Re: Book (was) oaktable people

2004-01-09 Thread Gudmundur Josepsson
Onkel Mogens wrote: there just MIGHT be a need for me to use a few, chosen, Danish bad words. I shall try, of course, to keep it in Danish. Shouldn't offend too many. Maybe not offend but it could bring back bad memories for some about blisters and aching backs, especially if one of the words

Re: Book (was) oaktable people

2004-01-08 Thread Mogens Nørgaard
And since my topic at the Hotsos Symposium is /The DBA is Dead, the Database is Dying... But Our Future Looks Bright/ //there just MIGHT be a need for me to use a few, chosen, Danish bad words. I shall try, of course, to keep it in Danish. Shouldn't offend too many. Can I suggest, Gary, that

Re: Book (was) oaktable people

2004-01-07 Thread Nuno Souto
- Original Message - (And unlike my presentations, I promise that there is no profanity in the book...) You mean you gloss over BCHR? Shame on you! ;) Cheers Nuno Souto [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Nuno Souto

Re: Book (was) oaktable people

2004-01-07 Thread Connor McDonald
I'm saving that for the Hotsos symposium --- Daniel W. Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who cares about the profanity Do you a) pound nails in a squirrel and b) force David Kurtz to consume massive amounts of gin whilst lobbing Fosters at the audience? Connor McDonald wrote: I

RE: Book (was) oaktable people

2004-01-07 Thread Thater, William
Connor McDonald scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: I have to admit I like this stuff about Connor's book especially since I'm only a co-author for the thing :-) (And unlike my presentations, I promise that there is no profanity in the book...) oh damn.;-) -- Bill Shrek Thater

RE: Book (was) oaktable people

2004-01-07 Thread Gary Goodman
We may have to add a 'Mogens Nørgaard' profanity clause to the Symposium speaker agreement. I will admit that profanity from Connor does not carry the same impact as profanity from Mogens! Gary -Original Message- Connor McDonald Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 5:29 AM To: Multiple

RE: Book (was) oaktable people

2004-01-07 Thread Niall Litchfield
Connor pointed out that I have to admit I like this stuff about Connor's book especially since I'm only a co-author for the thing :-) Fair point. Replace book with contribution wherever I have inadvertently given you too much credit. God forgive me if I give an Aussie an excuse to boast.

RE: Book (was) oaktable people

2004-01-06 Thread Connor McDonald
I have to admit I like this stuff about Connor's book especially since I'm only a co-author for the thing :-) (And unlike my presentations, I promise that there is no profanity in the book...) Cheers Connor --- Niall Litchfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't read it yet, but I'd be amazed

Re: Book (was) oaktable people

2004-01-06 Thread Daniel W. Fink
Who cares about the profanity Do you a) pound nails in a squirrel and b) force David Kurtz to consume massive amounts of gin whilst lobbing Fosters at the audience? Connor McDonald wrote: I have to admit I like this stuff about Connor's book especially since I'm only a co-author for the

Re: book

2003-09-01 Thread Prem Khanna J
Hi, Oracle8i Internal Services for Waits, Latches, Locks, and Memory by Steve Adams O'Reilly Associates, Paperback, Published October 1999, ISBN 156592598X This is a good one i know. Regards, Jp. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Prem Khanna J

RE: book

2003-09-01 Thread Hitchman, Peter
Hi, I am not aware of a 9i book, but I don't think you can go wrong by getting hold of Steve Adam's book on 8i internals. Regards Pete -Original Message- Sent: 01 September 2003 10:44 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sorry to repost but forgot to mention, that I needed a book

Re: book

2003-09-01 Thread Arup Nanda
What exactly do you want to see in the book on internals and kernel? As some others have mentioned already, Steve Adam's book is excellent for undertanding the internal workings; but it may not be appropriate for a beginner. If you want the knowledge as a beginner, do check out Tom Kyte's book -

RE: Book Recommendation for Apache

2003-06-20 Thread Thater, William
Ron Rogers scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: Drums along the mohawk. sorry dude, no Apaches in that one. just 5 nations.;-) -- Bill Shrek ThaterOracle DBA BAARF Party member #25 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Book Recommendation for Apache

2003-06-20 Thread Gogala, Mladen
O'Reilly is good. Also, get yourself comanche (http://www.comanche.org). That is a gooey tool for setting up Apache. Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA Phone:(203) 459-6855 Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-From: Sam Bootsma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thursday, June 19,

Re: Book Recommendation for Apache

2003-06-19 Thread Ron Rogers
Drums along the mohawk. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/19/03 04:44PM Hi, Any recommendations on good Apache books? We will be bringing in Oracle 9iAS shortly. Third party application constraints require the use of Forms 6i, which in turn requires that we stay with 9iAS Release 1 (version

Wrox Press catalog purchased by APress (was RE: Book Recommendati on for Apache)

2003-06-19 Thread Pardee, Roy E
I believe it's true that wrox is out of business. But APress (www.apress.com) has purchased the bulk of their catalog, so hopefully they'll resume publishing these books... Roy Pardee Programmer/Analyst/DBA SWFPAC Lockheed Martin IT Extension 8487 -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, June

