I'm about to start on a new oracle project. I've never done much Oracle development - mostly SQL Server. Anyone have a list of Must-have books for oracle. I've done some research and this Tom Kyte shows up a lot..as well as Joe Celko. Anyone else?
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McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error." -
Oracle what exactly ? There is quite a lot of specialisms and products and it much depends on which 'consultancy space' you're going for.
Forms/reports ?
J2EE for web developments etc?
JDeveloper?
PL/SQL is a must as it underpins all native Oracle development and J2EE is vital for most front-end work.
Are you interested in getting in close to the database ? eg. developer/dba or server-side coder ?
I'd recommend Steve Feuersteins PL/SQL programming, Tom Kytes Expert Oracle Database Architecture and some of Oracle's own DBA guides such as the DBA Handbook and Oracle Performance Tuning if you're into server-side development.
Oracle Apps development is a specialist area, but I've always learnt this from the Tech Ref. Manuals.
Also with Oracle for .Net you will have crossover skills which means you may (if you want to get into it) have a completely different learning requirement from a traditional Oracle developer.It's my opinion and I'm entitled to it. www.areyoupopular.mobi -
Sorry. I forgot that Oracle is a bunch of software..I confused the guy who installed my Oracle client - he was about to install Discoverer!
I'm developing on a Oracle 10G database running on UNIX, but I'm using Windows so I have Oracle Client installed with TORA to help me out.
I'll be building stored procedures, triggers etc. to use with a Access(gulp!) application. Hopefully Access will be switched to something else...eventually. Don't ask why we're not using SQL Server...
I've seen Tom Kyte books, they seem to always be recommended. Anyone read these Joe Celko books - he's got one on trees which could help me out as I'm reporting on hierachies.
Where can I download code and read forums? thanks.McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."Comment
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There's Oracle Technet and Metalink (if you or your client has Oracle support). Also Ask Tom www.asktom.oracle.com which is a techie forum run by Kyte.
www.oracleplsqlprogramming.com for Steve's PL/sql stuff.
Access? Yugh. Good luck.It's my opinion and I'm entitled to it. www.areyoupopular.mobiComment
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