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Oracle8i Database Administration

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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 !

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.

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.

The author has taken a radical new approach with this book, in that the solutions offered are taken from actual questions/problems faced by Oracle DBAs. The scripts included in the book make for compelling reading as well, and show practical solutions to some of the most difficult problems facing the Oracle DBA. Not just another technical manual, but a real hands-on wealth of solutions. Great book!

Among all the Oracle reference books, I found this one to be the most useful and practical book. This book is very well written and has an easy to read format. The detailed step-by-step instructions in Q&A section helped me solve problems quickly. This saved me much time and effort than going through piles of other reference books and trying to pull pieces of information here and there together to get a complete picture. I highly recommend this book to Oracle DBA's in all levels.

Covers what you need to know (rather than obscure features that you will hardly ever use) in a question and answer format with practical examples for every question. Very readable. Useful for new and experienced Oracle DBAs.

I have gone through some of the topics covered in this book and they are very very useful for any DBA. They are practical and easy to follow. I would highly recommend - a must have !

This book is outstanding ! It provides factual information -- posing a typical problem a DBA runs into and most importantly shows you how to solve this problem. I would highly recommend this book.

The book is very useful for both new and experienced DBAs because it has a lot of practical examples. I especially like its Q&A format with scripts which makes reading very interesting.

This is simply a very practical cookbook of various tasks and how to get them done without having to go thru pages of nonsense. It is a very good companion to the standard docs.