Which book is full of errors? Chaya Patamalla I/T Database Administrator --"The opinions expressed herein are solely the author's and are not necessarily the opinion of USAA." -- -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mogens Nørgaard Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 8:44 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Useful Oracle books Since I live in Denmark, I can say it more directly: Don't read that book. It's full of errors. Mogens Cary Millsap wrote: > Test the things you read, if they might make an important difference in the > performance of your system. If you pay too much attention to /any/ book, > you'll learn this the hard way. Judge what you read in the little SQL Tuning > Pocket Guide very carefully. > > > Cary Millsap > Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. > http://www.hotsos.com > * Nullius in verba * > > Upcoming events: > - Performance Diagnosis 101: 6/22 Pittsburgh, 7/20 Cleveland, 8/10 Boston > - SQL Optimization 101: 5/24 San Diego, 6/14 Chicago, 6/28 Denver > - 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 ryan.gaffuri@xxxxxxx > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 8:52 AM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: RE: Useful Oracle books > > They are different types of books. Dan's book teaches a 'process' for > mapping out SQL statements. Its applicable every where. > > Guy Harrisons book is more 'ok we tried this and here is the result'. Most > of it is useful. Some disagree, but the section telling you to convert > updates to cursors with 'where current of' is inaccurate. The rest is good. > I recommend reading it. > > Both are useful. Dan's is better. Its a slow read... and not a reference > book. You need to read the whole thing. Guy Harrison's is more of a > reference book. > > I also liked the little O'reilly SQL Tuning book. Nice little reference book > that you can flip through. Most everything in it is in the documentation, > but its condensed and easy to reference. It's cheap too. > > Here is a list of recommended tuning books that a guy in Oracle Support > wrote. I worked with him. He knows what he is doing... Dan's book isn't on > it. I'm sure it will be. > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/VL8CI2YJANX1/re > f=cm_lm_dp_l_1/104-9801265-8991939 > >>From: "Charu Joshi" <joshic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>Date: 2004/05/28 Fri AM 09:47:33 EDT >>To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>Subject: RE: RE: Useful Oracle books > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------