Reviews for Oracle Database 10g DBA Handbook (Osborne Oracle Press Series)

1. You will not need this book

   Rated 1 out of 5 stars, May 12th, 2009

   This is one of the many mediocre (still +700 pages) handbooks on Oracle. It looks like a regurgetate of the Oracle manuals, has an obscure structure and most of all a very weak page layout.
   Sub-chapter numbering is missing which in itself is not really a problem, but the font of the sub-chapters and sub-sub-chapters are virtually indistinguishable and therefor give no hint where you are.
   For isntance the chapter Backup and Recovery options merely lists what you can use but what makes sense. It has no structure or best practices just a list of features. The many notes only distract and hinder in the reading flow.
   
   Aware as I am that oracle is becoming a bloathed and complex product with each release this handbook will just add to the confusion and can be best used as a paperweight or bookstand.