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  • Someonekicked

    Suggest books for beginner, and good as a reference for later use

    This is my first Database course, and we are going to have two projects in
    oracle (which I know nothing about).

    The professor suggested

    (1) Oracle 9i Programming: A Primer (Paperback)
    by Rajshekhar Sunderraman


    I did a search on amazon, and found those two books with good reviews:

    (2) Oracle9i: The Complete Reference (Paperback)
    by Kevin Loney, George Koch



    (3) Expert Oracle9i Database Administration (Paperback)
    by Sam R. Alapati




    which book do you suggest for beginners, but also can remain as good
    reference for later use!
    any book, not just those 3 ^^
    (from previous experince, the books suggested in our university to learn and
    reference are not always the best).

    thx in advance!!

    --
    Quotes from The Weather Man:
    Robert Spritz: Do you know that the harder thing to do, and the right thing
    to do, are usually the same thing? "Easy" doesn't enter into grown-up
    life... to get anything of value, you have to sacrifice.


  • DA Morgan

    #2
    Re: Suggest books for beginner, and good as a reference for lateruse

    Someonekicked wrote:[color=blue]
    > This is my first Database course, and we are going to have two projects in
    > oracle (which I know nothing about).
    >
    > The professor suggested
    >
    > (1) Oracle 9i Programming: A Primer (Paperback)
    > by Rajshekhar Sunderraman
    > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/032...books&v=glance
    >
    > I did a search on amazon, and found those two books with good reviews:
    >
    > (2) Oracle9i: The Complete Reference (Paperback)
    > by Kevin Loney, George Koch
    >
    > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/007...lance&n=283155
    >
    > (3) Expert Oracle9i Database Administration (Paperback)
    > by Sam R. Alapati
    >
    > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159...lance&n=283155
    >
    >
    > which book do you suggest for beginners, but also can remain as good
    > reference for later use!
    > any book, not just those 3 ^^
    > (from previous experince, the books suggested in our university to learn and
    > reference are not always the best).
    >
    > thx in advance!![/color]

    Personally I'd suggest several things beginning with getting a course in
    10g rather than 9i. But since you are where you are ... I personally
    think Tom Kyte's books far superior to "The Complete Reference" ...
    which isn't.

    You need to check with your instructor ... but from where I sit as an
    instructor ... http://tahiti.oracle.com is far superior t the Database
    Admin. book too. I don't have my students buy any books for the course
    except those by Kyte, Jonathan Lewis, and a few other members of the Oak
    Table that "really" have something to say beyond just the syntax.

    Another resource you might want to access is Morgan's Library which I
    created for my students. You will find it at www.psoug.org.

    Hope this helps.
    --
    Daniel A. Morgan
    Oracle PL/SQL examples, syntax, DBMS packages, string, timestamp, substring, PHP code, and Javascript Code Reference Library (formerly known as Morgan's Library)

    damorgan@x.wash ington.edu
    (replace x with u to respond)

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    • Someonekicked

      #3
      Re: Suggest books for beginner, and good as a reference for later use

      THX A LOT for all the replies..

      I really appreciated!


      --
      Quotes from The Weather Man:
      Robert Spritz: Do you know that the harder thing to do, and the right thing
      to do, are usually the same thing? "Easy" doesn't enter into grown-up
      life... to get anything of value, you have to sacrifice.
      "Someonekic ked" <someonekicked@ comcast.net> wrote in message
      news:HO2dnW8S97 f0olHenZ2dnUVZ_ sSdnZ2d@comcast .com...[color=blue]
      > This is my first Database course, and we are going to have two projects in
      > oracle (which I know nothing about).
      >
      > The professor suggested
      >
      > (1) Oracle 9i Programming: A Primer (Paperback)
      > by Rajshekhar Sunderraman
      > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/032...books&v=glance
      >
      > I did a search on amazon, and found those two books with good reviews:
      >
      > (2) Oracle9i: The Complete Reference (Paperback)
      > by Kevin Loney, George Koch
      >
      > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/007...lance&n=283155
      >
      > (3) Expert Oracle9i Database Administration (Paperback)
      > by Sam R. Alapati
      >
      > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159...lance&n=283155
      >
      >
      > which book do you suggest for beginners, but also can remain as good
      > reference for later use!
      > any book, not just those 3 ^^
      > (from previous experince, the books suggested in our university to learn
      > and reference are not always the best).
      >
      > thx in advance!!
      >
      > --
      > Quotes from The Weather Man:
      > Robert Spritz: Do you know that the harder thing to do, and the right
      > thing
      > to do, are usually the same thing? "Easy" doesn't enter into grown-up
      > life... to get anything of value, you have to sacrifice.
      >[/color]


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