Oracle 9i: A Beginner's Guide

Wow, there is a lot of unfair bashing on this book. This book covered exactly what its cover title said..."...A Beginner's Guide. Learn the essentials of Oracle..."Learn the essentials of Oracle was described very well. You get the feel of how the internals of Oracle go. If you are in a job interview and the interviewer asks some basics like the SGA, cursor or what is net8? You'll be laughed at for not having this simple yet broad database knowledge. Very few books describes the Oracle internals and general memory structure of all databases. It sure beats reading the white papers and manuals on the Oracle website. Anyway, this was the section that I thought was highly significant and it distingueshed itself from other books. I think some of the bad reviews below were not expecting what the book's title asys. "Learn the essentials of Oracle." If you want to buy a book on how-to write SQL and learn nothing else, then there are some SQL books targeted solely for only SQL writing.

Like title said, the book is for beginner and cover very wide area, It has include everything you need to know such a SGA, redo log, control file. It also cover package, procedure and function, Java and Form 6i. In other word, it cover from DBA to developer and show you the way where you want to move on. However, each chapter can become a Book itself. For those people who do not know what oracle is about and what sort of Component is involved as a Oracle DBA or Developer . This is book to go.For those who are already family and want a detail information on how to Master on a specific tecni such as PL/SQL, DBA. Sorry and this is not the book.BTW, I think the O'Really PL/SQL is a good book too.

As titled, this book is a BEGINNER's guide. I've been an Oracle DBA for 9 years and am searching for a book to introduce the Oracle database to college students. You are not going to effectively administer Oracle databases by buying this book, however, you are going to be introduced to the concepts and get good introductory examples as well as a guide on where and how to get started.

I have been developing commercial information systems applications for 14 years and though I have actually worked with Oracle SQL and PL/SQL at the programming level on numerous occasions I really didn't know how this product was structured, put together. This book provided me with the historical and conceptual overview of the Oracle database product and company that I was looking for. I think that this is what the book was written for and for this it deserves 5 stars. I can now map my next steps of study and practice with confidence.

I really liked this book. We are studying databases and Oracle and I needed a book about Oracle and how to use it.The book gave me everything I needed. I was able to take the information in the book and create a great basic knowledge of Oracle9i. With this book I was on my way to learning more about Oracle.I read the reviews here and I have to disagree with the information. I find the book really useful and a great starting point. I was looking for a beginner's guide and that is exactly what I got from the book. Thanks.