Oracle SQL Plus Pocket Reference [Paperback]

Jonathan Gennick (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1565929411 | ISBN-13: 978-1565929418 | Publication Date: May 15, 2000 | Edition: 1st

This pocket reference provides quick reference information that will help you use SQLPlus, Oracle's interactive query tool. It summarizes all of the SQLPlus syntax, including the syntax for new Oracle8i release 8.1.6 features.

SQLPlus is available at every Oracle site--from the largest data warehouse to the smallest single-user system--and it's a critical tool for virtually every Oracle user. Despite its wide use, few developers and DBAs know how powerful a tool SQLPlus can be.

This book boils down the most vital information from Gennick's best-selling book, Oracle SQLPlus: The Definitive Guide, into an accessible summary. It concisely describes interacting with SQLPlus, selecting data, formatting reports with SQLPlus, and tuning SQL queries. It also contains quick references to the SQLPlus commands and format elements.

This book is an indispensable companion to O'Reilly bestselling book, Oracle SQLPlus: The Definitive Guide, but it does not replace it; the larger book is truly the definitive guide, suitable for readers at all levels of expertise. The definitive guide describes the many tasks that SQLPlus can perform, and provides a tutorial on many SQLPlus topics. But this quick reference is an excellent, portable resource for readers who want a pocket-sized summary of SQLPlus capabilities and a reminder of how to issue specific commands and formatting options for SQL*Plus.

Table of Contents:

1. Interacting with SQLPlus
2. Selecting Data
3. Formatting Reports
4. Tuning SQL
5. SQLPlus Format Elements
6. SQL*Plus Command Reference

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Jonathan Gennick is an O'Reilly & Associates editor specializing in database and programming titles. Prior to joining O'Reilly, Jonathan amassed some 17 years of programming and database management experience. During the latter part of his career he specialized in relational database programming, and more recently in database management. Jonathan got his start with relational database systems in 1990, first working with Ingres, and later with Digital's Rdb software. During that period he developed a fondness for SQL, and for the challenge of applying SQL creatively in ways that leveraged it's set-oriented capabilities. In 1994 Jonathan made the leap to Oracle, and is now often found writing about it. Recent projects include Oracle SQLLoader (O'Reilly & Associates, 2001); Oracle SQLPlus Pocket Reference (O'Reilly & Associates, 2000); Oracle SQL*Plus: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly & Associates, 1999); More recently, Jonathan has made forays into other database products, coauthoring Transact-SQL Cookbook (O'Reilly & Associates, 2002) and editing Practical PostgreSQL (O'Reilly & Associates, 2002). Jonathan is certified as an Oracle DBA and is a member of MENSA and the Oracle Technology Network. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Information and Computer Science, with a Business Administration minor, from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. Jonathan currently resides in Munising, Michigan with his wife Donna and their two children: Jenny and Jeff. Jonathan may be contacted by email at [e-mail], and you can learn more about him personally by visiting his website at http://gennick.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 90 pages
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1st edition (May 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565929411
• ISBN-13: 978-1565929418
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,952,665 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I am an Oracle DBA, computer book editor, and writer residing in Munising, Michigan, and only six

blocks from Lake Superior. If you want to know more about me, please visit http://Gennick.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Real Time Saver, May 24, 2000

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E. Winstead - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle SQL Plus Pocket Reference (Paperback)

This pocket reference version has been a real time saver! I really appreciated the concise, clear explanations and examples. Since my co-workers are always walking off with it, I'm having to buy another copy for myself.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great revision guide., June 24, 2001

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C. D. Marsh "Jackson" (Washington) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oracle SQL Plus Pocket Reference (Paperback)

After 7 years solid experience within the ORACLE toolset I find that books like this not only teach us a few new things but are also great revision guides giving new thought to commands, formats,functions etc not used or thought of for some time.

In my opinion, even though a small book, it was well worth the money and one that all Oracle users of whatever standard will appreciate. I suggest any purchser write their name in it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Useful..., September 20, 2006

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J H Murphy "Hank Murphy" (Agoura, California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly)) (Paperback)

...a good combination of size, price, and content. I have the 3rd edition, which includes an 8-page index. I use this as part of teaching a class in Oracle Developer and recommend it for my students. As the other reviewers recommend, write your name in it...the Oreilly pocket references are easy to misplace, and walk off sometimes. There are four blank pages at the end for your own notes. Content is adequate for its purpose -- for extensive details, the Oracle online documentation is available, if slower to access.

Drawbacks? I'd like a larger index, although the current one is useful. A little bit more room throughout the book for notes might be handy, although it would enlarge the book a bit. I think the content is about right, although there will always be things one can't find, and other topics which are never used in this type of book.

And, as with all the Oreilly pocket references I've seen, there is no colophon, so one must go to the original large book to discover that the insect on the front cover is a moving leaf, Phyllium giganteum, a Malaysian creature which grows to about four inches in length...roughly the width of the book!