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PSOUG book reviews are conducted by a team of three, or more reviewers.
Books reviews are be published only if the we believe the book makes a significant contribution and is not just a
rehash of existing materials. New listings have a colored background.
The order of the books, below, does not constitute a rating system nor is it intended to convey any information. If
we didn't think these books belonged on your bookshelf we wouldn't even mention their names.
Book reviews are ongoing books so please submit
suggestions and recommendations.
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Book Name / ISBN |
Oracle Insights Tales of the Oak Table |
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Author /Publisher
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Mogens Norgaard,
Dave Ensor,
Tim Gorman,
Kyle Hailey,
Anjo Kolk,
Jonathan Lewis,
Connor McDonald,
Cary Milsap,
James Morle,
David Ruthven,
Gaja Krishna
Vaidyanatha
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Review
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The cover says: "Eleven leading
authorities on Oracle's database engine share their unique insights on how best to
exploit the software. We can't think of a better description of this book in which
each of the eleven writers has authored a chapter. Here are some of the chapter
titles as they speak for themselves.
- You probably don't tune right
- Compulsive tuning disorder
- Testing and risk management
- Design disasters
Chapter 1 by Dave
Ensor alone is worth the price of admission. While this book can
be read by the novice ... the more years of Oracle experience you have ... the
more valuable this book will be. Enjoy!
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Book Name / ISBN
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Practical Oracle 8i / 0-201-71584-8 |
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Author /Publisher
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Jonathan Lewis |
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Review
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Don't let the fact that this book was written for 8i discourage you. If you are
one of those developers or DBAs that doesn't need a book for syntax. But rather looking for books to help you
make decisions on which syntax to choose, and why, this book is essential. Jonathan's knowledge of Oracle is
at the top of the trade and this book contains some of the most valuable advice available anywhere.
With Oracle 8i this book was essential, and it is good enough that it survived without revision through Oracle's
9i. We sincerely hope Jonathan will do a complete rewrite for 10g.
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Book Name / ISBN
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Expert one-on-one Oracle
/ 1-861004-82-6
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Author /Publisher
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Tom Kyte |
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You should not be allowed to put 'developer' and 'PL/SQL' on your resume if you
haven't read this book. Tom deals with the most important aspects of working with Oracle ... rarely covered
in other books that focus more on syntax than successful implementation of applications utilizing the syntax.
The first three chapters are mandatory reading for anyone coming to Oracle from SQL Server, DB2, Informix,
or Sybase.
This book is, without a doubt, the most referenced to book on the shelf.
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Book Name / ISBN
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Effective Oracle By Design / 0-07-223065-7 |
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Author /Publisher
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Tom Kyte
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Review
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As one PSOUG member recently remarked: "Syntax is boring." And it is.
Anyone can go to the web and find the syntax to do something. Knowing what to do, and perhaps more importantly,
what not to do is what separates the amateur from the professional.
If you aren't using Oracle to build single-user systems, if you have need to be concerned with performance and
scalability, add this book to your reading list. One of the many things we like about this book is the emphasis
on testing code for performance and scalability the demonstrations related to hard parses and soft parses, and
the fact that some soft parses are softer than others.
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Oracle In A Nutshell / 0-613912-17-9 |
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Author /Publisher
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Rick Greenwald, David C. Kreines |
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A good introduction for those new to Oracle. |
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Book Name / ISBN
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Oracle Security Step-by-Step
/ 0-9724273-4-1
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Author /Publisher
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Pete Finnigan
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Review
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If part of your job responsibility is securing databases this book should
definitely be on your list. Unlike far too many treatments this book goes far beyond the simple reliance in userid and
password and provides hundreds of concrete and specific ideas on where security holes can be found and how to plug them.
The books biggest weakness is the lack of an index. What you are looking for is likely
here ... finding it, however, may be a bit of a challenge.
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Book Name / ISBN
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The Art and Science of Oracle Performance Tuning
/ 1-904347-01-0
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Author /Publisher
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Christopher Lawson
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Review
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The author has written this book from the standpoint that it will be read
by DBAs: It should be read by everyone. Developers should not throw any garbage they can write over the cubicle wall and
expect their DBA to sort things out after it is implemented in production. So there is a lot of material in here that will
be new for developers and should not be, but likely is, new for many DBAs.
One part of this book we really appreciate is the fact that the book is giving advice oriented toward version 9i and beyond
rather than rehashing old version 7 - 8i advice that, in many cases, is obsolete. Be sure not to miss the sections devoted
to the new magic views such as V$PGA_TARGET_ADVICE.
The one thing this book is missing is DBMS_PROFILER. Hopefully the author will add this critical tuning tool to future editions.
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Oracle Database 10g New Features
/ 0-07-222947-0
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Author /Publisher
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Robert G. Freeman
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Review
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No single book could possibly discuss all of the new
features in 10g ... but this book does a commendable job of identifying new features that will most likely be of interest to serious
developers and DBAs looking for those features on which they should
initially concentrate.
The book assumes you already know the basics so the code samples are
designed for someone already familiar with 9i functionality.
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Book Name / ISBN
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Beginning Oracle Programming
/ 1-59059-286-7
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Author /Publisher
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Sean Dillon,
Tom Beck,
Tom Kyte,
Joel Kallman,
Howard Rogers
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Review
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Under review
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Book Name / ISBN
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Optimizing Oracle
Performance / 0-59600-527-X
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Author /Publisher
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Cary Milsap
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Under review
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Book Name / ISBN
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Cost Based Oracle Fundamentals
/ 1-59059-636-6
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Author /Publisher
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Jonathan Lewis
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Review
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Under review
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Book Name / ISBN
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Performance Tuning 101
/ 0-07-213145-4
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Author /Publisher
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Gaja Krishna Vaidyanatha,
Kirtikumar Deshpande,
John A. Kostelac
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Review
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Under review
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Book Name / ISBN
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PeopleSoft for the Oracle DBA
/ 1-59059-422-3
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Author /Publisher
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David KurtzOak Table Press
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Review
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Under review
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