It's not oracle-specific, but Celko's _SQL For Smarties_ is a great book on advanced SQL.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1558605762/qid=1043077107/sr=1 -1/ref=sr_1_1/102-5414817-8555301?v=glance&s=books (pls watch for line-wrap.) Cheers, -Roy Roy Pardee Programmer/Analyst SWFPAC Lockheed Martin IT Extension 8487 -----Original Message----- Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 3:49 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi All, A developer I work with has asked if there are any books which cover both advanced SQL and SQL tuning in the one title. Does anyone know of such a book? Essentially we have several developers here who know the basics of SQL but want to understand how to write more advanced queries (I guess interesting use of subqueries, decode functions, and some of the lesser used syntaxes like intersect and minus). They also want to learn some basic performance tuning concepts - I guess learning about implicit conversion, the use of hints, and what indexes can and can't be used to achieve might be a good start. Any and all suggestions are welcome. The database can be assumed to be Oracle (currently 8, perhaps 9 in the next year) since most tuning is vendor specific. Thanks, Mark. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<---->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>> Privileged/Confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply e-mail or by telephone on (61 3) 9612-6999. Please advise immediately if you or your employer does not consent to Internet e-mail for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Transurban City Link Ltd shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<---->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>> -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Mark Richard INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Pardee, Roy E INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).