Re: Book recommendation...

I had to learn Oracle over the past 18 months and found the Osborne/Oracle books "Oracle DBA hand book" and "Oracle 24X7 tips and techniques" very helpful.

I started with the Oreilly "Oracle Database Administration : The Essential Reference". That was OK-fairly high-level, but didn't/doesn't cover 8i features. It's a higher-level book than the Oracle/Osbourne offerings and has some easy-to-thumb-through reference sections, i.e. for those times when you need to look up a dynamic view.

"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:rtq7atcs3ii9785lvp999kt6vt4or5qgmp_at_4ax.com...
> On Mon, 05 Mar 2001 18:20:41 GMT, "Keith" <none_at_nospam.com> wrote:
>
> >Somewhat new to Oracle. Looking for a Dummies to Oracle (don't want the
> >actual dummy series).
> >
> >Want a good book that kind of takes you through Oracle, concepts, terms
> >etc...then maybe will take you through setting up the server, client,
> >databases, tables and more advanced topics as it proceeds...
> >
> >Sort of a ground up book is what I am looking at for Oracle.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Keith
> >
> Oracle the complete reference by Kevin Loney, published by
> Osborne/Oracle press, deals with everything non-DBA
> The Oracle DBA handbook by the same author and publisher deals with
> everything DBA-ish.
> Some people call them rewritten manuals, but I don't think that's
> true.
>
> Hth,
>
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
Received on Mon Mar 05 2001 - 21:56:21 CST