Tutorial Scenario

Introducing Sperling Supplies

We would like to introduce you to Sheila. She works for Sperling Supplies Corporation, which is a family owned supply store. Sperling Supplies offers computers, computer hardware, office supplies, etc. Over the last few years, Sperling Supplies has tripled its profits and doubled its personnel. As a result, Sheila has been hired to develop a new Human Resource system so that Sperling Supplies may offer benefits to its employees.

Over the course of this tutorial, you will see Sheila use Oracle Database 10g Express Edition to enable Sperling Supplies HR personnel to track employees, their dependents and job history. Within minutes after installing Oracle Database 10g Express Edition, Sheila will be able to create and manage database objects, build SQL queries without having to know the syntax and build an application using a variety of tools.

Throughout this tutorial, you will see demonstrations of the tasks you are to learn have the opportunity to perform some of the tasks yourself.