Customer Rating: 
Summary: For me this book has been worthless
Comment: Bottom line, almost every time I have turned to this book for an answer it has totally let me down. Unfortunately I have had this book for several years and am just now getting around to writing my first review.
I admit I'm not a DBA. I'm a developer that occasionally has to perform, and sometimes just wants some understanding of, DBA tasks. Every time I have opened this book it has either not had enough information on the subject or just doesn't even mention it. It has gotten to the point that every time I get an inclination to open the book I tell myself not to; only to think maybe this time it will for once be helpful; only to be let down once again :)
I have a lot of respect for the authors so my hope is I'm just not using the book as it was intended. Maybe my dissatisfaction has something to do with the fact that I'm not a pure DBA or that I have used it more as a reference as opposed to reading it cover-to-cover as bedtime reading. Even so I wouldn't think it would make a huge difference.
For me the Complete Reference series has served me much better.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The best investment I ever made!
Comment: I lied on my resume to get a particular DBA job and got it all because of this book and after a few months on the job and asking stupid questions (and almost giving mydelf away) I actually turned pro. This book has enough excellent material in it to get you into the job and to keep you in the job.I bougt a second copy to supoprt the author after this book nearly quadrupled my income.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A good book for oracle new ones
Comment: If you want to learn Oracle, this book is a good starting point. An spread spectrum of topics is covered throughout the book and the style Loney writes Is straightforward and easy to understand. It is a good book in order to understand the basic concepts about oracle.
Customer Rating:
Summary: OK
Comment: better than the Oracle8 version. But you can find better books on the same topic, e.g., 8i Tips and Techniques or Oracle Manual "Administrator's Guide".
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Summary: Mostly rehashes content from Oracle documentation
Comment: This is not a bad reference book to have around. However, most of the information one finds in this book can also be easily looked up in the Oracle online documentation.As a "must-have" Oracle book, I recommend Tom Kyte's "Expert One-on-One Oracle".
