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 = your mind in the right direction for the task of improving system = 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 = Orleans - Hotsos Symposium 2005: March 6-10 Dallas - Visit www.hotsos.com for schedule details... -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = [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 = 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 = left me mostly satisfied (as have most of their titles). The concepts where mostly familiar. Now that = 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 = Fundamentals", both I and II. ______________________________ Thalis Kalfigopoulos IT Department Alumil S.A. E-mail: t.kalfigopoulos@xxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------