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Summary: The most useful and practical Oracle8i Reference Book
Review: 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.
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Summary: Most useful DBA book I've read so far
Review: 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.
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Summary: The Best "Practical" Oracle DBA Book I Have Ever Read
Review: 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.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: I already read many Oracle books from Oracle Press & other publications. They are very good. This book takes different approch of How-to Style content which is very much practical & solves day to day administrative needs. Topics are covered in detail. Most importantly examples given are from grounds up. Excellent! This book is also helpfull for all who know a little bit of Oracle Database & want to know more in depth
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: I already read many Oracle books from Oracle Press & other publications. They are very good. This book takes different approch of How-to Style content which is very much practical & solves day to day administrative needs. Topics are covered in detail. Most importantly examples given are from grounds up. Excellent! This book is also helpfull for all who know a little bit of Oracle Database & want to know more in depth
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Summary: Practical Oracle DBA Book !
Review: 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.
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Summary: Very useful DBA book !
Review: 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 !
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Summary: Great Oracle Book !
Review: 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 !
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Summary: OK Overview of a number of topics
Review: My supervisor is looking for another job closer to his home so I need to learn Oracle fast if I want his job (and corresponding salary). I am looking for documentation that can get me up to speed in general and be useful for specific reference. We use a commercial application built around an Oracle database. I need to understand the database well enough to manage it without any need to develop for it. Yukanna's book is written in question and answer format. The first section I tackled was backups. Yukanna spends a chapter on backup and recovery and covers some interesting questions. He doesn't spend any time discussing the fundamentals of backup such as what needs to be backed up to get a get restore or how the control file works with the log files to recreate a database. I got that through Oracle's documentation and testing. The Oracle CD has over 100megs of documentation. I printed a bunch of it and have found it to be useful in learning the concepts. Yukanna's book would be a good addition to your library as a browser for ideas on managing your database. It is not a good source for learning about Oracle 8i
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Summary: The best DBA book for new and experienced DBAs
Review: 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.
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