Oracle DBA Tips and Techniques [Paperback]

Sumit Sarin (Conductor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 2000 | Series: Tips & Techniques

This text is a complement to "Oracle Press DBA Handbooks" and "starter kit." It is organized and structured to provide time-saving, undocumented methods for the DBA's comprehensive job. It contains a CD-ROM with scripts of time-saving techniques.

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From the Back Cover

Expert Technical Knowledge at the Turn of a Page.

Expand your Oracle expertise by using the hundreds of tips and techniques provided in this unique reference. Written by an expert Oracle DBA, this volume offers high-end

administrative solutions by leveraging little-known Oracle features with proven tactics. Complete with full coverage of Oracle8i, this book covers planning, installation, architecture, tuning, Web integration, backup and recovery, and much more.

Learn to:
Create and configure Oracle databases.
Manage objects, storage, and capacity.
Export and import techniques.
Design high-availability databases.
Use a hot standby database.
Enable advanced failover methods.
Install and upgrade Oracle8i.
Implement backup and recovery techniques.
Tune your database for peak performance.
Leverage new Oracle8i features.
Manage a Web-based database environment.
Use Oracle-supplied packages.

'In the new world of electronic commerce, from storefronts to exchanges, the database is the underlying platform...and this book provides technical people with the capability to make sure we've got a rock-solid foundation!'
--Clayton B. Davis, Vice President, Advanced Technology Solutions, Oracle Corporation.

Product Details

• Paperback: 737 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies; 1st edition (April 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072122455
• ISBN-13: 978-0072122459
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,054,429 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book for an Oracle Software Professional, May 16, 2000

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"reji" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle DBA Tips and Techniques (Paperback)

I have several books on Oracle 8i but "ORACLE DBA TIPS & Techniques" By Sumit Sarin is one of the best. If you want to know how the Oracle Server works or want to learn about the new features that ORACLE 8i has or tune your existing DB, this book gives you a very good lead.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference, April 2, 2000

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darren price (Wichita, Kansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle DBA Tips and Techniques (Paperback)

Excellent review of database administration areas that you may come accross while performing a variety of tasks that even the Oracle documentation fails to point out. Also, an effective study tool for Oracle certification. Worth the money, for sure.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have -- But Poor Build Quality, June 14, 2000

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"ttpayne" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle DBA Tips and Techniques (Paperback)

This book is an absolute must for the Oracle DBA. Sarin provides clear and practical information on every significant area of Oracle database administration. The Osborne Tips & Tricks series books are the best on the market. Buy this book along with Richard Niemic's Performance Tuning and Joeseph Trezzo's PL/SQL, and your Oracle library is virtually complete.

One thing that really irks me about this book and all of the Osborne Tips and Tricks books that I've purchased: the bind qulity is quite poor. The pages are falling out after the first week.