Re: Oracle Reference Books from Oreilly

From: Mark Bole <makbo_at_pacbell.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:28:31 GMT
Message-ID: <zAHue.32611$J12.18163@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>

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>>Given the fact that at least half of the planet is still using 9i and
>>8i, I'm not sure why you worry.
>>Do you know every 9i feature?
>>

>
> Exactly the point. I know too little about Oracle that I cant even tell if
> the features I am trying to learn is outdated or not.
>
> To be more specific, in learning the built-in packages, the latest book I
> found from Oreilly is "Oracle Built-in Packages" published in 1998. To be
> frank, in other computer related books, 1998 sounds like stone age. So I
> just want some advice if that book is still containing the up-to-date
> information.
>
>

The "Expert One-on-One Oracle" book by Tom Kyte has an appendix that covers what he considers to be the "required" packages for everyone to be familiar with. I think this only goes up through 8i, but this is one of those essential books you should probably have anyway -- and it might be enough to avoid buying the 1998 book you mention (which sits on my shelf but doesn't get much use these days).

For 9i, consider the following very good value:

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/oracle9ipdf/

which is "10g aware". If you search the downloadable PDF document for "DBMS_", you will find additional information and examples on some of the more important, newer 9i packages (or updates to 8i packages), such as DBMS_STATS, DBMS_LOGMNR, DBMS_REDEFINITION, DBMS_FGA, DMBS_FLASHBACK, and DBMS_WM.

-Mark Bole Received on Thu Jun 23 2005 - 18:28:31 CDT