Oracle9i the Complete Reference [With CDROM]

by Kevin Loney and George Koch

Book Overview

Provides coverage of topics core to the 9i release including functions and commands, the Virtual Private Database (VPD), and Flashback Queries. This book includes chapters about using other products... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0072225211
• ISBN13: 9780072225211
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media
• Length: 1256 Pages
• Weight: 4.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Everyday Usage

I'm a Oracle DBA and this is a great reference book. I use it so much that it does not get back to the bookshelf. A book to learn how oracle works it is not but a complete quick coverage of everything that an oracle 9i database can do. The only thing I have found better might be Oracle's own docs. But when you are setting in front of a console with no internet access oracle's docs won't help. Or just thumb tab a few pages that you use for speedy look up. It is a reference not an instruction manual and a lot cheaper then printing out Oracle's docs.

The Best book to Start Learning Oracle

This is the book to start learning Oracle. This book assume that you know nothing and from there it builds your Oracle Skills. Oracle is very vast but this book has nicely covered all the basic aspects of Oracle that you will need in your day to activity. No doubt that this book will not make you an Oracle Expert but definitely you will learn to move forward. This is the starting point.... This book will make your base for Oracle.

Great reference

I cannot keep this book on my desk my cube and have finally ordered more copies for the rest of the crew. It is a terrific reference for anyone using or developing Oracle products. It is very well-written and contains an index that should be a model to the writers and editors of all technical manuals.

A Pleasure to Read

This is one of the best written computer books I have read -- head and shoulders above most other computer books in both style and clarity. The CD that comes with the book offers valuable SQL practice as you follow along. If all technical books were written this well, we'd certainly be making better products.

Solid coverage

This is the one I've been waiting for. It's got coverage of the 9i features like external tables and updates the older chapters to include features. I hadn't even heard about multitable inserts before this book. The CD has 9i R2 docs as well as the book scripts. Overall, more in-depth coverage than the 9i New Features book but the new features are more integrated to old text so you may have to read a little more but it's worth it.