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SQL Antipatterns SQL Antipatterns
By Bill Karwin
June 2010 
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Bill Karwin has helped thousands of people write better SQL and build stronger relational databases. Now he's sharing his collection of antipatterns--the most common errors he's identified in those thousands… Read more.




Oracle PL/SQL Programming Oracle PL/SQL Programming, Fifth Edition
By Steven Feuerstein, Bill Pribyl
September 2009 
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The definitive reference on PL/SQL, Oracle PL/SQL Programming, Fifth Edition, covers language fundamentals, advanced coding techniques, and best practices for using Oracle's powerful procedural language. Thoroughly updated for Oracle Database… Read more.




Simply SQL Simply SQL
By Rudy Limeback
December 2008 
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Simply SQL is a practical step-by-step guide to writing SQL. You'll learn how to make the most of your data using best-practice SQL code. Rather than bore you with theory,… Read more.




SQL in a Nutshell SQL in a Nutshell, Third Edition
November 2008 
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The essential reference to the SQL language used in today's most popular database products, this new edition of SQL in a Nutshell clearly documents every SQL command according to the… Read more.




Oracle Essentials Oracle Essentials, Fourth Edition
By Rick Greenwald, Robert Stackowiak, Jonathan Stern
November 2007 
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Oracle is an enormous system, with myriad technologies, options, and releases -- including the latest, Oracle Database 11g. This book distills an enormous amount of information about Oracle into a… Read more.




Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference, Fourth Edition
By Steven Feuerstein, Bill Pribyl, Chip Dawes
October 2007 
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The fourth edition of this popular pocket guide provides quick-reference information that will help you use Oracle's PL/SQL language, including the newest Oracle Database 11g features. A companion to Steven… Read more.




Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices, Second Edition
By Steven Feuerstein
October 2007 
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Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices summarizes PL/SQL best practices in nine major categories: overall PL/SQL application development; programming standards; program testing, tracing, and debugging; variables and data structures; control logic; error… Read more.




Understanding Oracle Clinical Understanding Oracle Clinical
By Joan M. Johnson
May 2007 
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This Short Cut is written to assist you, an Oracle Clinical Developer, with many of the tasks and decisions you may encounter on an occasional basis. These tasks involve study… Read more.




Backup & Recovery Backup & Recovery
By W. Curtis Preston
January 2007 
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Packed with practical, freely available backup and recovery solutions for Unix, Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X systems -- as well as various databases -- this new guide is a… Read more.




Oracle PL/SQL for DBAs Oracle PL/SQL for DBAs
By Arup Nanda, Steven Feuerstein
October 2005 
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PL/SQL, Oracle's powerful procedural language, has been the cornerstone of Oracle application development for nearly 15 years. Although primarily a tool for developers, PL/SQL has also become an essential tool… Read more.




Oracle DBA Pocket Guide Oracle DBA Pocket Guide
By David C. Kreines
August 2005 
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This handy reference helps Oracle database administrators make more effective use of their time by presenting a compact summary of DBA tasks. You have instant access to the most important… Read more.




Oracle SQL*Plus: The Definitive Guide Oracle SQL*Plus: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition
By Jonathan Gennick
November 2004 
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Updated for Oracle 10g, this bestselling book is the only in-depth guide to SQLPlus. It clearly describes how to perform, step-by-step, all of the tasks that Oracle developers and DBAs… Read more.




Oracle Utilities Pocket Reference Oracle Utilities Pocket Reference
By Sanjay Mishra
November 2004 
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The Oracle Utilities Pocket Reference is a quick-reference guide to the multitude of Oracle utilities that database administrators (DBAs) use every day. Packed with information in an easy-to-read format, this… Read more.




Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference, Third Edition
By Jonathan Gennick
November 2004 
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This portable, quick-reference guide is a must-have for developers and DBAs looking to maximize use of SQLPlus. The new third edition of the Oracle SQLPlus Pocket Reference updates the SQLPlus… Read more.




New Features in Oracle 9i New Features in Oracle 9i
By Howard J. Rogers
November 2004 
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This eDocument seeks to actually evaluate the new new features introduced in Oracle 9i Release 2, rather than just list them and tell you how wonderful they are (we have… Read more.




Oracle Initialization Parameters Pocket Reference Oracle Initialization Parameters Pocket Reference
By David C. Kreines
August 2004 
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The Oracle Initialization Parameters Pocket Reference provides the information Oracle DBAs need to keep databases operating at peak performance. The book describes each initialization parameter, including category--from auditing to multi-threaded… Read more.




Mastering Oracle SQL Mastering Oracle SQL, Second Edition
By Sanjay Mishra, Alan Beaulieu
June 2004 
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Updated to cover Oracle 10g, this edition of the highly regarded Mastering Oracle SQL has a stronger focus on practical, expert best-practices and on Oracle-specific SQL technique than any other… Read more.




Optimizing Oracle Performance Optimizing Oracle Performance
By Cary Millsap
With Jeff Holt
September 2003 
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Oracle DBAs and developers are all too familiar with the outlay of time and resources, blown budgets, missed deadlines, and marginally effective performance fiddling that is commonplace with traditional methods… Read more.




Oracle Regular Expressions Pocket Reference Oracle Regular Expressions Pocket Reference
By Jonathan Gennick, Peter Linsley
September 2003 
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Oracle Regular Expressions Pocket Reference is part tutorial and part quick-reference. It's suitable for those who have never used regular expressions before, as well as those who have experience with… Read more.




