Re: Good Oracle DBA book

I have your 8i book on my desk now. Its excellent. However, its more of a second level DBA book. There are quite a few basics to learn before someone should step into it. Kind of like Kytes One on One book. Neither are really appropriate for true beginners.

For an entry level DBA book go with the new Beginning Oracle Programming by Dillon, Kyte, et all. Id also recommend the DBA Interactive Workbook. Yes its very basic, but there are exercises in it, which are unbelievably helpful when your just learning.

mikerault_at_earthlink.net (Mike Ault) wrote in message news:<37fab3ab.0206130537.45a05f8d_at_posting.google.com>...
> I know I am asking for it, but I need to know, why isn't anyone using
> my book: "Oracle8i Administration and Management" from John Wiley and
> Sons?
>
> The new release will be out June 21, 2002 for 9i.
>
> I include tons of monitoring scripts, many techniques for tuning and
> monitoring. Is it just not available or are the other books that much
> better? Is it content or just lack of marketing from Wiley?
>
> If it is content I can do something about that. If it is marketing I
> am screwed...
>
> Mike Ault
> "Richard Foote" <richard.foote_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message news:<gMUN8.11154$Hj3.35728_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com>...
> > Hi Robert,
> >
> > I would strongly recommend the Harry Potter series of books. A bit of magic
> > and wizardry goes a long way in this business :)
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Richard
> > "Robert Banniza" <rpbanniz_at_ascensionhealth.org> wrote in message
> > news:3D074D4D.4020201_at_ascensionhealth.org...
> > > There are a blue million Oracle books on the market. Can someone
> > > recommend a good Oracle book aimed at DBA functions and optimization.
> > > I'm using Oracle 8.1.7. I have the O'Reilly Oracle DBA book as well as
> > > the Performance Tuning book. I have seen mentions of "Practical Oracle
> > > 8i: Building Efficient Databases" by Jonathan Lewis. Any help
> > > appreciated. Please respond to me via email as well as a CC to the group.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Robert
> > >
Received on Thu Jun 20 2002 - 07:02:07 CDT