RE: Book Recommendation for Apache

2003-06-19 Thread Cary Millsap
The Lincoln Stein book called How to Set Up and Maintain a Web Site is good. Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.hotsos.com Upcoming events: - Hotsos Clinic 101 in Dallas, Washington, Denver, Sydney - Hotsos Symposium 2004, March 7-10 Dallas - Visit www.hotsos.com for schedule

RE: book for ocp 8i performance tuning

2003-06-09 Thread Stephen Lee
-Original Message- THEN you should buy: Tom Kyte's first book (one-on-one). Jonathan's only book James Morle's only book Gaja's only book. ... and of course Cary's coming book. - AND THEN, you get that device, from the old Star Trek series, that you

Re: book for ocp 8i performance tuning

2003-06-06 Thread Mogens Nørgaard
You will have to look for a book that tells you the wrong things about tuning, because the exam is wrong. If there's any book out there that states it can help you pass the OCP tuning exam, it's probably true, and you should just buy the cheapest one. Then go and pass the stupid and useless

RE: Book Requested - Advanced SQL and tuning

2003-01-20 Thread Pardee, Roy E
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=glances=books (pls watch for line-wrap.) Cheers, -Roy Roy Pardee Programmer/Analyst SWFPAC

RE: Book Requested - Advanced SQL and tuning

2003-01-19 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
Mark, I would suggest Guy Harrison's Oracle SQL High-Performance Tuning (ISBN: 0136142311). Our Developers (beginners and experienced) like it very much. - Kirti -Original Message- Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 5:49 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi All, A

RE: Book Requested - Advanced SQL and tuning

2003-01-19 Thread Robert Freeman
Guy Harrison's book is very good in my opinion. It's called Oracle SQL High performance tuning. Available on Amazon. RF -Original Message- Richard Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 5:49 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi All, A developer I work with has asked if there are

RE: Book Suggestion

2002-10-22 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Veronica - Fortunately there are beginning to be a few to choose from. A new book that will hit the shelves soon is: Oracle9i RMAN Backup Recovery by Robert Freeman (who participates on this list) and Matthew Hart. I believe there is a sample chapter posted somewhere, but I can't recall which

RE: Book Club ?

2001-12-14 Thread Hand, Michael T
Steven, The only one I'm familiar with is http://lcis.booksonline.com . I was satisfied with there service membership deal. Mike -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 4:55 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi, I want to join a book club to get benefit from

RE: Book Club ?

2001-12-14 Thread Van M. Etheridge
I have found www.bookpool.com to have the best prices and they generally are well stocked on the O'Reilly and Oracle Press books. Van -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 4:55 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi, I want to join a book club to get benefit

RE: Book Club ?

2001-12-13 Thread Mohan, Ross
try O'Reilly. They are pricey, but a great club. www.oreilly.com As for Jave, that's a tough one. I am not familiar with that new technology. -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 4:55 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi, I want to join a book club to get

RE: book?

2001-10-04 Thread Guy Hammond
Ummm, I wrote bits of Oracle 8i Application Programming, not the performance tuning one :0) g -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 9:58 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L There are many, I will name a few I like: O'Reilly Performance Tuning (Older but just

RE: book?

2001-10-03 Thread Christopher Spence
There are many, I will name a few I like: O'Reilly Performance Tuning (Older but just awesome) O'Reilly Oracle Internals (More focused and advanced, but great) Oracle SQL High performance Tuning (Make sure you get the Guy Hammond version, excellent SQL Book) Oracle Press Oracle Performance

RE: book?

2001-10-03 Thread Veronica Levin
Oracle Performance Tunnig Tips Techniques Richard J. Niemiec. Oracle Press Oracle Performance Tunning Gurry Corrigan O'Reilly Saludos, Veronica Levin Enriquez Compañía Cervecera de Nicaragua -Mensaje original- De: Seema Singh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Enviado el: Miércoles, 03 de

RE: book?

2001-10-03 Thread Rachel Carmichael
Chris, thanks for the vote of confidence in our book (yes you got the name right), we do not cover tuning in great detail but we do cover it and fragmentation. for tuning, I'd add Oracle Performance Tuning 101 by Gaja Krishna Vaidyanatha and Kirti Deshpande of this list. It's a great basics

RE: Book/Website for SQL, PL/SQL ,Oracle questions/problems.

2001-07-09 Thread Norwood Bradly A
www.cramsession.brainbuzz.com/cramsession/oracle should be a useful information site, Dharminder. -Original Message- Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 1:15 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hey all, I am looking for some books/web sties containing questions/problems related to SQL,

RE: Book

2001-05-03 Thread Suhen Pather
Practical Oracle 8i:building efficient databases by Jonathan Lewis visit http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/ Regards Suhen Can anyone suggest me a good book on database design and sizing and also on performance tuning,backup recovery. Thanks Ravindra -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ:

RE: Book review

2001-04-10 Thread Warren Kassel
The OCP Exam Guide by Couchman is excellent. I read it cover to cover for my OCP (8) exams. However, I did find it didn't cover some topics covered on the Tuning exam. I didn't buy his Practice Exams so I can't say on those. But, in my opinion you can never have enough tests. I bought practice

RE: book topic request

2001-02-02 Thread Raj Gopalan
Joe I am interested.. Raj -Original Message- Sent: 29 January 2001 19:41 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L The idea has been thrown around for a pocket manual for logminer, is there any interest in something like this? I mean would you buy something like a pocket manual that