Re: Oracle Books

Strongly agree!

Chris Date, co-author of the relational model, has excellent books on database concepts and design.

Michael Stelly wrote:

> In article <arroo99-0308992121210001_at_ts48l36.pathcom.com>,
> arroo99_at_yahoo.com (Ann) wrote:
> > I am thinking of learning Oracle on my own.
> >
> > Are there any good Oracle books that teach how to program with Oracle?
> > (for beginners)
> Ann,
>
> Before I start, let me say that my assumption is that you're a
> relational db novice.
>
> I agree with some of the posts here in that "learning Oracle" per se,
> can be a daunting task. I had no idea that the scope of Oracle products
> was so vast. With that said, someone once said that the best way to eat
> an elephant is one bite at time (please, no spam if I misquoted).
>
> I would learn the basic concepts of a relational database FIRST (the WHY
> of databases), before trying to understand Oracle(one HOW of databases).
> Once you understand the concepts such as the differences between
> entities and tables, attributes and columns, etc., then transferring
> that understanding to Oracle technologies will be much simpler.
>
> So, I would start with a web search on relational database concepts and
> see where that takes you. My guess is that you may be able to get a
> good start without buying anything (I love that about the Internet).
> Then when that well runs dry, check out Fatbrain.com, bookpool.com, etc.
> for a basic SQL book. I won't mention a particular book because, to me,
> SQL is SQL. Once you learn it, the knowledge transfers easily.
>
> I know that obfuscates the question, but I think that maybe a step back
> to the broader conceptual level is in order before jumping directly into
> Oracle.
>
> >
> > What tools would I need to use to program in Oracle?
> >
>
> Any text editor will allow you to create DDL scripts to run in a
> SQL*Plus session. However, there are more sophisticated editors such as
> PLEdit, PLSEdit,and SQL*Navigator. PLEdit is shareware which can be
> downloaded from www.benthicsoftware.com. That's the editor I use.
> > Ann
> >
> That's the end of my proselytising. Hope it helps.
> --
> Michael Stelly
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