Customer Reviews

Oracle Database 11g The Complete Reference (Oracle Press)

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
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If you have no internet access, this book is better than nothing, but otherwise stick with the free online books and docs provided by Oracle. Indeed, the last 1/3 or so of this book is just reference material copied directly from Oracle's free docs, but is more difficult to navigate without the hyperlinked crossreferences.

The book is not "complete" as the title suggests, not covering all new features (case-insensitivity using NLS_SORT, NLS_COMP is just one example).

Additionally, not all the information is accurate -- the author does not even know what the term "relational database" means, he thinks "relations" have something to do with foreign keys. A common misconception yes, but worrisome from a database "expert". I also found incorrect syntax in the transportable tablespace section, before I gave up with the book entirely.

Use at your own risk, and consider that the author has given his own book a 5 star rating on this site!

Generally the book is well written , but the approach is for very highly technical individuals. Since I am primary a SQL programmer, about half the book is not what I need. However, I use this book on PL/SQL more than I use the book "Oracle PL/SQL Programming". I found this book is better organized to check syntax on various functions. My DBA is usually checking the book for her job and she has found the book to be helpful for her needs. Overall I would recommend the book as a group reference.

I have been using this book or one of its earlier versions for six years. It does a great job of filling in the blanks for people like me who learned Oracle in the monkey-see monkey-do fashion of on the job training. It continues to be a great reference because it has a great index -- probably the best index in any technical book I own. I can find a term in the index very quickly and then flip to a focused explanation of that term. This usually much faster than flailing around the web doing word searches for the same information. It is an expensive book, but I have saved in frustration what I spent in dollars. It is very difficult to keep it on my desk because it is borrowed so often.

The book explain how Oracle 11g database works and it's ok for performing all Oracle sql statements, but for other topics, for example RMAN or setting the database with nls_ parameters, i was expecting more from this book, but I insist its a good reference book.

This is a very targeted, focused book and it is also a great resource for the individual that occasionally finds himself working on a ORACLE environment. The techniques and tools are there, but it is not for the faint of heart!

I purchased this book more than a month ago. I got to page 68 where the author suggests following along with the examples in the book. He notes that all the scripts to create and populate the example databases are on the included CD. The problem is that there is no CD included with the book. I checked the publisher's web site and there were no scripts available for download. I contacted the publisher's support line. The support person told me that they were working on this problem. It has been well over a month and still no scripts.

It is an expensive book that is very far from the complete reference the publisher claims.

The code is available on the publisher's site, and it's available from the author as well.

I needed this textbook for my current class. It was delivered before the class began and at such an amazing discount!

Book came to me in great condition. I must say the shipping took longer than I expected, but within the seller's delivery range. Other than that I am pleased with my item.