Also... Any good DBA will know shell scripting (The Korn Shell, Olczak), regex (Mastering Regular Expressions, Friedl), and perl (I'll let Jared fill in here). Thanks, Ron. "To really screw up Linux you have to work at it...To really screw up Windows, you have to work ON it." "The software said to install Windows 98 or better... So I installed linux." "Windows - How do you want to be exploited today?" Paula_Stankus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx us Sent by: To oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx rg cc Subject 08/27/04 10:59 AM RE: Books to suggest Please respond to oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Any good DBA will need to know PL/SQL - Steven Feuerstein with Bill = Pribyl Any good DBA is familiar with backups/recoveries - Oracle 9i RMAN Backup = and Recovery is good resource from Oracle Press. Any a metalink account for quick references - bugs, issues, scripts. = Not as in-depth and "all in one convenient" place as the books but a = good operational resource. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Cary Millsap Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 11:31 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Books to suggest Thalis, If your job description includes any responsibilities to optimize the performance of your system, then I really hope that Part I (Chapters 1 through 4) of Jeff's and my book called Optimizing Oracle Performance is part of a good answer to your question. These chapters are completely non-technical (and shouldn't take you more than a couple hours to read), but--if we've done our job well--they set = =3D your mind in the right direction for the task of improving system =3D performance. Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.hotsos.com * Nullius in verba * Upcoming events: - Performance Diagnosis 101: 9/14 San Francisco, 10/5 Charlotte, 10/26 Toronto - SQL Optimization 101: 8/16 Minneapolis, 9/20 Hartford, 10/18 New =3D Orleans - Hotsos Symposium 2005: March 6-10 Dallas - Visit www.hotsos.com for schedule details... -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =3D [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thalis Kalfigopoulos Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 6:42 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Books to suggest Hi all, I'm looking for some advice on purchasing an Oracle book. To give you a short description: - I'm quite a new user (almost a month old which probably makes me =3D something more than an embryo I guess) - Just finished Oreilly's "Oracle essentials" (3rd ed.) - Testing on a 9.2 I have a CS and DB background, no Oracle though. Oreilly's title has =3D left me mostly satisfied (as have most of their titles). The concepts where mostly familiar. Now that = =3D I have more or less gotten lightly & slightly acquainted with the slang, notions, processes, ideas, acronyms etc. I'm looking for something more technical and DBA oriented. Please advise on book titles, esp. if you've read more than a couple of books on Oracle. TIA ps. I also have Oracle's "Oracle 9i Database Administration =3D Fundamentals", both I and II. ______________________________ Thalis Kalfigopoulos IT Department Alumil S.A. 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