Oracle8i for Windows NT Starter Kit [With CDROM]

by Steve Bobrowski

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 007212248X
• ISBN13: 9780072122480
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 2.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

It actually delivers

I knew enough to "do what I had to do" in MS SQL 7, then get back to coding a web app. All I wanted was to do the same thing with Oracle - not so easy, Oracle is a beast. After wasting two weeks with a "Sam's Teach Yourself" I cut my losses (Can I send them a bill for my time?) and went for this one. It's unreal, if you know nothing about Oracle, this book is an easy (and short!) read that will get you up and running quickly.

Excellent book for starters

This book teaches you everything you need to know to get started on using oracle for building web-based applications. Concepts are clearly explained and chapters are very concise and organized. Took me about a week to finish this book.

Reader's review

This is a very well written book. Reading it and doing the exercises are really good learning experience for me. I had no problems in following through the exercises although I had no prior knowledge on SQL. The CD works. The most satisfying part for me is I got the same answers as displayed in the book, except where there is a date involved - the date might have been 19-May-99 in the book and I got 10-3-00- as it should. I rush out to bookstores to look for more books by the same author on Oracle 8i. I would recommend this book for anyone wanting to learn about Oracle 8i. Could you please pass on to the author my compliments to him and I look forward to reading more books by him.

Well worth it...

Chuck pretty much says it all, but I thought I would add a review since there is only one other. I needed a book to help me with Oracle on NT. Not 10 other system but specifically on NT. I was not interested in developing huge databases or complex designs. I wanted a book that would take me through installation, tell me about setting it up and then the basics on using it. This book does exactly that. If you want to read on then it goes into greater detail. It does come with the full enterprise edition (60 days eval I think) which is also great considering that I was not due to get the full licenced version for some weeks after.I looked at all the other books on the shelf, but in you want to know about Oracle on NT from a beginners level, this book stands out.

an excellent book on oracle

I've tried many oracle books for developer, dba, beginner, etc but only got disappointed until this book. It teaches you how to install oracle8i with timely and clear comments and explanations at certain critical installation moments; On the pl/sql, the author stays focused, step by step, on what pl/sql is, how it works, the difference between anonymous and stored procedures, the differences between and among procedure, function, triggers, sequence, index, package, etc. He is assertive but pleasant on his views on pl/sql and its apparently inevitable evolution: stored procedure using java, therefore you have a much clearer picture of the relationship between traditional solution using pl/sql and new solution using java. This book is not only with oracle developers on mind but oracle dba as well. It shows you step by step examples of database backup and recovery and system tuning. I guess that the author has tried his best to generate the best 'dummy' yet highly practical working examples on backup and recovery possible for readers to try on their machines. I commend the author's effort and strongly recommend this book without reservation.