Re: "Optimizing Oracle Performance" Book

Margie wrote:

> Publisher is O'Reilly, author is Cary Millsap
>
> Have you used this book to resolve a performance problem? Are you a
> production DBA, not a developer?
>
> I'm just curious if the method described in this book helps. I read
> the first chapter from www.oreilly.com, and the promises made in the
> chapter seem too good to be true, like the newest wonder diet.

I'm not too far into, but I've already used some of the techniques/processes in my systems to increase performance. From what I've read to date, the book has a lot of common sense information, plus the trace file stuff is great. As with anything though, you only get back what you put into it -- just like the 'wonder diets'.

Gets my vote, though.

hth

Bricklen Received on Thu Nov 20 2003 - 15:56:27 CST