Re: Good getting started book?
Date: 1996/10/15
Message-ID: <540mjd$shf_at_newsgate.duke.edu>#1/1
eveazie_at_ix.netcom.com(Eric Veazie) wrote:
>Does anyone have a recommendation for a good book to aid in getting
>started/evaluating Oracle database server products? An Oracle For
>Dummies kind of book would be great.
>We are a FoxPro shop planning to upsize to client/server architecture.
>Thanks,
>Eric Veazie
My favorite is Oracle Unleashed. It is 1,400 pages and covers almost
everything - SQL*PUS and PL/SQL, the database engine, utilities,
application development and tuning, accessing Oracle via Delphi, VB
and SQL Windows, the precompilers, OLE, ODBC, networking products, and
adjuncts like Webserver and PowerBrowser, Designer/2000,
Developer/2000, PowerObjects, etc. It also goes into a little detail
on the product offerings: Personal Oracle7, Workgroup/2000 and Oracle7
Server. Well worth the $60 price tag!
It is relatively concise yet has breadth and depth to satisfy neophyte to advanced user.
Favorite book for a DBA crossing over to Oracle is "Understanding the Oracle Server" Krakovsky/Prentice Hall.
The book Oracle - A beginner's Guide is also pretty good. Received on Tue Oct 15 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST