in Chapter 1 through Chapter 3, has the new topic "Exploring Oracle Database Express Edition with SQL*Plus", and has some new and changed examples.
The schema objects that you create in the tutorials in Chapter 3, "About DML Statements and Transactions," Chapter 4, "Creating and Managing Schema Objects," and Chapter 5, "Developing Stored Subprograms and Packages," (formerly Chapter 5, Chapter 6, and Chapter 7) are no longer used in a sample application.
Chapter 5, "Developing Stored Subprograms and Packages," has the new topic "When to Use Exception Handlers".
New Chapter 8, "Building Effective Applications," explains how to build scalable applications and use recommended programming and security practices.
New Chapter 9, "Developing a Simple Oracle Database Express Edition Application," shows how to develop a simple Oracle Database Express Edition application.
Chapter 10, "Deploying an Oracle Database Express Edition Application," has the new topic "Creating Installation Scripts with the Cart" and explains how to deploy the application that you develop in Chapter 9.