Re: Help: advices for buying a good book on Oracle?

Try "Oracle8i for Windows NT Starter Kit" by Steve Bobrowski. Check it out at amazon.com. It has excellent reviews.

Good luck.

C_marat wrote:

> Dear Oracle Expert,
>
> Could you please advise me of a good book for Oracle DB?
> My preference is for buying a reasonable all in one book if possible.
>
> I intend to build applications that should connect to such a DB.
> My knowledge of db is academic and of 15 years ago.
>
> Such a book should give the recipe of how to do things but also
> give an understanding of the overall functionality of an Oracle db
> in the context of todays computing requirements/reality.
> That is, it should be a quick reference for an expert but also good
> for a beginner.
>
> For example, I don't know what Oracle implementation is available,
> drivers, or if SQL is tem most appropriate language to use with, etc.
>
> I am working with CORBA with which I will have to access Oracle.
> The CORBA book that reflects what I say above is that of Henning&Vinoski
>
> "Advanced CORBA programming with C++".
> It is good for beginner and continues being useful as a mind refresher.
>
> Thank you very much.
> c_marat_at_mypad.com
Received on Mon Mar 20 2000 - 03:58:40 CET