Re: Best Oracle book(s) to learn from??

From: Owen Korkie <okorkie_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 1998/01/27
Message-ID: <34CD3E75.86A5DA3D_at_hotmail.com>#1/1


Thanks for the suggestions everybody. I have had a few different books suggested, so it has helped me decide. Once again thanks for the suggestions that came in.

                      -Owen


Greg Teets wrote:

> Go to your bookstore and get a copy of Developing Personal Oracle7 for
> Windows 95 Applications by Lockman or Oracle Unleashed. The first
> book is better for learning from scratch. The good thing is that both
> of these books come with a CD which has a demo copy of Oracle 7 and
> Developer 2000. Lockman's book will step you through installation and
> developing.
>
> This book is available in electronic form on the Net at
> http://www.mcp.com/personal.
>
> You can probably also get these books from Amazon at 20% off plus the
> dreaded shipping cost. Or at a computer show.
>
> If you have any trouble installing the CD let me know and I can help
> you.
>
> Good Luck
> Greg Teets
> Cincinnati, OH
> teetshd_at_ucbeh.san.uc.edu
>
> On Thu, 22 Jan 1998 09:53:50 -0500, Pendragon
> <pendragony_at_geocities.com> wrote:
>
> >Owen Korkie wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi there:
> >>
> >> I am wondering if anybody has any suggestions on which are some of the
> >> best books for a newbe to learn Oracle from. I have no experience what
> >> so ever with Oracle and I plan on taking courses from our community
> >> college but in the mean time, I want to start on my own. I would like
> >> to know which book(s) is the easiest to understand as well as which has
> >> examples and exericises to get practice on. Any help is greatly
> >> appreciated.
> >>
> >> Please e-mail me at okorkie_at_hotmail.com
> >>
> >> -thanks, Owen Korkie
> >> Calgary, AB Canada
> >I used Oracle, The Complete Reference from Oracle Press. It has
> >examples for lots of stuff, but no actual exercises. It also has a
> >fairly complete list and description of commands and terms. Also
> >included is most of the data dictionary views and what they contain.
> >It's not a great book, but it is a very useful book especially if you
> >generaly know how relational databases work.
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