January 23, 2003

Anyone has any tips on good db books?

I was a book It book fan for a long time (my attick is full of them), the problem however these days is that if I buy a book, I am not really convised that it will give me the information that I was looking for (and most of the time it's a big bummer..)
What I am looking for is some good optimization, administration, tips & tricks, based on practice and not on theory. I want to have moments like oh, can I tweak this to make it go faster,etc,etc. So I am not looking for a sql-92 manual :)
I am looking for these books for SqlServer and Oracle.
I thought it was best to ask all of you who are reading this, so I can benefit from the people who have found the right books.

Thanx :)

Posted by mvdb at January 23, 2003 05:11 PM
Comments
The Manning Oracle book http://www.manning.com/Yuhanna/ is pretty great I think, though it is 8i not 9i, if that is an issue for you. It's like a cookbook for DBA stuff. -Andre Posted by: Andre Mermegas on January 23, 2003 06:54 PM
Thanx.. We'll have a go at that one.. Posted by: Martin on January 24, 2003 12:58 AM
Take a look at "SQL for Smarties" by Joe Celko. Posted by: Stefan Bodewig on January 24, 2003 11:36 AM
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