Open the door to a career as an Oracle database administrator as you learn to plan for and install the Oracle Database software. Then learn the rudiments of database administration from longtime Oracle expert Iggy Fernandez. Take advantage of the high demand for Oracle expertise and use Beginning Oracle Database 11g Administration to launch you on the right track to Oracle DBA career success.

As systems have migrated from mainframe to client-server and multi-tiered web application environments, the criticality of protecting the database has grown at a tremendous rate. The confidentiality, integrity and availability requirements of the database tier are at an all time high because employees, customers and business partners demand access to data in an immediate and consistent manner. Further, the reality and awareness of security risks are growing, resulting in higher security expectations.

Oracle Forensics will delve deep in the guts of undocumented Oracle features and show where to find the digital footprints left by an attacker. It will show how to:


o) Hunt for digital evidence by dissecting the Redo Logs and locating dropped and deleted objects

o) Study disparate log files and audit trails to build accurate timelines of events

o) Work out how an attacker broke in and how to keep them out

o) Perform a forensic analysis using scenarios based upon real world incidents

The first book to offer detailed coverage of Oracle Procure-to-Pay--only from Oracle Press

With this authoritative guide, you will move seamlessly from a business consideration of an Oracle Procure-to-Pay implementation to detailed setup requirements to complete processing instructions. The book covers the latest version of the software--R12--including the most innovative new features.

Design and Deploy Highly Responsive Data-Driven Web 2.0 Applications

The Oracle Cookbook is a guide for intermediate and advanced programmers who deal with design, administration, and implementation aspects of Oracle databases. A general overview provides information on relational database management systems, logical data modeling and the relational model, the three schema architecture, SQL, and how these relate to Oracle and the task of implementing a production database. Practical tips and techniques help the reader fine-tune their Oracle database.

  This guide demonstrates how to secure sensitive data and comply with internal and eternal audit regulations using Oracle 10g and 11g. It provides the hands-on guidance required to understand the complex options provided by Oracle and the know-how to choose the best option for a particular case. The book presents specific sequences of actions that should be taken to enable, configure, or administer security-related features. It includes best practices in securing Oracle and on Oracle security options and products.

Get a Solid Foundation in Oracle Database Technology

Master Oracle Database 11g fundamentals quickly and easily. Using self-paced tutorials, this book covers core database essentials, the role of the administrator, high availability, and large database features. Oracle Database 11g: A Beginner's Guide walks you, step by step, through database setup, administration, programming, backup, and recovery. In-depth introductions to SQL and PL/SQL are included. Designed for easy learning, this exclusive Oracle Press guide offers:

This book is a practical reference guide to using Oracle JDeveloper IDE and JDBC 4.0 to develop J2EE data-driven applications. The book is suitable for Java/J2EE and Oracle JDeveloper beginners. If you are a J2EE developer and want to use the JDeveloper IDE for J2EE development, this book is for you. JDeveloper developers who are new to J2EE will also benefit from the book. Most J2EE applications have a database component and the book is specially suited for database-based J2EE development in Oracle JDeveloper.

Secret ORACLE is the definitive guide to undocumented and partially documented features of the ORACLE database server. This book will improve your efficiency as an ORACLE database administrator and enable you to master more difficult administrative, tuning, and troubleshooting tasks than you ever thought possible. Topics covered include: The MERITS performance optimization method, which extends the state-of-the-art wait event tuning paradigm.