Re: Beginner books about Oracle

Oracle8 PL/SQL Programming by Scott Urman ISBN 0-07-882305-6
Osborne / Oracle Press
(excellent PL/SQL guide)

Oracle8: The Complete Reference by George Koch and Kevin Loney ISBN 0-07-882396-X
Osborne / Oracle Press
(complete coverage of all PL/SQL commands and functions. medium to advanced level)

Oracle Developer/2000 Forms: The Practioner's Guide by Albert Lulushi ISBN 0-13-949033-7
Prentice Hall
(my favorite forms reference. clear and easy to follow)

Oracle Developer/2000 Handbook by Michael W. Stowe ISBN 0-13-918111-3
Prentice Hall
(same as previous, applied to all developer components)

regards

Johan Mulder wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I installed Oracle next to Mysql on our database server because some
> company is writing an Oracle based administration application.
> I want to understand how Oracle works, and how to administer the system.
>
> The installation went well and the Oracle system is up and running. But
> the problem is, that i know how mysql works, but nothing about Oracle.
> Can someone recommend me some good beginners books about Oracle?
> I looked at O'Reilly's books but it don't seems like those books are
> written for newbies..
>
> TIA.

Received on Tue Jul 27 1999 - 14:17:06 CDT