Strangely, no one mentioned - Oracle Backup and Recovery Concepts - By Rama Velupuri, one of my favourite books. It might have been written during version 7 (or 6??), but a must read for all versions : 8i, 9i, 10g. Regards Mladen Gogala <mladen@wangtrading To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx .com> cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: boos oracle-l-bounce@fre elists.org 07/02/2004 01:31 PM Please respond to oracle-l On 07/02/2004 01:17:04 PM, Mark Strickland wrote: > Optimizing Oracle Performance by Cary Millsap (with Jeff Holt) > The Art and Science of Oracle Performance Tuning by Christopher Lawson > Oracle Performance Tuning 101 by Vaidyanatha, Deshpande, Kostelac I would definitely add Robert Freeman's RMAN book, Jonathan Lewis's "Practical Oracle 8i" and Tom Kyte's Effective Oracle By Design. So, my first 3 books would be: 1) Optimizing Oracle Performance by Cary Millsap 2) The Art and Science of Oracle Performance Tuning by Christopher Lawson 3) Oracle Performance Tuning 101 by Vaidyanatha, Deshpande, Kostelac 3a) Oracle 9i RMAN Bkp& Rcvry by Robet Freeman 3b) Jonathan Lewis "Practical Oracle8i" 3c) Effective Oracle By Design 3d) Oracle10g New Features xx (he writes marvelous "new features" books) 3e) Tom Kyte's Expert 1-on-1. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------