Re: ?? Which book to read to become a good Database Developer ??

Tom's book is excellent. But it is no place to start. I would go with 8i. And with one of the following books though I hate the names ... "Oracle 8i for dummies" and "Oracle 8 How To". Another good starting point is the examples in the OCP exam preparation books though some of the books contain many errors.

Daniel Morgan

Justin wrote:

> Hi, there,
>
> I'm thinking about become a database developer (for enterprise, if
> possible, with EAI), probably Oracle is the only reasonable choice (?). I am
> a Java programmer, been using Oracle as back end. But havn't poke around it
> much. So basiclly I'm a kind of beginner for Oracle development.
> What book would you recommand that can get me a database developer job 3
> months down the road (not right now, of course, besides, I need time to
> read).
> I've heard "Expert one on one" is pretty good, tom kyte is smart, but I
> don't think it fits me at this stage. I need to learn a wide range of stuff,
> not too deep. Is anyone have opinion on "Oracle 8i Enterprise Development",
> it seems fit my situation, covers a lot of concepts and tools in a single
> book.
> What's your opinion on 8i vs 9i, should I start off with 9i?
> I know this is Oracle group, but I still want to ask: Should I spend time
> on other database development, i.e. DB2 and SQL server (I dislike M$, BTW).
>
> Thank you in advance
>
> Justin
Received on Wed Feb 20 2002 - 18:58:25 CST