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Databases

Oracle Database 10g DBA Handbook

Format: Paperback
Author: Kevin Loney
ReleaseDate: 24 March, 2005
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Rating:

It is an excellent DBA Handbook
I am surprised that they did cover a lot of topic in a few pages. The book is excellent in the sense that it went straight to the essential and important topics. The book does help if you have some experience with oracle and especially with 10g. If you are new to oracle I am pretty sure you pick up the wrong book and you will be shaken by the concepts in the book. Overall I recommend this book if you are already familiar with 10g.

Great Book. Not for Beginners
If you already have a working knowledge of how to operate an Oracle database, this book will provide a more solid foundation for your knowledge. This book is definitely not for beginners. I particularly found its chapters on RAC and High Availability helpful. The best part of this book is that it covers the most essential knowledge to becoming a highly competent Oracle DBA without trying to be a reference for every Oracle topic. I highly recommend this book.

Bumpy Ride
I've made it past 200 pages running all of the commands and scripts; however, I've had to do a lot of outside research in the product documentation and internet forums to get the stuff to work. I'm learning database administration for the first time, so I've been sequentially working through this book. I've marked up the margins of this book like crazy. Key pieces of the examples are omitted, and some information is just plain wrong (e. g. names of AWR SQL scripts). Being forced to do outside research can help you learn the material better I guess, but the time could probably be better spent if all you want is your certification. One of their commands to move EM from SYSAUX to another tablespace totally corrupted my database console service and forced me to install a new database instance. Buy this book if you're into pain and self-torment.