Book recommendation

[tech84]

I'm new to Oracle and need to bone up quickly due to a new job assignment. I've been charged with backing up an Oracle 9i database running on Linux, and I'm looking for some good reference books on starting/stopping/checking consistency, etc. on the database. I've found a couple of books on Amazon.com: "Oracle 9i: The Complete Reference", by Kevin Loney, and "A Guide to Oracle 9i" by Joline Morrison. Can anyone recommend these books, or others, to help me get a grip on Oracle. I don't think I'll need to learn to build databases or applications, so I just need the basic admin stuff. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Mike

 

[DotNetGnat]

you read some nice and informative articles here besides books

http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/9i/Articles9i.php

-DNG

 

[johnherman]

I can recommend The Complete Reference book - I've used it many times, both for 9i and 10g.

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. - George Bernard Shaw

 

[tech84]

Thanks for the tips!

Mike