Expert One-on-One Oracle

Expert One-on-One Oracle offers the knowledge required for both those who build applications that run against the Oracle database and those who administer the database. It is critical that the DBA knows what the developers are trying to accomplish and the best developers know how to exploit the DBA's data management strategies.

Tom Kyte has a simple philosophy: You can treat Oracle as a black box and just stick data into it or you can understand how it works and exploit it as a powerful computing environment. If you choose the latter, then you will find that there are few information management problems that you cannot solve quickly and elegantly. Kyte has selected the most important features and techniques to discuss in Expert One-on-One Oracle and he teaches in a proof-by-example manner, not only discussing the features available, but also how to implement software using these features and indicating potential pitfalls.