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by Jonathan Lewis, hands-down,
my all time favorite Oracle guru!!Simply put, "The Book Of Oracle Revelations" If you ever thought or held the Oracle database in the highest of regards (like I did, for a while), you're in for an interesting and disconcerting surprise. There are bugs even in Oracle (actually too many to list, including but not limited to the CBO and security), but, having an "under the hood" understanding, will greatly help you come up with workarounds! This book is not for the faint of heart and even long time Oracle practitioners might read this book a few times over! |
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by Sam Alapati. Very informative & thorough book! Not yet thoroughly reviewed however, from looking at the "Contents", seems a pretty complex and complete update covering 10g management, administration, Unix, upgrade path, perf. tuning, etc. From the publisher: "This is a unique, one-volume guide to the administration and management of the Oracle database. Fully revised and updated from its best-selling 9i predecessor, this edition covers all new features, with fully field-tested examples--not just "showcase" examples.This book covers the new 10g management and performance tools and provides essential primers on Unix, Linux and Windows NT administration and on core SQL and PL/SQL programming techniques. And it provides everything the new and aspring Oracle DBA needs to build and admisiter complex Oracle 10g databases." |
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by Tom Kyte. The latest & greatest. Grew up in the Oracle world alongside Asktom. Much of my knowledge and expertise is drawn from his volumes. |
 
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by Julian Dyke. If you wanted to know a thing or two about RAC, implementation and all, well, this is THE book!! |
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by many Oakies. As much fun as it is insightful (hence the title), covering the history of Oracle from the early days on & challenges faced by it's designers and support engineers! Very refreshing read! |
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by Tom Kyte. The first book I was fortunate to come across and buy, regarding Oracle tuning, troubleshooting, development and debug. Quite likely, a Classic, yet, the methods, insights and ideas as valuable and true today as they were then. |
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by Tom Kyte. The follow-up volume, covering 9i and emerging/new topics. As valuable as the above. