[comp.databases] Book on Oracle

mll@ulysses.att.com (Mike Lyncheski) (02/15/91)

Does anyone know of a good book for ORACLE under UNIX (besides the manuals)?

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Thanks,
Mike

mll@ulysses.att.com (Mike Lyncheski) (02/19/91)

Thanks to those people that responded to my request for information
about books on ORACLE under UNIX.  The following is a summary
of the responses:

From Daryl D'Souza:

+>The only one that I know of, which is not PC based, is the Prentice-Hall
+>publication: Database Management--Developing Application Systems Using
+>Oracle, by Bisland.


From John Vander Borght:

+>If you are looking for a good introductory book, I'd suggest:
+>Understanding Oracle by James T. Perry and Joseph G. Lateer
+>
+>The book is really aimed at DOS users, but other than the chapter
+>on installation and Oracle for 1-2-3, it really doesn't matter.  I've never
+>used DOS, but I was able to use Oracle with no problems on Unix after reading
+>this book.  It is over 600 pages, with lots of information and examples.
+>The only problem I'd see is that it is a dated (unless they've got a new
+>version.)  My copy cost $24.95 about 2 years ago.
+>
+>Here is listing of the Chapters:
+>
+>1. Oracle: The right tool for many jobs
+>2. Installing Professional Oracle
+>3. Interfacing with Oracle: SQL and SQL*Plus
+>4. Desiging a database, creating tables and adding data
+>5. Querying the database
+>6. Defining and using views
+>7. Operators and functions
+>8. Understanding SQL*Forms
+>9. Using SQL*Reportwriter
+>10. Using SQL*Menu
+>11. Maintaining Database Security
+>12. Optimizing System Performance: Indexing and Clustering
+>13. Programming with Oracle: using PRO*C
+>14. Oracle Utilities: exp, imp, odl and SQL*Loader
+>15. Oracle for 1-2-3
+>16. Using the spreadsheet: SQL*Calc
+>
+>Appendicies:
+>A. Oracle's Reserved words
+>B. Data Dictionary views
+>C. SQL and SQL*Plus reference
+>D. SQL*Forms reference
+>E. SQL*Calc reference