Michael McLaughlin, Oracle ACE , is a professor at BYU – Idaho in the Computer Information Technology Department of the Business and Communications School. He teaches courses on CIT Management, databases and systems analysis and design. Michael is the author and co-author of numerous Oracle Press titles, including Oracle Database 11g & MySQL 5.6 Developer Handbook, Oracle Database 11g PL/SQL Programming Workbook, and many other books. Mr. McLaughlin worked at Oracle Corporation for more than eight years in Consulting, Development and Support. He left Oracle as the Senior Applications Upgrade Manager in E-Business Suite Release Engineering.