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>
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>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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