joel garry wrote:
> On Jul 9, 7:19 pm, "Bob Jones" <e..._at_me.not> wrote:
>>> Guys,
>>> I'm not a developer or a DBA. I'm a Business Analyst. I need a book
>>> that will keep me some concepts that are new to Oracle and lot of
>>> syntax/differences between transact sql and pl/sql. I understand
>>> databases fairly well for not being a DBA of any sort. I need a book
>>> that will teach me how to extract data out of the server by querying
>>> it.
>> Why waste your money on commercial books? The Oracle manual and a test
>> database are all you need.
>
> I seriously disagree with this. This is how bad code and habits
> propagate. Do you really think someone from a transact SQL
> background, especially someone who isn't primarily a developer, isn't
> going to see things from that skewed perspective?
>
> You need the manual, you need the database, but those are not
> sufficient to wind up with good data extraction.
>
> jg
> --
I agree. There is literally nothing I've ever seen written by Oracle
that specifically addresses the issues for someone moving from SQL
Server to Oracle. The best write-up I've seen so far is Tom Kyte's:
And that is in a book.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org
Received on Tue Jul 10 2007 - 17:57:01 CDT
