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Summary: OK
Review: better than the Oracle8 version. But you can find better books on the same topic, e.g., 8i Tips and Techniques or Oracle Manual "Administrator's Guide".
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Summary: OK
Review: better than the Oracle8 version. But you can find better books on the same topic, e.g., 8i Tips and Techniques or Oracle Manual "Administrator's Guide".
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Summary: DBA, OCP
Review: Great book. It covered OEM v2.0 and Performance Tunning Packs which is much better than reading the online documentation. Plus good sample scripts to monitoring multiple databases.
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Summary: Not for Experienced DBAs
Review: I bought this book and Oracle 8 DBA book and found they are not for experienced DBAs. I did not find much new information in these books. I found cram exam books on OCP-DBA Upgrade from Oracle 7.3 to Oracle 8 and Oracle 8 to Oracle 8i much useful.This book will probably good for people who just became DBA.
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Summary: Good Content
Review: I found the content of the book to be well structured and very informative. Good reference for any DBA as well as a great starter book for the less experienced DBA. I only wish that Mr. Loney went into more detail with monitoring and tuning.
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Summary: The best investment I ever made!
Review: I lied on my resume to get a particular DBA job and got it all because of this book and after a few months on the job and asking stupid questions (and almost giving mydelf away) I actually turned pro. This book has enough excellent material in it to get you into the job and to keep you in the job. I bougt a second copy to supoprt the author after this book nearly quadrupled my income.
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Summary: A good book for oracle new ones
Review: If you want to learn Oracle, this book is a good starting point. An spread spectrum of topics is covered throughout the book and the style Loney writes Is straightforward and easy to understand. It is a good book in order to understand the basic concepts about oracle.
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Summary: It really depends on the reader...
Review: It is a good Oracle reference that covers well many aspects of day-to-day Oracle administration. It might be very good for beginners, but if you are an experienced DBA, there is not too much new information you can find here.
There are no strong real-world examples, advanced or undocumented features in this book. Everything is 'standard' DBA stuff that you can easily find in Oracle's Documentation if you need a fast reference.
Again, if you are a beginner-to-intermediate DBA trying to consolidate your knowledge, this book may be very appropriate for you. But if you already are an experienced DBA digging after 'something special' (you know what I mean), then you should look for something else (something like Oracle 24x7 Tips & Techniques).
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Summary: Not for Experienced DBAs
Review: Loney and Theriault have put together quite a compendium of information about Oracle. I have created the command center database for my employer and used the tuning information many times. I did discover a discrepancy with the information relating to temp tablespaces. The book states that temp segments are constantly created, extended, and then dropped. The Oracle server documentation states that temp segments are not dropped, but continue to expand and are reused by multiple processes. This caused a great deal of confusion until we did more research. I find this book to be very useful otherwise, but would recommend crosschecking information (not just from this book but from any book) with a variety of sources when troubleshooting a problem.
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Summary: This is a useful book, but...
Review: Loney and Theriault have put together quite a compendium of information about Oracle. I have created the command center database for my employer and used the tuning information many times. I did discover a discrepancy with the information relating to temp tablespaces. The book states that temp segments are constantly created, extended, and then dropped. The Oracle server documentation states that temp segments are not dropped, but continue to expand and are reused by multiple processes. This caused a great deal of confusion until we did more research. I find this book to be very useful otherwise, but would recommend crosschecking information (not just from this book but from any book) with a variety of sources when troubleshooting a problem.
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