Oracle Data Dictionary Pocket Reference Oracle Data Dictionary Pocket Reference
By David C. Kreines
April 2003 
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Oracle Data Dictionary Pocket Reference gives DBAs and developers at any level quick and easy access to the data dictionary in Oracle's latest database, Oracle9i. This pocket-sized book provides a… Read more.




Oracle in a Nutshell Oracle in a Nutshell
By Rick Greenwald, David C. Kreines
December 2002 
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The goal of Oracle in a Nutshell is to pull together the most essential information on Oracle architecture, syntax, and user interfaces. The content and format of this book, an… Read more.




Perl for Oracle DBAs Perl for Oracle DBAs
By Andy Duncan, Jared Still
August 2002 
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Perl is a very powerful tool for Oracle database administrators, but too few DBAs realize how helpful Perl can be in managing, monitoring, and tuning Oracle9i, Oracle8i, and earlier databases.… Read more.




Oracle SQL Tuning Pocket Reference Oracle SQL Tuning Pocket Reference
By Mark Gurry
January 2002 
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One of the most important challenges faced by Oracle database administrators and Oracle developers is the need to tune SQL statements so that they execute efficiently. In this book, Mark… Read more.




Java Programming with Oracle JDBC Java Programming with Oracle JDBC
By Donald Bales
November 2001 
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Learn how to leverage JDBC, a key Java technology used to access relational data from Java programs, in an Oracle environment. Author Donald Bales begins by teaching you the mysteries… Read more.




Learning Oracle PL/SQL Learning Oracle PL/SQL
By Bill Pribyl
With Steven Feuerstein
November 2001 
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Designed for both new programmers and those experienced in other languages, this book presents the core features of Oracle's PL/SQL language in an easy-to-read format. Learning Oracle PL/SQL will bring… Read more.




Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference
By Darl Kuhn, Scott Schulze
November 2001 
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Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference is ideal for DBAs who require a concise reference to common RMAN tasks. The first portion of the book presents commands for such tasks as taking… Read more.




Oracle SQL*Loader: The Definitive Guide Oracle SQL*Loader: The Definitive Guide
By Jonathan Gennick, Sanjay Mishra
April 2001 
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Despite the wide availability and use of SQLLoader, few Oracle DBAs and developers know how powerful it really is. This book describes all of SQLLoader's functions, including how to construct… Read more.




Oracle DBA Checklists Pocket Reference Oracle DBA Checklists Pocket Reference
By Quest Software
April 2001 
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In a series of easy-to-use checklists, the Oracle DBA Checklists Pocket Reference summarizes the enormous number of tasks an Oracle DBA must perform. Each section takes the stress out of… Read more.




Oracle and Open Source Oracle and Open Source
By Andy Duncan, Sean Hull
April 2001 
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This is the first book to tie together the commercial world of Oracle and the free-wheeling world of open source software. It describes nearly 100 open source tools, from the… Read more.




Unix for Oracle DBAs Pocket Reference Unix for Oracle DBAs Pocket Reference
By Donald K. Burleson
February 2001 
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If you are an Oracle DBA moving to Unix from another environment such as Windows NT or IBM Mainframe, you know that the commands you need to learn are far… Read more.




Oracle Net8 Configuration and Troubleshooting Oracle Net8 Configuration and Troubleshooting
By Hugo Toledo, Jonathan Gennick
December 2000 
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Describes everything DBAs need to know to install configure, tune, and troubleshoot Net8, Oracle's networking technology. It covers the Oracle Internet Directory (OID), Oracle Names; the Multi-Threaded Server (MTS); and… Read more.




Oracle PL/SQL Programming: A Developer's Workbook Oracle PL/SQL Programming: A Developer's Workbook
By Steven Feuerstein, Andrew Odewahn
May 2000 
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A companion to Feuerstein's other bestselling Oracle PL/SQL books, this workbook presents a carefully constructed set of problems and solutions that will test your language skills and help you become… Read more.




Oracle Internals:  An Introduction Oracle Internals: An Introduction
By Steve Adams
October 1999 
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Based on Oracle8i, release 8.1, this concise book contains detailed, hard-to-find information about Oracle internals (data structures, algorithms, hidden parameters, and undocumented system statistics), Main topics include waits, latches, locks… Read more.




Oracle Database Administration: The Essential Refe Oracle Database Administration: The Essential Refe
By David C. Kreines, Brian Laskey
April 1999 
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A concise reference to the enormous store of information Oracle8 or Oracle7 DBAs need every day, Oracle Database Administration covers DBA tasks like installation, tuning, backups, networking, auditing, and query… Read more.




Oracle Scripts Oracle Scripts
By Brian Lomasky, David C. Kreines
May 1998 
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A powerful toolset for Oracle DBAs and developers, these scripts will simplify everyday tasks -- monitoring databases, protecting against data loss, improving security and performance, and helping to diagnose problems… Read more.




Oracle Built-in Packages Oracle Built-in Packages
By Steven Feuerstein, Charles Dye, John Beresniewicz
May 1998 
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Oracle's built-in packages dramatically extend the power of the PL/SQL language, but few developers know how to use them effectively. This book is a complete reference to all of the… Read more.




Oracle Design: The Definitive Guide Oracle Design: The Definitive Guide
By Ian Stevenson, Dave Ensor
March 1997 
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This book looks thoroughly at the field of Oracle relational database design, an often neglected area of Oracle, but one that has an enormous impact on the ultimate power and… Read more.




Oracle Performance Tuning Oracle Performance Tuning, Second Edition
By Mark Gurry, Peter Corrigan
November 1996 
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The first edition of this book became a classic for developers and DBAs. This edition offers 400 pages of updated material on Oracle features, including parallel server, parallel query, Oracle… Read more.




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