Re: Good Oracle DBA book

Mike,

I bought your book "Oracle8i Administration and Management" (and also Oracle8 black book) and definitely recommend. I use it as a reference and find it easy to go thru all the new features of the oracle release. In particular, I found the code samples very handy. It saves lot of time.

Madhu S

Thomas Gaines <Thomas.Gaines_at_noaa.gov> wrote in message news:<3D092938.6267BE27_at_noaa.gov>...
> Mike -
>
> I recommend your fine book to anyone who asks and lots of people
> who don't. I regularly use it and the scripts contained therein to do
> my daily work, and I wish that I had more time to explore in depth
> some of the more obscure (well, at least to me) topics that you
> discuss.
>
> You'll be happy to know that I find your book whenever I peruse the
> shelves of my local mass-market booksellers (B&N, Borders, etc.), and
> so it seems as though your agent is doing a fair job of getting
> it out there for the public to see.
>
> I just love your writing, Mike. Keep up the good work! Please?
>
> Thanks,
> TG
>
> Mike Ault wrote:
>
> > I know I am asking for it, but I need to know, why isn't anyone using
> > my book: "Oracle8i Administration and Management" from John Wiley and
> > Sons?
> >
> > The new release will be out June 21, 2002 for 9i.
> >
> > I include tons of monitoring scripts, many techniques for tuning and
> > monitoring. Is it just not available or are the other books that much
> > better? Is it content or just lack of marketing from Wiley?
> >
> > If it is content I can do something about that. If it is marketing I
> > am screwed...
> >
> > Mike Ault
> > "Richard Foote" <richard.foote_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message news:<gMUN8.11154$Hj3.35728_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com>...
> > > Hi Robert,
> > >
> > > I would strongly recommend the Harry Potter series of books. A bit of magic
> > > and wizardry goes a long way in this business :)
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Richard
> > > "Robert Banniza" <rpbanniz_at_ascensionhealth.org> wrote in message
> > > news:3D074D4D.4020201_at_ascensionhealth.org...
> > > > There are a blue million Oracle books on the market. Can someone
> > > > recommend a good Oracle book aimed at DBA functions and optimization.
> > > > I'm using Oracle 8.1.7. I have the O'Reilly Oracle DBA book as well as
> > > > the Performance Tuning book. I have seen mentions of "Practical Oracle
> > > > 8i: Building Efficient Databases" by Jonathan Lewis. Any help
> > > > appreciated. Please respond to me via email as well as a CC to the group.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Robert
> > > >
Received on Fri Jun 14 2002 - 14:50:30 CDT