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Oracle Database 10g: A Beginner's Guide Review by Ron Smith
Fails at its mission
The problem with this book is stated on page 4 " In order to work.... you will need to have the Oracle Database 10g software installed and the first database successfully created". Therein lies the problem. If you have the software installed and a database started you are way passed the beginning.
This is an intermediate and overview book of Oracle, it is not a beginner's book. When you install the software you will have at least 19 .exe files that will start certain portions of Oracle. Which one do you start with?? This book will not tell you. There are default passwords you need to know to get started with Oracle. This book will not tell you. There are certain set ups you need to do with the DBA program to start using Oracle. This book will not tell what you need to do.
There are chapters on SQL, Database Administrator, Networking, Backup, PL/SQL, Java, XML and Large Database Features. There is not a single chapter on how to begin and set up Oracle.
This book was written by three authors and five associate authors that are all highly qualified at Oracle. Their knowledge is so far above the beginner, they have no idea or concept of what the beginner needs to know. Nowhere is there a step by step, mouse click by mouse click, command by command on how to start Oracle. As stated before there are at least 19 .exe files installed when you install Oracle. There is no chapter that tells you what these 19 plus programs do and which one to start with or how to set up Oracle.
The book does give some code snippets to use once Oracle is up and running, but they are completely useless if you cannot get Oracle up and running. Instead of having chapters on Networking, Java, XML and Large Databases, there should be chapters on Beginning, Install, Setup, Logging on, and First Database Definition.
At its stated mission or title, this book is a complete, absolute and total failure. If you want a beginning book, pass on this one.