Everything a DBA needs to know in one volume--this is the must-have reference for anyone working with the Oracle database, and it’s been fully revised and updated for Oracle Database 10g. Co-author Kevin Loney is the all-time, best-selling Oracle Press author.

Maintain a robust, mission-critical Oracle8i database. This book provides administrative solutions for the day-to-day DBA. You'll learn how to install the database for maximum efficiency, upgrades, patches, migrations, tune, and maintain its security. The book also explains in detail how to build and support a fully functioning Oracle database. This authoritative text contains up-to-date information available on Oracle's latest release and shows you how to: configure database architecture; install and set up with UNIX requirements; create the actual database with scripts; GUI management produc.

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This guide supplies insights to developers on backup and recovery issues and methodologies, provides practice questions accompanied by fully explained answers, and serves as a troubleshooting guide. Readers get proven test-taking strategies, tips on handling trick questions, a "cram sheet" for last-minute review, and information on third-party resources.

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Oracle database administration requires a vast amount of information and an ability to perform a myriad of tasks--from installation to tuning to network troubleshooting to overall daily administration. Oracle provides many tools for performing these tasks; the trick is knowing what tool is right for the job, what commands you need to issue (and when), and what parameters and privileges you need to set. And, as every DBA knows, you need to know how do all this under pressure, while you face crisis after crisis. This book provides a concise reference to the enormous store of information an Oracle DBA needs every day (as well as what's needed only when disaster strikes). It's crammed full of quick-reference tables, task lists, and other summary material that both novice and expert DBAs will use time and time again. It covers the commands and operations new to Oracle8, but also provides Oracle7 information for sites still running earlier versions. Oracle Database Administration provides two types of material: DBA tasks--chapters summarizing how to perform critical DBA functions: installation, performance tuning, preventing data loss, networking, security and monitoring, auditing, query optimization, and the use of various Oracle tools and utilities DBA reference--chapters providing a quick reference to the Oracle instance and database, the initialization (INIT.ORA) parameters, the SQL statements commonly used by DBAs, the data dictionary tables, the system privileges and roles, and the SQL*Plus, Export, Import, and SQL*Loader syntax The book also includes a resource summary with references to additional books, Web sites, and other online and offline resources of special use to Oracle DBAs. Oracle Database Administration is the single essential reference you'll turn to again and again. If you must choose only one book to use at the office, keep at home, or carry to a site you're troubleshooting, this will be that book.

*One-stop reference for administration and management of Oracle 10g Database *9i predecessor was a best seller; this edition covers all new features, with fully field-tested examples—not just "showcase" examples *Contains essential primers on Unix, Linux and Windows NT management and on SQL and PL/SQL programming; ideal for new/aspiring DBAs

New Internet functionality and support for Linux make Oracle8i a milestone release, and this authoritative guide explains all the tools and techniques administrators need to master this potent new database. Some of the new features covered include an embedded Java Virtual Machine, expanded data warehousing capabilities, and enhanced DBA tools. You'll discover SQL* Plus basics and tools on your way to finding out more about fine-tuning performance and WebDB strategies. The CD-ROM includes a sample Oracle 8i database, sample scripts, and SQL*Plus references.

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