Expert Oracle by Tom Kyte…it’s rather bulky and stands more chance of impressing people when they come in :D (By the by, I agree with Brandon et. al) about online docs, but I still like having books on my shelf) Chris Taylor Sr. Oracle DBA Ingram Barge Company Nashville, TN 37205 Office: 615-517-3355 Cell: 615-354-4799 Email: chris.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:chris.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete the contents of this message without disclosing the contents to anyone, using them for any purpose, or storing or copying the information on any medium. From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of AMIT VERMA Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 12:15 PM To: Powell, Mark Cc: oracle-l Subject: Re: If you allowed to keep only one book on Oracle - Which book it will be? Yes Powell you can, every information is Book/Bible. Actually I am interested to know what's on DBA self ;)-< yup technically is more important my opnion: "Oracle Wait Interface: A Practical Guide to Performance Diagnostics & Tuning (Osborne ORACLE Press Series)" On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Powell, Mark <mark.powell2@xxxxxx<mailto:mark.powell2@xxxxxx>> wrote: I was hesitant to respond to this post as it is of dubious technical value; however is is interesting and Oracle related. Can I count the CD set as a single book? My first though was the DBA Administrators Guide, but as I know much of its material in my head the thought occurred to me that what I would really need would be the Rman manual since nothing is more important than being able to restore the database in the event of loss. If I get a second manual I would take the SQL manual. After all you cannot remember every nuance of syntax or single row function parameter list. ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On Behalf Of AMIT VERMA Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 12:38 PM To: oracle-l Subject: If you allowed to keep only one book on Oracle - Which book it will be? Hi All, A general question: "If you allowed to keep only one book on Oracle - Which book it will be?" -- Amit Verma v.amit84@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:v.amit84@xxxxxxxxx> "Winning takes talent but it takes character to keep winning" -- Amit Verma v.amit84@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:v.amit84@xxxxxxxxx> "Winning takes talent but it takes character to keep winning"