1 comments about Oracle8 Manual Del Administrador.

1. De lo mejorcito que he visto. Muy facil de leer y de seguir.

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5 comments about High Performance Oracle8 SQL Programming and Tuning.

1. Pete Cassidy has written the most detailed Oracle Tuning book ever. He includes timings and Explain Plans for queries using a 1-million row table. He places all of the new Oracle8 enhancements in the last two chapters. I highly recommend this book to anyone who ever writes Oracle SQL statements. Great job Pete!



2. I especially like this book because of the real world examples. Pete has taken the time to run many tuning examples. Other tuning books that I have read have few real examples. The section on Analyzing Tables is excellent!



3. I've been programming with Oracle for two and a half years now. I felt that a "High Performance" programming book might be able to help me out, so I opted for this book. While some of the suggestions are helpful, I don't find most of them to be all that special. The basic concept of the book is, "use Explain Plan" (ie tune your code) and "Use indexes when you can" - Oooh ! That's insightful!

   Much of the book is wasted space with the author showing the various permutations of his explain plan output. Four sentences of programming suggestions, followed by two pages of output, doesn't make for particularly interesting reading in my world.

   Granted, the book gives you more, and in better layout than most Oracle texts out there, but I guess I was hoping for more.




4. I have other tuning references, but this is my favorite. The real-life examples and results have saved me hours of frustration. I especially like the chapter on EXPLAIN PLAN, which contains an excellent explaination of the results. I highly recommend it to other DBA's/Developer's.



5. If you want to learn SQL tuning this is not hte book. I guess the author has just filled the book. All, I learned in the end is use indexes (OK!!!). Using indexes is only one part of SQL tuning. There are other issues which have not been explored at all. It is a sheer waste of money to buy this book. I would rather recommend other fine books by Oracle Press and Prentice Hall on Tuning. Bottomline, Dont buy this book. I would have given it a Zero Star if one was available. It was a waste of my money.

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4 comments about Oracle8i DBA: Network Administration Exam Cram (Exam: 1Z0-026).

1. After reading tons of material for the Net Admin test, this book is by far well presented and easy to understand in all the main areas. Use it as an excellent review book. The exam prep questions, however, are not close to the real thing but good for learning anyway. Makes a good teaching supplement also.



2. With this book you will be able to pass 1Z0-026 exam. But if you want to pass it with score above 90% you should use other resources as well. There is a good reference list at the end of each chapter.



3. This is a good place to start learning about Oracle Networking. You will pass your exam if you rely only on this book, but to be comfortable, I strongly suggest you read the Oracle documentation and get practice tests. The practice test in the book was easier than the exam. This book will give you a good foundation, and good and detailed examples.



4. Very well designed. If you are looking to pass oracle exam, this is one of the best references you can have. If you do not have Hands-on experience then you might want to read some other books too. Otherwise, this is it. It covers everything necessary for the exam.

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