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Re: Beginners book

From: Michel Cadot <micadot{at}altern{dot}org>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 19:04:23 +0200
Message-ID: <4177eb6f$0$23896$626a14ce@news.free.fr>

"Joe Smith" <nospam_at_nospam.com> a écrit dans le message de news:4177c8a6$0$27162$8fcfb975_at_news.wanadoo.fr...
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for a beginners book on Oracle (especially administration), but
> that doesn't stay in the surface.
>
> I want to know the theory behind the locks; for what case an index type is
> better than another; what type of table partitioning to choose; typical
> actions to be performed by the DBA...
>
> And of course, that covers topics as backup, basic tuning, optimizers, etc.
>
> I've been to Thomas Kyte several times, and I like his style, answering
> always with real sql and measures.
>
> Can you give me any suggestions?
>
> As it is for beginners, I guess it is not important wether it covers 9i or
> 10g.
>
> Thanks!!
>
>

If you like Tom's style, you'll love his book: Expert one-on-one. ISBN 1-861004-82-6

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Regards
Michel Cadot
Received on Thu Oct 21 2004 - 12:04:23 CDT

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