Oracle DBA Pocket Guide

The Oracle database is one of the most popular in the world, and for good reason. It's compatible, scalable, portable, and capable of performing incredibly fast. The advantages Oracle holds over its competition come with a price, however--it's a highly co...

 Oracle Initialization Parameters Oracle Configuration Quick Reference

The Oracle database is designed to be a very flexible and configurable system, one that can be run on many different platforms in a multitude of configurations. To achieve the needed flexibility, Oracle allows DBAs to set and reset values for database ini...

 Oracle database administration The essential reference

The Oracle database administrator (DBA) performs an important set of tasks at an Oracle site: database monitoring, backup and recovery, troubleshooting, and tuning for reliability and performance. The DBA also plays a role in initial database design, syst...

 Oracle SQL The Essential Reference

SQL (Structured Query Language) is the heart of a relational database management system. It's the language used to query the database, to create new tables in the database, to update and delete database fields, and to set privileges in the database. Or...

 Oracle Data Dictionary Pocket reference

If you work with Oracle, then you don't need to be told that the data dictionary is large and complex, and grows larger with each new Oracle release. It's one of the basic elements of the Oracle database you interact with regularly, but the sheer number o...

 Oracle in a Nutshell A Desktop Quick Reference

Introduced a quarter-century ago, the Oracle database remains the leading enterprise relational database management system (RDBMS) in the world. Oracle is a complex system, offering a myriad of products, languages, and tools. Frequent updates, releases, a...