Re: Books to suggest

From: Mark Pecaut <mark_at_pecaut.us>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:49:50 -0600
Message-ID: <20040831164950.GA4657@wykids.org>

On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 01:14:05PM +0000, ryan_gaffuri_at_comcast.net wrote:
> Thalis,
> Here is the link to the 9.2 documentation. I dont have the 10g link handy, but you don't need it to learn the basics.
...
> SQL Reference: Has lots of examples. Everyone has syntax problems when they learn something new. You will use this alot. This is better than any SQL syntax book on the market.
...
> Concepts Document:
> Don't go spending money on books. No need. No offense to any of the authors. I have read most of the books written by the people on this list and liked them.

I agree with Ryan. The official Oracle documentation is good. When I was in the Peace Corps in Africa I had never used Oracle before and wanted to learn so I studied for the OCA exams by simply reading the SQL Reference and the Concepts (and skimming a few others..). I had the 1000+ page document printed on two reams of paper 'cause I couldn't afford... Well.. I'm getting off topic, but let's just say I'm still a beginner but my limited experience shows that the official documentation is quite good.

-Mark

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