Re: Book recommendations? (FAQ?)

Everything suggested here so far is a *must* read, IMO. I'd also add some of the following:

Oracle 9i The Complete Reference on Oracle Press. Pretty good for beginners on learning SQL.
Oracle 9i Backup & Recovery Handbook on Oracle Press. Good book for DBAs needing to learn B&R.
Any of the Oracle 101 books on Oracle Press.

And of course, the documentation, the documentation, the documentation.

HTH,
Brian

Ryan Gaffuri wrote:
>
> blueghost73_at_yahoo.com (Richard) wrote in message news:<c3e4d964.0308051951.49911bec_at_posting.google.com>...
> > Ok, two questions:
> >
> > First, I'm looking for book recommendations for learning Oracle. I
> > understand
> > general db concepts from past experience with other types of databases
> > (Image
> > on MPE/iX, if that means anything to any of you, though I doubt if
> > many of you
> > (if any) have any idea what I'm talking about). I've also recently
> > learned some
> > basics of how to write simple SQL queries, but I'm still mostly a
> > beginner at
> > this stuff. My main focus at first is going to be learning to dig for
> > data,
> > but I'd also like to learn all the stuff that every good Oracle DBA
> > needs to
> > know.
> >
> > My big pet peeve in computer books is introductory books that give you
> > just
> > enough information to want to know more, while stopping just short of
> > getting
> > into the meat of the subject. Needless to say, I really hate the
> > "Dummies"
> > series. I'm not enough of a dummy for them, even when the book is on a
> > subject
> > that I know nothing about. I always come out of those books with more
> > questions
> > than answers.
> >
> > Just to throw a wrench in the works, I have to learn SQL Server at the
> > same
> > time as Oracle. This could be interesting, as I've been told that
> > they're
> > similar enough to make some of the basics useful in both, but
> > different enough
> > that I'm going to spend half my time trying to remember which details
> > that I
> > learned were for which database.
> >
> > Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 21 Days seems like it could be a pretty
> > good
> > starting point. I've noticed that the books published by Oracle are
> > popular, but I've found that technical doc published by the company
> > that makes a
> > product is often better to use as a reference than a tutorial. Is that
> > true
> > in this case? Anyone have any thoughts on these or other books (both
> > for
> > Oracle and SQL)?
> >
> > Second question: Is there an FAQ for this newsgroup? And the bonus
> > question:
> > are there book recommendations in the FAQ? :)
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
> >
> > --Richard
>
> otn.oracle.com
> click on documentation and 9i database
> read the Concepts Document.
> Also read the SQL Reference(skim it) sql is a little different between
> databases
> and you can screw up if you dont know the diverences.
> Also read the Developers fundamentals guide.
>
> as far as learning oracle. do you want to know administration or
> development? If you want to learn development. Learn SQL, then get
> Fuersteins PL/SQL book.

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