Oracle8 Black Book: The Oracle Professional's Guide to Implementing the Object-Oriented Features of Oracle8 [Paperback]

Michael R. Ault (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 14, 1998

Reveals how to use Oracle's new Java development tool and apply it to relational architecture, extensions, and optimization. Shows how to utilize the enhanced support for binary large objects (BLOBS) such as video, sound, fax, and picture data to revolutionize the way corporations use and present data. Explains how object features like inheritance, polymorphism, and abstraction are delivered within the domain of a relational database. Teaches how to support existing relational data in an object-based environment with the new database feature Object View.

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About the Author

Michael R. Ault (Alpharetta, GA) is Chief Technical Officer and part owner of DBMentors, International, Inc., an Oracle consulting and training firm, and was a quality control expert for the OCP exams. Michael is the author of Oracle DBA Exam Cram: Test 1 and Test 2, and the co-author of Oracle DBA Exam Cram: Test 3 and Test 4. His books have been translated into German, Portuguese, and Chinese.

Product Details

• Paperback: 928 pages
• Publisher: Coriolis Group Books (January 14, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576101878
• ISBN-13: 978-1576101872
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,111,143 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Useless Reference, January 22, 2002

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MR MARK C WILLIS (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle8 Black Book: The Oracle Professional's Guide to Implementing the Object-Oriented Features of Oracle8 (Paperback)

I am not an experienced DBA, but mainly a Java developer. However I thought this book would be a useful reference when doing any Oracle related development projects. I was greatly mistaken. Myself, or my colleagues have never found anything useful in it. So if you want a good Oracle reference, I'd look elsewhere!

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Shovelware At Its Worst, April 10, 2000

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DavidLJ (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle8 Black Book: The Oracle Professional's Guide to Implementing the Object-Oriented Features of Oracle8 (Paperback)

I have no idea what the other reviewers of this book are thinking. I feel seriously mislead, and am returning the book for credit. This is shovelware at its worst, a random unedited pile of hacks, thinks, and yawns thrown together without thought, direction or inspiration. It should never have been published. Books like this are what keeps those Giant Computer Book Sale operations in business.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Where are the Scripts on the CD?, April 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Oracle8 Black Book: The Oracle Professional's Guide to Implementing the Object-Oriented Features of Oracle8 (Paperback)

The book is good, but I have one big question!! Where are the scripts on the CD? It says on the back cover that there are "200 scripts for use with Oracle8" on the CD. I can't find them. Are you expected to handjam them out of the book onto a disk?