My Favorite Oracle Books
 
 







  
Effective Oracle by Design (Osborne ORACLE Press Series)27 reviews
Thomas Kyte

McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2003

If only all Oracle books were this good

+ Doesn't get any better....
+ Fabulous
+ Benchmark it..
+ Well-written and packed with useful information
  
  











  



  
Optimizing Oracle Performance27 reviews
Cary Millsap, Jeffrey Holt

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2003

Excellent performance book

+ Technically great, somewhat outdated, and very wordy
+ Method R: Optimizing Oracle Performance Using Extended SQL Trace Data
+ A real page turner
+ Superb book
  
  











  



  
Oracle Database 10g Real Application Clusters Handbook (Osborne Oracle Press)19 reviews
K Gopalakrishnan

McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2006

Gopalakrishnan does it again..

+ Well written and thorough. Readable beyond its technical complexities.
+ Best internals coverage yet for Oracle 10g RAC
+ Must read for DBAs supporting RAC
  
  











  



  
Expert Oracle, Signature Edition Programming Techniques and Solutions for Oracle 7.3 through 8.1.7 (Expert ...77 reviews
Thomas Kyte

Apress, 2005

Best $12 I ever spent!!!

+ Fantasic
+ Detailed and well explained
+ Good stuff for all
+ The gold standard for Oracle DBAs and developers
  
  











  



  
Oracle Wait Interface: A Practical Guide to Performance Diagnostics & Tuning (Osborne ORACLE Press Series)32 reviews
Kirtikumar Deshpande, K. Gopalakrishnan

McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2004

Bye Bye Cache Hit Ratio

+ Oracle Wait interface
+ Excellent examples - easy to understand and use
+ Skillful Oracle book!
+ Kirtikumar Deshpande, K. Gopalakrishnan are the Best Authors !
  
  











  



  
Oracle Insights: Tales of the Oak Table10 reviews
Dave Ensor, Tim Gorman, ...

Apress, 2004

A Painful, Funny Journey

+ Excellent and fascinating read for aspiring Oracle gurus
+ I want more books like this one!
+ This should be on the Generic Documentation CD
  
  











  



  
Pro Oracle Database 10g RAC on Linux: Installation, Administration, and Performance (Expert's Voice in ...10 reviews
Julian Dyke, Steve Shaw

Apress, 2006

The Magnum Opus on Oracle RAC

+ It's all in the details
+ Great choice
+ Comprehensive, detailed, well organized and easy to understand
+ Excellent command level RAC material.
  
  











  



  
Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle26 reviews
Matthew Symonds

Simon & Schuster, 2003

Highly Recommended!

+ Very interesting
+ Great Read, but Flawed
+ very interesting but not objetive
  
  











  



  
Oracle Database 10g High Availability with RAC, Flashback, and Data Guard (Osborne ORACLE Press Series)11 reviews
Matthew Hart, Scott Jesse

McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2004

Great Book On HA

+ Good, broad coverage

I like this book. It does not go into details but gives you at least the basic you need to deploy quickly RAC, DG, Flashback, and Streams. The author also spent time defining HA from the DBA point of view. Overall, I recommend this book and gives 5 stars
  
  











  



  
Effective Oracle Database 10g Security by Design11 reviews
David Knox, McGraw-Hill

McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2004

Good Enough for the CIA

+ THE book to get !!!
+ Fantastic!
+ Excellent Oracle help
  
  











  



  
Oracle Database 11g: New Features for DBAs and Developers (Expert's Voice in Oracle)8 reviews
Sam R. Alapati, Charles Kim

Apress, 2007

The best 11g book on the market

+ Oracle Database 11g Review
+ Very good book

This is the most detailed 11g book on the market. It has a ton of material on the new Oracle database. Sam Alapati and Charles Kim deliver an excellent reference on 11g. These 11g enhancements are covered in the book. Installation, Upgrading, and Managing Change Database Diagnostics and ...
  
  











  



  
Oracle Wait Interface: A Practical Guide to Performance Diagnostics & Tuning (Osborne ORACLE Press Series)32 reviews
Kirtikumar Deshpande, K. Gopalakrishnan

McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2004

Bye Bye Cache Hit Ratio

+ Oracle Wait interface
+ Excellent examples - easy to understand and use
+ Skillful Oracle book!
+ Kirtikumar Deshpande, K. Gopalakrishnan are the Best Authors !
  
  











  



  
Effective Oracle by Design (Osborne ORACLE Press Series)27 reviews
Thomas Kyte

McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2003

If only all Oracle books were this good

+ Doesn't get any better....
+ Fabulous
+ Benchmark it..
+ Well-written and packed with useful information
  
  











  



  
Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle26 reviews
Matthew Symonds

Simon & Schuster, 2003

Highly Recommended!

+ Very interesting
+ Great Read, but Flawed
+ very interesting but not objetive
  
  











  



  
Oracle Database 10g High Availability with RAC, Flashback, and Data Guard (Osborne ORACLE Press Series)11 reviews
Matthew Hart, Scott Jesse

McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2004

Great Book On HA

+ Good, broad coverage

I like this book. It does not go into details but gives you at least the basic you need to deploy quickly RAC, DG, Flashback, and Streams. The author also spent time defining HA from the DBA point of view. Overall, I recommend this book and gives 5 stars
  
  











  



  
Effective Oracle Database 10g Security by Design11 reviews
David Knox, McGraw-Hill

McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2004

Good Enough for the CIA

+ THE book to get !!!
+ Fantastic!
+ Excellent Oracle help
  
  











  



  
Pro Oracle Database 10g RAC on Linux: Installation, Administration, and Performance (Expert's Voice in ...10 reviews
Julian Dyke, Steve Shaw

Apress, 2006

The Magnum Opus on Oracle RAC

+ It's all in the details
+ Great choice
+ Comprehensive, detailed, well organized and easy to understand
+ Excellent command level RAC material.
  
  











  



  
Optimizing Oracle Performance27 reviews
Cary Millsap, Jeffrey Holt

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2003

Excellent performance book

+ Technically great, somewhat outdated, and very wordy
+ Method R: Optimizing Oracle Performance Using Extended SQL Trace Data
+ A real page turner
+ Superb book
  
  











  



  
Expert Oracle, Signature Edition Programming Techniques and Solutions for Oracle 7.3 through 8.1.7 (Expert ...77 reviews
Thomas Kyte

Apress, 2005

Best $12 I ever spent!!!

+ Fantasic
+ Detailed and well explained
+ Good stuff for all
+ The gold standard for Oracle DBAs and developers
  
  











  



  
Oracle Database 11g: New Features for DBAs and Developers (Expert's Voice in Oracle)8 reviews
Sam R. Alapati, Charles Kim

Apress, 2007

The best 11g book on the market

+ Oracle Database 11g Review
+ Very good book

This is the most detailed 11g book on the market. It has a ton of material on the new Oracle database. Sam Alapati and Charles Kim deliver an excellent reference on 11g. These 11g enhancements are covered in the book. Installation, Upgrading, and Managing Change Database Diagnostics and ...
  
  











  






   



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