Re: Oracle intro for experienced DBA

There are many good books. But among those you choose be sure to read a copy of Tom Kyte's 'Expert One-On-One Oracle'. It does the best job I have seen yet of pointing out the differences between Oracle and other RDBMS products that can be the source of great grief.

Daniel Morgan

Dan Barron wrote:

> I am an experienced DBA just starting out with Oracle. I was wondering
> if anyone here could suggest a good book or two or any other resources
> to get into Oracle. I have heard it said that there is an Oracle
> "mindset" or approach that is different from other databases. I'm not
> looking for an exhaustive treament of everything, just something to
> give me the ground rules and an idea of what tool to use when, etc.
> Not an absolute beginner book, either, one that assumes you know
> something about databases. Like those books for teaching C to VB
> programmers, that kind of thing.
>
> Not too much to ask, eh? :-) Any ideas would be most appreciated.
>
> dan
>
> Dan Barron
> ACP-ASIM
> dbarron_at_mail.acponline.org
Received on Tue Jan 08 2002 - 05:19:46 CST