Special Edition Using Oracle8/8I (Paperback)

by David Austin (Author), Willard Baird (Author), Mathew Burke (Author), Nicholas Chase (Author), Joe Duer (Author), Tomas Gasper (Author), Dan Hotka (Author), Manish Kakade (Author), Vijary Lunawat (Author), Betty F. Page (Author), Praveen Sharma (Author), Meghraj Thakkar (Author), William G. Page (Author, Editor)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review
Special Edition Using Oracle8/8i delivers a well-balanced mix of tutorials, upgrade information, and administration instruction. As such, this book serves well as an overview to Oracle concepts and a daily reference for DBAs in the field.

Instead of simply covering the features of Oracle, author William Page--with help from a number of other authors--puts the elements in good general perspective with introductory discussions of key topics. The book opens with a series of excellent chapters on the basics of database management and relational databases, including, of course, Oracle's approach. The book covers the entire spectrum of Oracle subjects (from tablespaces to tuning), and in addition to its coverage of Oracle 8i, there are several chapters dedicated to the architecture of Oracle7 as well as technical comparisons and migration issues.

The text is subtly highlighted with blue headings and page labels for a very readable format. The "Contents at a Glance" section is right on the cover page, offering quick lookups to favorite chapters. The CD-ROM includes a copy of Oracle8i Personal Edition 8.1 for Microsoft Windows NT, sample code, and an electronic chapter on using Oracle on Linux. If you're looking for a single book to explain Oracle and serve as a survival guide, this is a fine choice. --Stephen W. Plain

Topics covered: Principles of DBMS's; database normalization; Oracle 7.x, 8.x, and 8i architectures; performance optimization; security; recovery; Oracle tools; Oracle Application Server (OAS); parallel and distributed database management.

Product Description
Special Edition Using Oracle8i provides you with a one-stop reference on the latest Oracle database--complete with real-life experiences and practical examples. Key updates that are covered for Oracle8I include SQLJ programming, JavaBeans, CORBA, and Java Virtual Machine. You will learn the fundamentals of Oracle database design, development and administration and progress quickly to using Oracle's tools and products to make these tasks easier and faster.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1082 pages
• Publisher: Que (September 28, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789719754
• ISBN-13: 978-0789719751
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,561,122 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor 8/8i coverage, June 30, 2000

By A Customer

Simply, this books coverage of 8 and 8i features is poor. If you want something to review the new features of Oracle, this book is not it. Do not waste your time.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I am VERY unhappy, May 4, 2000

By	Michael Swinarski (Phoenix AZ) - See all my reviews

I am extremely unhappy with this book. I found several errors. Some of the parameters that it suggests using on an Oracle 8/8i do not work as they are now obsolete. Although they work in an Oracle 7.x environment, they will cause your 8.x database to not startup! (Yes, I tested them before I posted this message) The rest of the book is vague and generally unhelpful. I am extremely disappointed and not sure that I will EVER purchase another book from QUE again!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good attempt to make a straight to the point techcl. book, August 17, 1999

By A Customer

Considering that most of the Oracle DBA books on the market are simply horrible, filling hundreds of pages with unneeded info, this book is the first attempt to make a purely technical, no nonesense reference guide for DBAs to use. Those new to Oracle 8 will get a good introduction to new features. However, do not look for a recipe to install Oracle on Unix, do backup and recovery, set up the OS environment, etc. For these critical and complex tasks the book follows the old industry tradition: it gently touches upon these topics... and moves on.