Re: Tom kyte's New book

"Norman Dunbar" <Norman_at_RE-MO-VE.BountifulSolutions.co.uk> wrote in message news:<pan.2003.09.12.07.56.52.338027_at_RE-MO-VE.BountifulSolutions.co.uk>...
> On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:07:34 -0400, Thomas T wrote:
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>
> > Is Oracle Performance Tuning 101 worth anything? It seems as if the book
> > was written to argue against the myths, but I'd like a second opinion.
>
> Performance Tuning 101 by Vaidyanatha et al is excellent. I found one
> small bug in the description of how an SQL command is parsed, but so far,
> nothing else has lept out at me. It teaches tuning properly and NOT by the
> use of assorted ratios - for example, buffer hit ratio - so beloved of
> other tuning books.
>
> > Any other no-myth-all-reality books I should know about?
>
> As already mentioned, Jonathan Lewis' book.
>
> I'd also recommend the 'Beginning Oracle Programming' by Sean Dillon, Tom
> Kyte et al. Don't be mislead by the title as it covers the workings of
> Oracle in great detail. Available soon/now from APress (www.apress.com) -
> drop them an email if you don't see it on the web page. It was a Wrox
> Press book but their parent company went belly up and APress now have it.
>
> Cheers,
> Norman.

beginning oracle programming is NOT a true beginners book. I liked it, but I really wish they would change the name. Alot of newbies will buy the book and get totally confused. The chapters on PL/SQL are too terse and complicated for someone who doesnt know pl/sql and if you know pl/sql they dont teach you anything new.

Best parts of the book are howard rogers chapter on indexes,the chapter on transactions, and the two case studies at the end. People seem to over look the value of good case studies.

I noticed in oracle magazine that the guys who wrote Peformance Tuning 101 have a Wait Interface book out end of the year beginning of next year. It will be the first 10G book I buy. Not only are they informative, but they have a relaxed writing style that is easy to follow. Received on Fri Sep 12 2003 - 07:24:57 CDT