Re: Books on ORACLE

From: Ron Wiegel <Wiegel_at_wpo.sosc.osshe.edu>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 00:52:08 GMT
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>kalyanas_at_stimpy.eecis.udel.edu (Pramod Kalyanasundaram) wrote:
>>Hi!
>> Could someone recommend books on ORACLE 7.x? The kind of books
>> that I am looking for are introductory to intermediate levels.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Pramod.
>>
 

>Stimpy:
 

>If you're looking for Oracle DBA books, look at the new books from Oracle Press:
 

>* ORACLE DBA Handbook, Kevin Loney, Osborne McGraw Hill, $35
 

>* Tuning ORACLE, Corey/Abbey/Dechichio, Osborne McGraw Hill, $30
 

>Both books are clearly written and easier to find information in than the Administrator's Guide.
>There is supposedly a third book in the set of Oracle Press books. Anyone know what it's called?
>Hopefully they'll put out other books on subjects such as:
 

>* Forms 4.x
>* Managing Distributed Databases
>* Advanced SQL and PL/SQL
 

>Also check out http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/~dtb/orafaq/books.html on the web. It's one of the few
>places that I have seen lists or reviews of Oracle technical books.

You may want to add the following book to your list;

Oracle 7.0 Administration & Management
Mike Ault
Wiley ISBN 0-471-60857-2

I believe you can get it from the IOUG, at least it was for sale at the last IOUG Week.

Regards,

Ron Wiegel (DBA) Received on Wed Jan 25 1995 - 01:52:08 CET

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