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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> FW: Recommended 9i reference books?
Damn I hate having to remember to reply all! :(
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Pete
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"Controlling developers is like herding cats."
Kevin Loney, Oracle DBA Handbook
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"Oh no, it's not. It's much harder than that!" Bruce Pihlamae, long-term Oracle DBA
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From: Pete Sharman [mailto:peter.sharman_at_oracle.com] =
Sent: Wednesday, 22 December 2004 3:53 AM
To: Paul.Vincent_at_uce.ac.uk
Cc: Peter Ross Sharman
Subject: RE: Recommended 9i reference books?
Sorry, couldn't resist! I think Mr. Freeman's new features books are among= the best for distilling the important things out, since the amount of new = functionality is generally something that's so big you need to pick and cho= ose what to cover. His Portable DBA for Oracle book ain't half bad either.= On the HA side, I think you'll end up being disappointed. I've looked at m= ost of the book on Oracle HA that are out there, and I'm not impressed with= most of them. The main problems I've found with them are that they tend t= o cover one area of Oracle technology (say RAC for example) and I've yet to= find one that does a good job of covering the non-Oracle technology as wel= l (which is of course just as important with HA). It's actually something =I discussed with a publisher at OpenWorld and they want me to throw togethe= r a plan on what would be in such a book and then possibly write it. Any i= deas you'd like me to include? ;)
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Pete
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"Controlling developers is like herding cats."
Kevin Loney, Oracle DBA Handbook
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"Oh no, it's not. It's much harder than that!" Bruce Pihlamae, long-term Oracle DBA
-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] =
On Behalf Of Paul Vincent
Sent: Friday, 17 December 2004 2:44 AM
To: Oracle-L (E-mail)
Subject: Recommended 9i reference books?
Apologies for this old chestnut - I tried searching the list archive, but get "404" errors!
We've recently completed our first batch of upgrades from 8i to 9i, so this seems an opportune moment for me to augment the online 9i documentation with some hard-copy Oracle 9i books aimed at DBAs. There's such a mountain of books covering 9i out there, that I wondered if you folks could recommend some?
My main requirements would be:
(a) A general overview of the main features of Oracle 9i and the most commonly-used command options to carry out the majority of routine DBA tasks.=3D20
(b) A "words of wisdom" book - the kind of handy tome which is packed with tricks and tips to make those 9i databases purr smoothly along like a well-tuned engine.
(c) We've never gone much in the past for "high-availability" techniques for 24x7 (sorry to use that awful expression!), such as hot backups and replication. However, Duh Management are now making noises about "24x7", and it seems High Availability will become a hot issue hereabouts in the very near future. A book covering the various aspects, and how to implement them in Oracle 9i, would be a VERY welcome addition to my bookshelf.
(d) Any books which the collective Group Mind of oracle-l seem to regard as absolute must-haves for a lone Oracle DBA (yes, I AM the DBA department here, as far as Oracle's concerned!).
So any list of recommendations for 9i DBA books, which fit with the above, would be very welcome. Alternatively, if anyone knows of a web page which already contains recommended shortlists, the URL would also be useful!
Thanks, and seasonal Best Wishes,
Paul Vincent
DBA
University of Central England
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