Suggest books for beginner, and good as a reference for later use

This is my first Database course, and we are going to have two projects in
oracle (which I know nothing about).

The professor suggested

(1) Oracle 9i Programming: A Primer (Paperback)
by Rajshekhar Sunderraman
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/032...books&v=glance

I did a search on amazon, and found those two books with good reviews:

(2) Oracle9i: The Complete Reference (Paperback)
by Kevin Loney, George Koch

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/007...lance&n=283155

(3) Expert Oracle9i Database Administration (Paperback)
by Sam R. Alapati

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159...lance&n=283155


which book do you suggest for beginners, but also can remain as good
reference for later use!
any book, not just those 3 ^^
(from previous experince, the books suggested in our university to learn and
reference are not always the best).

thx in advance!!

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re: Suggest books for beginner, and good as a reference for later use

Someonekicked wrote:[color=blue]
> This is my first Database course, and we are going to have two projects in
> oracle (which I know nothing about).
>
> The professor suggested
>
> (1) Oracle 9i Programming: A Primer (Paperback)
> by Rajshekhar Sunderraman
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/032...books&v=glance
>
> I did a search on amazon, and found those two books with good reviews:
>
> (2) Oracle9i: The Complete Reference (Paperback)
> by Kevin Loney, George Koch
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/007...lance&n=283155
>
> (3) Expert Oracle9i Database Administration (Paperback)
> by Sam R. Alapati
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159...lance&n=283155
>
>
> which book do you suggest for beginners, but also can remain as good
> reference for later use!
> any book, not just those 3 ^^
> (from previous experince, the books suggested in our university to learn and
> reference are not always the best).
>
> thx in advance!![/color]

Personally I'd suggest several things beginning with getting a course in
10g rather than 9i. But since you are where you are ... I personally
think Tom Kyte's books far superior to "The Complete Reference" ...
which isn't.

You need to check with your instructor ... but from where I sit as an
instructor ... http://tahiti.oracle.com is far superior t the Database
Admin. book too. I don't have my students buy any books for the course
except those by Kyte, Jonathan Lewis, and a few other members of the Oak
Table that "really" have something to say beyond just the syntax.

Another resource you might want to access is Morgan's Library which I
created for my students. You will find it at www.psoug.org.

Hope this helps.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan@x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)

re: Suggest books for beginner, and good as a reference for later use

THX A LOT for all the replies..

I really appreciated!


--
Quotes from The Weather Man:
Robert Spritz: Do you know that the harder thing to do, and the right thing
to do, are usually the same thing? "Easy" doesn't enter into grown-up
life... to get anything of value, you have to sacrifice.
"Someonekicked" <someonekicked@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:HO2dnW8S97f0olHenZ2dnUVZ_sSdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..[color=blue]
> This is my first Database course, and we are going to have two projects in
> oracle (which I know nothing about).
>
> The professor suggested
>
> (1) Oracle 9i Programming: A Primer (Paperback)
> by Rajshekhar Sunderraman
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/032...books&v=glance
>
> I did a search on amazon, and found those two books with good reviews:
>
> (2) Oracle9i: The Complete Reference (Paperback)
> by Kevin Loney, George Koch
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/007...lance&n=283155
>
> (3) Expert Oracle9i Database Administration (Paperback)
> by Sam R. Alapati
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159...lance&n=283155
>
>
> which book do you suggest for beginners, but also can remain as good
> reference for later use!
> any book, not just those 3 ^^
> (from previous experince, the books suggested in our university to learn
> and reference are not always the best).
>
> thx in advance!!
>
> --
> Quotes from The Weather Man:
> Robert Spritz: Do you know that the harder thing to do, and the right
> thing
> to do, are usually the same thing? "Easy" doesn't enter into grown-up
> life... to get anything of value, you have to sacrifice.
>[/color]