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Oracle Database 10g Insider Solutions Review by Earl D. Shaffer
Great book for Oracle DBAs supporting 10g
I have been an Oracle DBA for 15 years. So I know, no shop 'goes to the latest' release right away. And when they do move to it, they do it slowly.
Question - all of your production DBs on 11g (here in 1Q 2009)? Not likely, so I bet you have a lot of 10g in production. I bet its almost all still 10g. So, what book can help you with some features? This one.
Its a great book. I especially like the 'tone'. Its technical and not flowery. I like books that get to the point. I want to know how a feature works in real life - not a re-hash of the doc (read any of those types of books lately?).
It has 10gR2 stuff in it. I recommend you go to 10.2.0.4 ASAP.
The book has a nice flow, and fewer typos than most others. I hope other authors use this format/outline/flow/content as a model for new 11g books.
So, if you are supporting 10g, get this book. It is great.