RE: books recommendations

Sorry Steve.

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Dennis - I didn't endorse the book, imply it was worth the cost or read it. I only replied to zhu chao's question about where it could be found.

Steve

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 11:38 AM

> Steve - The topic covered by the Ingram book didn't strike me as
> particularly interesting. A lot of these topics are covered in other books
> that have been published over the years. If they interest you, pick up
some
> copies at a used book store and save some money ;-)
> In particular, years ago Oracle tuning was left to "rules of thumb".
The
> problem is that a lot of effort tended to be wasted making changes that
> didn't solve the problem that this particular database or program was
> experiencing. Recently a lot of effort has gone into looking at Oracle
wait
> statistics as a more organized method of tuning programs and databases.
> Unfortunately some authors haven't incorporated these ideas into their
> books. It appears they are still using a topic list copied from earlier
> authors. If I am mistaken about Ingram and have misjudged his book, I
would
> welcome correction.
>
> Dennis Williams
> DBA, 40%OCP
> Lifetouch, Inc.
> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
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> http://www.wiley.com/cda/product/0,,0471224367,00.html
>
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>
> > Harvinder Singh,
> > Hi,Guy harrison's book is great. And do not forget to buy practical
> oracle8i by johnathan lewis and expert one on one by tomas kyte.
> > By the way, where to get the second book you mentioned?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards
> > zhu chao
> > msn:chao_ping_at_163.com
> > www.happyit.net
> > www.cnoug.org(China Oracle User Group)
> >
> > ======= 2003-01-28 14:19:00 ,you wrote£º=======
> >
> > >We are buying books for DBA group and developers . It will be great if
u
> can provide ur feedback about following books:
> > >
> > >Oracle SQL High-Performance Tuning (2nd Edition)
> > >by Guy Harrison
> > >
> > >High-Performance Oracle: Proven Methods for Achieving Optimum
Performance
> and Availability [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER]
> > >by Geoff Ingram
> > >
> > >Oracle9i High-Performance Tuning with STATSPACK
> > >by Donald K. Burleson, Don Burleson
> > >
> > >Oracle9i RMAN Backup & Recovery
> > >by Robert G. Freeman, Matthew Hart
> > >
> > >Oracle 9i New Features by Robert G. Freeman
> > >
> > >Oracle9i DBA Handbook by Kevin Loney, Marlene Theriault
> > >
> > >Thanks
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