Comments on: My most important Oracle book http://awads.net/wp/2005/09/29/my-most-important-oracle-book/ News, views, tips and tricks on Oracle and other fun stuff Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:04:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: 15 Reasons Why Books Have Problems » Eddie Awad’s Blog http://awads.net/wp/2005/09/29/my-most-important-oracle-book/comment-page-1/#comment-10439 15 Reasons Why Books Have Problems » Eddie Awad’s Blog Mon, 22 May 2006 07:14:03 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=133#comment-10439 <p>[...] Even professionals who can be very good book authors shy away from writing a book because “the figures just don’t add up” especially that “these days, when you can self-publish on the Web, or publish your book as a PDF and sell it online, writing a book is not such a compelling deal”. Even my favorite author reads books on his Palm Pilot . Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]</p> [...] Even professionals who can be very good book authors shy away from writing a book because “the figures just don’t add up” especially that “these days, when you can self-publish on the Web, or publish your book as a PDF and sell it online, writing a book is not such a compelling deal”. Even my favorite author reads books on his Palm Pilot . Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: Taxes, new laptop and back to basics | Eddie Awad's Blog http://awads.net/wp/2005/09/29/my-most-important-oracle-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1997 Taxes, new laptop and back to basics | Eddie Awad's Blog Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:35:04 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=133#comment-1997 <p>[...] In his post, Tom Kyte gives a very important and useful advice: Master the basics. So, using his latest book as a guide, I will be sharing the Oracle basics with the rest of the Oracle developers in my group, many of them have been developing Oracle applications for many years and may have forgotten about basic concepts or have not been exposed to some new Oracle features that can make their work a lot easier and faster. [...]</p> [...] In his post, Tom Kyte gives a very important and useful advice: Master the basics. So, using his latest book as a guide, I will be sharing the Oracle basics with the rest of the Oracle developers in my group, many of them have been developing Oracle applications for many years and may have forgotten about basic concepts or have not been exposed to some new Oracle features that can make their work a lot easier and faster. [...]

]]> By: Use DBMS_METADATA to write DDL | Eddie Awad's Blog http://awads.net/wp/2005/09/29/my-most-important-oracle-book/comment-page-1/#comment-482 Use DBMS_METADATA to write DDL | Eddie Awad's Blog Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:44:16 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=133#comment-482 <p>[...] On page 353 of Expert Oracle Database Architecture, Tom Kyte writes about a really cool trick. Consider this simple create table statement: [...]</p> [...] On page 353 of Expert Oracle Database Architecture, Tom Kyte writes about a really cool trick. Consider this simple create table statement: [...]

]]> By: Do SQL ISO standards matter? | Eddie Awad's Blog http://awads.net/wp/2005/09/29/my-most-important-oracle-book/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Do SQL ISO standards matter? | Eddie Awad's Blog Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:23:58 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=133#comment-287 <p>[...] Finally, I strongly agree with Tom Kyte who says in his latest book that database developers should make use of all the database features available to them even if a feature is vendor specific. They should fully exploit the database they are using, squeezing every bit of functionality out of it. [...]</p> [...] Finally, I strongly agree with Tom Kyte who says in his latest book that database developers should make use of all the database features available to them even if a feature is vendor specific. They should fully exploit the database they are using, squeezing every bit of functionality out of it. [...]

]]> By: DUAL behavior change | Eddie Awad's Blog http://awads.net/wp/2005/09/29/my-most-important-oracle-book/comment-page-1/#comment-275 DUAL behavior change | Eddie Awad's Blog Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:23:36 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=133#comment-275 <p>[...] While reading the book Expert Oracle Database Architecture, I noticed a very important bit of information about the DUAL table. In 10g, Oracle does not do a full table scan on DUAL if it does not need to. This is not the case in versions prior to 10g. To illustrate: [...]</p> [...] While reading the book Expert Oracle Database Architecture, I noticed a very important bit of information about the DUAL table. In 10g, Oracle does not do a full table scan on DUAL if it does not need to. This is not the case in versions prior to 10g. To illustrate: [...]

]]> By: Eddie Awad’s Blog » Blog Archive » Underscores make a difference http://awads.net/wp/2005/09/29/my-most-important-oracle-book/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Eddie Awad’s Blog » Blog Archive » Underscores make a difference Tue, 04 Oct 2005 13:23:38 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=133#comment-174 [...] News, views, tips and tricks on Oracle, ColdFusion and other fun stuff. « My most important Oracle book [...] [...] News, views, tips and tricks on Oracle, ColdFusion and other fun stuff. « My most important Oracle book [...]

]]> By: Peter K http://awads.net/wp/2005/09/29/my-most-important-oracle-book/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Peter K Mon, 03 Oct 2005 23:49:03 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=133#comment-173 Hopefully my copy would have arrived today when I get home from work. Amazon.com told me that it was shipped Nov 27 and I should have gotten it Nov 28th. Postage was higher for me (>$6.00) as I am in Canada. One of my DBAs got his already. Hopefully my copy would have arrived today when I get home from work. Amazon.com told me that it was shipped Nov 27 and I should have gotten it Nov 28th.

Postage was higher for me (>$6.00) as I am in Canada. One of my DBAs got his already.

]]> By: Eddie Awad http://awads.net/wp/2005/09/29/my-most-important-oracle-book/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Eddie Awad Fri, 30 Sep 2005 18:02:09 +0000 http://awads.net/wp/?p=133#comment-169 Tom Fox asked: is TK's new book good for a DBA (2 years experience) only or is it geared more toward the developer? Tom, I suggest [downloading](http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/z?p_url=download_file%3Fp_file%3D3962675907440142460&p_cat=5300FMcmp1.pdf&p_company=10) part of the book ([via](http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2005/08/download-part-of-new-book.html)) and reading the section "Who Should Read This Book". I have just started reading Chapter 1 "Developing Successful Oracle Applications", so, I cannot comment on the entire book. But, I can tell you that some parts of the book are more relevant to DBAs other parts are more relevant to developers. Developers and DBAs are often required to interact with each other in some way or another, so, an understanding of each other's roles and tasks and how things are done and why makes that interaction easier and more productive. In my opinion, since the understanding of the Oracle database architecture is not limited to developers only or to DBAs only, I do believe that this book is going to be useful for both. Finally, as Tom Kyte puts it: "Ultimately, [the book's] goal is to help DBAs and developers work together to build correct, high-performance, and scalable Oracle applications". Tom Fox asked: is TK’s new book good for a DBA (2 years experience) only or is it geared more toward the developer?

Tom, I suggest [downloading](http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/z?p_url=download_file%3Fp_file%3D3962675907440142460&p_cat=5300FMcmp1.pdf&p_company=10) part of the book ([via](http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2005/08/download-part-of-new-book.html)) and reading the section “Who Should Read This Book”.

I have just started reading Chapter 1 “Developing Successful Oracle Applications”, so, I cannot comment on the entire book. But, I can tell you that some parts of the book are more relevant to DBAs other parts are more relevant to developers. Developers and DBAs are often required to interact with each other in some way or another, so, an understanding of each other’s roles and tasks and how things are done and why makes that interaction easier and more productive. In my opinion, since the understanding of the Oracle database architecture is not limited to developers only or to DBAs only, I do believe that this book is going to be useful for both.

Finally, as Tom Kyte puts it: “Ultimately, [the book's] goal is to help DBAs and developers work together to build correct, high-performance, and scalable Oracle applications”.

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