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Guide to Oracle 10g

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For a textbook, this book isn't all that bad. I used this for my database administration courses for college, and it was written in a way that made databases very easy to understand.

I use this book as 1 of 2 texts I require in my Database undergrad course (the other being a database concepts book). I find my students really like the tutorial approach and learn a little bit of each of the major aspects of the Oracle DBMS and Developer components: SQL+, PL/SQL, Oracle Forms and Reports. There is more material in the book than we can cover in a semester which provides a value-added for the student after the course is over. Also, the tutorials and cases present realistic applications for the student to master. I recommend this book to anyone faced with learning the scope of important features of the Oracle DBMS.

this book is done well I have used it in my class and it has helped me learn oracle. the book got here fast and I've paid much less then the local bookstore .

Many courses use this as their textbook... bad idea. My course used this and another book... good idea. This book is more of a reference book in my eyes, not a textbook. If you need to look up how to do something or find out what certain properties/methods do, look no further. However, the examples are VERY basic in each topic, so it prety much just shows you the general idea of how to do something. Overall, good to have next to another textbook.

This book does have a lot of information in it. The downside in my opinion is poor wording. Some of the questions are very poorly written. Some of the actual text is poorly written also, which leads to problems in a classroom setting.

This Oracle 10g book by Morrison & Morrison is an exceptional learning tool. It is very well written, and makes effective use of graphics. The figures used in this book are relevant to the text, and really help enforce what the author is trying to communicate to the reader.

However, the CD-ROM discs that are included with the book do not allow the user to install a working copy of the database. After installing the software, it is not possible to log-on to SQL Plus. Even after trying to configure an Oracle Listener and Service Name, it is not possible to log-on to the database with the credentials that I created and the host name listed in the tnsnames.ora file. It would be nice if the book or the software provided a solution for this issue.

I am currently using this for my advanced DBMS course. I haven't finished reading this book, but so far it is very good. The examples are quite thorough and easy to understand. My only complaints are the index (some things are hard to find), and no info on the import/ export utility, or indepth info on SQLLDR. Otherwise, it's a great book. By the way, the reason I titled my review "Straight Gangsta" is b/c of the version's alpha-numeric tag. Some may tell you that the 'g' stands for grid, but the truth is that it stands for 'gansta!'. The previous version was 9i ('i' because it was ill); but the additional features in version 10 moved it up to 'gansta' status. If Oracle 10g was a flavor, it would be ganstalicious. :) Anywho, I digress. Great book if you plan to use Oracle 10g. Peace out.

The book arrived in plenty of time before my classes started, even though the shipping said it could take up to 15 days. The book was in good condition and had the cds that were originally included with the book.

It said it used book. I expected it 's used but should include everything. CD was missing in the package. The book was bent.

This was a very good buy. I saved about $50 from what the book cost at the bookstore on campus. The book is in great condition as was mentioned in the posting and it also came with the two CDs that come with it. The CDs even came tightly packaged to ensure they weren't damaged in transit. This was my first experience purchasing an item from Amazon.com and as a result, I will definitely do it again.