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Title: Oracle Scripts by Brian Lomasky, David C. Kreines ISBN: 1-56592-438-X Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.8 (15 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Thin, thin, thin
Comment: If you have some time on your hands and want to line-by-line debug/modify/enhance a set of scripts that were originally written for Oracle 7, then buy this book. Otherwise, take a pass.
Three years after it was published, there still is a need for Oracle Scripts: not because of any inherent excellence, but because the tools Oracle itself provides are somewhat obtuse. Be aware that the scripts reside only on the accompanying CD and are buggy. Get updates from the O'Reilly website.
As some other reviewers have noted, the scripts are targeted for UNIX DBAs. Conversion to NT platform is not difficult, but you're buying the book to avoid unnecessary coding, aren't you? Lastly, and most annoyingly, there is very little supporting documentation in the text.
Rating: 1
Summary: Not for NT
Comment: Almost all of the SQL scripts shown require UNIX scripts for execution. Unless you know how to convert the UNIX scripts to NT this book is not very useful.
Rating: 2
Summary: Book is for Unix (Should have been labeled so!)
Comment: There are a few useful scripts but I have to work more than I should to make them all work in an NT environemnt. The best two scripts 'alertlog' and 'every5' were written for Unix and I cannot use them as is w/o MUCH conversion. Also the book is VERY light on explaining the scripts (no source in book - impossible to review - scripts are only on CD). The best book on scripts so far is the Oracle Press 'PL/SQL Annotated Archives' by Loney. Now THAT book was worth ten times what I paid for it. It had many useful scripts ready for cut and paste.
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Title: Oracle DBA Checklists Pocket Reference by Quest Software ISBN: 0596001223 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Oracle Design by Ian Stevenson, Dave Ensor ISBN: 1565922689 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Oracle in a Nutshell by Rick Greenwald, David C. Kreines ISBN: 0596003366 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Oracle 24x7 Tips and Techniques by Venkat S. Devraj ISBN: 0072119993 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Oracle PL/SQL Programming, Third Edition by Steven Feuerstein ISBN: 0596003811 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 23 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
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