RE: Slightly Off Topic : Book recommendation ... (Oracle DBA 101)

Rachel,

        Thanx for the extra info. It sounds just like the book I need at the moment. Especially because I seem to understand exactly what that panicky feeling you write about feels like :-)

        Also, the recommendation of one of the author's herself will convince my boss to accept the bill ...

        Greets,

   Kirsten

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rachel Carmichael [SMTP:carmichr_at_hotmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 3:00 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: Slightly Off Topic : Book recommendation ... (Oracle DBA
> 101)
>
> Kirsten and Tim (and everyone else here :) )
>
> Tim is right, DBA 101 was designed especially for beginners who have been
> thrown into Oracle (or who are just starting out, having made the decision
>
> themselves)... we tried to cover the basics, and we know we left things
> out,
> but the book would have been twice the size (and price!) if we had
> included
> all we wanted to....
>
> Way too many years ago to admit to (okay, 10) I became the Oracle DBA
> where
> I was working -- and I had never worked with Oracle before. My aim in
> writing the book was to relieve others of that panicky feeling I had had.
>
> And I would also recommend Kevin's (and Marlene's in the 8i edition) DBA
> Handbook. We tried to make DBA 101 a lead-in to the Handbook, give you the
>
> basics so Kevin could get down into the nitty-gritty.
>
> I'd also recommend Kevin's Complete Reference, and the Backup and Recovery
>
> Handbooks by Rama Velpuri. Marlene has written Networking 101 and there
> will be a Tuning 101 book out at the end of this year (another of the list
>
> members is the author of this one, Gaja Vaidyanatha -- I've been
> privileged
> to read it as he is writing it, and it's GOOD!)
>
> Rachel
>
> >From: Tim Onions <tim.onions_at_speechmachines.com>
> >Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> >Subject: RE: Slightly Off Topic : Book recommendation ... (Oracle DBA
> 101)
> >Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 00:51:09 -0800
> >
> >Kirsten
> >
> >I have the book (actually autographed by both Rachel and Marlene!). I
> find
> >it very useful for things I do not do very often and need to check out.
> It
> >does not go very deep into any one subject (it is after all a
> 101/beginners
> >guide). It does, however, describe the principals of what to do and why
> >very
> >well. I have many other Oracle books but after the on-line manuals
> >themselves and Feuerstein when I'm PL/SQL programming this is the one I
> use
> >most.
> >
> >For more detailed technical discussions though I'd recommend Kevin
> Loney's
> >books.
> >
> >HTH
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sent: 24 November 2000 06:55
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> >Hi ...
> >
> > I've been looking around for some books to buy, and came across one
> >that sounds very interesting to me. But I'd just like to make sure it is
> >what I am looking for so that my boss won't go in a frenzy when I spend
> his
> >money on a book collecting dust up high on a shelf.
> >
> > I'm not questioning the knowledge of any of the authors. Seeing that
> >at least one of them is a member of one of these lists, I do want to make
> >that clear.
> > (Please, Please, Please don't hold it against me o Godess Rachel
> >...)
> >
> > The book I'm talking about is Oracle DBA 101 by Marlene Theriault,
> >Rachel Carmichael & James Viscusi.
> >
> > What I'm looking for ???
> > I've been enrolled as a DBA when my predecessor left the company.
> >Interested as I was into the world of Oracle, which I only entered about
> 2
> >years earlier, I simply coudn't say no to the opportunity of learning
> more
> >about the way it works ...
> > But with slightly less than a year experience, I really feel the
> >need to more insight into what I must do, wat I should and what I can do,
> >and of course, how to do it at all.
> > That's why this book sounds interesting to me, as it is described to
> >descibe in detail the day-to-day duties an how to accomplish them ...
> >
> > If anyone has read and/or used this book, please share your opinion
> >about it with me. Of course, if Rachel herself wants to comment, please
> >feel
> >free...
> >
> > Hope I'm not out of line posting something like this on the list ...
> >
> >
> > Greets,
> >
> >Kirsten
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