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Oracle - The Complete Reference by Koch and Loney from Oracle Press
will give you a solid foundation upon which to build more advanced
knowledge.
This is a THICK book but easy to read.
I suggest read this first before diving into the dark (but open) world of
Oracle architecture.
-- Robert Chin <writer_at_writemaster.com> wrote in message news:3c1a56f3.142224854_at_news.writemaster.com...Received on Sat Dec 15 2001 - 00:45:22 CST
> I just obtained Oracle 8i Personal Edition.
>
> Borders Books has a huge selection of Oracle Books. Some are for
> Oracle 9, some are clearly for specialized, advanced applications.
> Even among the Oracle 8i books, many assume one has Enterprise
> Edition. (For example, Oracle 8i For Dummies -- don't laugh --
> assumes one has DBA Assistant, and much of the book is devoted to
> that. Personal Edition doesn't come with DBA Assistant.)
>
> I am trying to learn Oracle from scratch -- how to administer personal
> databases, create databases, work with a database using SQL (and at
> this point I don't know SQL, just that it's out there), basics of
> forms and reports. And I'm trying to understand the parts of the
> monster octopus that Oracle appears to be. (I've worked in C++, MFC,
> Java, and other languages, and I've never seen such a complex mess of
> interacting parts. I have no idea what the underlying structure is,
> nor what most of the specific programs do.)
>
> Can anyone recommend a book, meant for Oracle 8i Personal Edition,
> that assumes no prior knowledge, and does an effective job covering
> the basics from the ground up? Title, Author, and Publisher would be
> helpful.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve O.
> writer_at_writemaster.com