Re: Need info on best ORACLE books !
Date: 21 Aug 1993 19:11:14 GMT
Message-ID: <255s0iINN91l_at_gap.caltech.edu>
tjioe_at_lewis.sfsu.edu (Jong Tjioe) writes:
>Hi..
>I need recommendation about the best books on ORACLE.
>I am sorry if this topic has been discussed before.
>Thanks,
>Jong
>tjioe_at_lewis.sfsu.edu
Jong,
One that I like is _Mastering Oracle_ by Daniel Cronin and Joe Lee.
It does a good job of describing the stages of a development project for a video store. It gives a good general view of how Oracle can be used to develop an application.
If you need specific information (Performance Tuning Oracle for UNIX systems for example) _Mastering Oracle_ does not contain sufficient depth.
Drawbacks:
All forms examples are based on forms 2.3 rather than forms 3.0.
George Koch:
A good reference for the DBA, App Developer are the V6 and Oracle7 by
George Koch. His Oracle7 book, however, was a disappointment; it
seemed a bit skimpy on the Oracle7 topics. He put in a chapter at the
end of the book on Oracle7 which is about 15 pages long. Compare that
with Oracle7 documentation from Oracle which WEIGHS about 15 lbs.
O'Reilly & Associates, Peter Corrigan, Mark Gurry:
These folks have put together _ORACLE Performance Tuning_.
I have great respect for all O'Reilly & Associates publications
and although I've not yet read _ORACLE Performance Tuning_, I'm
sure it will be a great resource to the DBA, App Developer who builds
large Oracle based applications.
Their # 800/998-9938
_Dan's Oracle7 Guide_ :
I'm working on this book. It's about 20% done. I'll make it available
in a few months as I get more done. I'm keeping track of people who
want to see it.
Here's something I posted to the net awhile ago:
> I'm writing a book about running ORACLE7 on UNIX.
>
> I'll probably divide it into two parts:
>
> Database Administration
> Application Development
>
> At first, I will market my book to be a piece of online documentation
> rather than a book on the shelf. When my customers find what they
> want in my book, they just use a mouse to copy it into a file and then
> work on it. Therefore it will be in plain ASCII rather than something
> fancy like AnswerBook.
>
> It's my hope that the book will be "cram-packed" full of examples.
>
> If you can think of any examples you would like to see, let me know.
> If you have any examples you would like to place in my book, let me
> know I'll give you due credit.
>
> The first few drafts of the book will be free. If you control an ftp
> site and want to help me distribute the book let me know. I'm writing
> the book as a training exercise for me rather than an attempt to make
> money. Currently, I get all of my income from consulting. You will
> see my resume in misc.jobs.resumes once in awhile.
>
Daniel B. Bikle
Independent Oracle Consultant
dbikle_at_alumni.caltech.edu
415/854-9542
Received on Sat Aug 21 1993 - 21:11:14 CEST