Customer Reviews

Oracle8 & Windows Nt Black Book (Black Book (Coriolis Group Books Paperback))

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This book is well structured, well organized, and well written. It has a lot of good examples and figures in support of the text. I referenced this book many times in my first implemetation of Oracle on Windows_NT. It was immensely helpful and saved me a lot of time and effort. The sections on Oracle Enterprise Manager and performance tuning were extremely informative and useful. In my opinion, this book is a must for Oracle DBA's implementing and supporting Oracle on Windows_NT.

While this is a good overview of oracle8 on NT, there are some major mistakes. The section on backups is at best misleading - the part on hot backups in 100% wrong. Had this book been reviewed by a junior DBA, these mistakes would have been spotted.

My company has been developing applications on Oracle and NT for more than 4 years already, and we never found a good book that integrated both platforms efficiently. The official Oracle documentation for NT is really poor and this guide is perfect for both first-time users and experienced Oracle DBAs.

We highly recommend it!

Incwadi Enhle - The Zulu word for Good Book.

The authors are well informed about their topic. That clearly reflects in the book.

Books with real life scenarios are the best alternative to a real life tutor. I believe that this book tries and achieves doing that. The practicals at the end of each chapter clearly rounds off what the reader has studied.

Together with the clearly explained theory plus the practical exercises (SQL code etc) of both topics i.e. Windows NT and Oracle 8, this book makes an above average investment.

Well Done !

One of those rare books that is useful to the new and experienced Oracle user. Explains many of the NT/Oracle interaction details that are glossed over in other books, but are essential to know. Excellent prose; clear, consise, down-to-earth. These authors "get it".

Very good book for beginners to Intermediate on Oracle on NT. I really learned and enjoyed it.

Buy this.

While there are only a few Oracle/NT books, this one shines. The examples are easy to understand, and I was able to avoid many pitfalls by reading the set-up chapters. I find myself referencing this book almost every day. Very helpful; it was the only way for me to implement a large Oracle8/NT system.

I found this book very comprehensive. It walks you step by step in creation of a new instance using db assistant. Offers a complete guide to all the GUI dijor utilities offered by Oracle8 on NT.

Also has advance chapters which gets into the NT registry used by Oracle.

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Extremely difficult to understand. It jumps from one topic to another without completing what it started to explain. Examples are not very helpful and cannot really be used practically. Doesn't explain how to implement certain suggestions it makes.

When you have problems to install or to configure oracle in NT, then this is the right book for you. However, it doesn't go far to developer needs.