Re: Quick, I need a good Oracle Bk

As usual Sybrand gives excellent advice. My additions

subscribe to technet. I'd pay money for this free site. get your company to pay for Oracle support -2 reasons 1. it is excellent. 2. metalink.
Clarify a bit what you need to know. Are you a DBA or a SQL developer?

HTH Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission Uk (but posting from home before a 5 am'er how sad is that) "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:970004728.20767.1.pluto.d4ee154e_at_news.demon.nl...
> If you have money for only two books
>
> Kevin Loney Oracle, the complete reference
> Kevin Loney The Oracle DBA Handbook
>
> You won't be able to learn Oracle *quickly* though,
> as Oracle is a product with a steep learning curve and it is definitely
> much more than sybase or sqlserver.
>
> Concepts are covered in the Oracle Concepts Manual included in the
 standard
> documentation.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA
>
>
> "?? ParaDox ??" <sard_at_rocketmail.com> wrote in message
> news:8qr431$r1p$1_at_news.panix.com...
> > Hi everyone,I need to learn Oracle quickly!
> > I have no database knowledge and even less Oracle knowledge!
> > Seriously I have done some Sybase sql work,but I would like to learn
> > Oracle from the ground up (like concepts, etc)
> > Any suggestions? My company will pay for a good book or two
> > Thanks
> > -Tony
>
>
Received on Wed Sep 27 2000 - 16:15:28 CDT