Re: SQL Book Recommendation

On Jul 9, 7:19 pm, "Bob Jones" <e..._at_me.not> wrote:
> > Guys,
>
> > I'm not a developer or a DBA. I'm a Business Analyst. I need a book
> > that will keep me some concepts that are new to Oracle and lot of
> > syntax/differences between transact sql and pl/sql. I understand
> > databases fairly well for not being a DBA of any sort. I need a book
> > that will teach me how to extract data out of the server by querying
> > it.
>
> Why waste your money on commercial books? The Oracle manual and a test
> database are all you need.

I seriously disagree with this. This is how bad code and habits propagate. Do you really think someone from a transact SQL background, especially someone who isn't primarily a developer, isn't going to see things from that skewed perspective?

You need the manual, you need the database, but those are not sufficient to wind up with good data extraction.

jg

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