Re: Good ORACLE Books

In our last gripping episode yong321_at_yahoo.com wrote:
> Interesting you mentioned that book. It's good to have it because you
> don't want to carry manuals around. It's bad because the authors know
> nothing beyond saying what's already in the manual. Look at my review
> on Amazon.com titled "How to write a book adding value to manuals".
>
> Also, the authors are quite sloppy in writing (even though O'Reilly
> corrected most if not all typos). E.g., on one page, the authors refer
> to the LRU end of the LRU list as tail. On another page, they refer to
> that as head. Oracle jargon can be used if you at least keep
> consistent. But the best books are still Oracle manuals i.e.
> documentation free from technet, accurate, accurate and very accurate,
> and they avoid using bad jargon.
>
> Yong Huang
> yong321_at_yahoo.com
>
> In article <93q2bu$55o$1_at_diana.bcn.ttd.net>,
> "Pablo Martinez" <jpabloma_at_idecnet.com> wrote:
> > Hello Sherman
> >
> > > What would be the good books to start
> > > with?
> > >
> >
> > We have used some O'Reilly books in my company.
> >
> > I like the next one because it is interesting both for the begginer
 and for
> > the intermediate DBA:
> >
> > Oracle Database Administration: The Essential Reference
> > By David Kreines & Brian Laskey
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> > Regards
> > Pablo Martinez
>
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Yes, in many cases the Oracle manuals are better than most texts however I must mention the Oracle Press series of texts (excluding, of course, the Jason Couchman series of misinformation). My picks?

Oracle 8i: The Complete Reference
Oracle 8i DBA Handbook
Oracle 8 Backup & Recovery Handbook

These should start you off on the correct footing. They are fairly easy to comprehend, do not use unnecessary jargon and contain reliable information and explanations not easily found in the Oracle documentation. I prefer the above texts to the O'Reilly series although O'Reilly has published a number of excellent texts with regard to UNIX, NT, Perl, etc.

--
David Fitzjarrell
Oracle Certified DBA


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