Oracle8i Database Administration [Paperback]

Noel Yuhanna (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1999

This book addresses some of the most common and complex issues regarding the newest, most popular database management technology.

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"Very practical indeed!...one book every intermediate or advanced Oracle8I administrators should have on their shelf." -- Mitch Tulloch of Swynk.com

Product Details

• Paperback: 543 pages
• Publisher: Manning Publications (November 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1884777783
• ISBN-13: 978-1884777783
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,559,632 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful DBA book !, March 21, 2000

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S.S Chauhan (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle8i Database Administration (Paperback)

I have been an Oracle DBA for the last 7 years and have used Oracle7, Oracle8 extensively. I usually buy quite a few Oracle books for my reference. I must say that this Oracle8i DBA Book is very well written and has a totally new format, the Questions and answers which guides the reader on how to implement the feature. I must say that the scripts that are available for download are very accurate and useful. The replication topic was excellent and I was able to replicate my two database fairly quickly. Partitioning has been covered in detail and with good examples. If you want to implement standby database then this is the book, it provides A to Z on it with examples. This book is much better than any other Oracle Press book on Database Administration. I have already used this book on a number of occasions and I think the author has done a good job in providing an easy-to-read book. I highly recomend this for intermediate to advanced DBA. - Good luck !

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most useful DBA book I've read so far, October 12, 2000

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Eeshtam (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle8i Database Administration (Paperback)

As an Oracle Instructor and DBA I've had the opportunity to review numerous Oracle texts for DBA's and have to say I've been quite disappointed with most of them. Mr. Yuhanna's book however is an exception. Out of the many DBA texts I have on my shelf this is the one I goto most frequently. Unlike other texts which spend excessive amounts of time covering uncommonly used features and little to no time covering commonly used features this books covers almost all the basics in a hands on approach. The book is setup in a step by step how-to format. Although it doesn't discuss concepts much that is not its purpose and the best concepts book is the Oracle Documentation anyway. I've have yet to see a good how-to DBA book until I came across this one. As a consultant/instructor I recommend it quite frequently.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical Oracle DBA Book !, February 18, 2000

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Richard (London, U.K) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oracle8i Database Administration (Paperback)

I found this book to be very useful for DBA related tasks. It has covered topics such as Tablespace administration, Parallel execution very well. It uses a FAQ approach, where a question is answered using scripts and examples. Also I liked the Standby Database topic, it has step-by-step implementation, including how to recover upto the last commited transaction! I also found the topic on Advanced Oracle Replication to be very useful and practical. I would highly recommend it to any DBA. It has quite a few scripts and examples that makes it interesting to read. Also I have so far not found any script errors, the author has really done a good job.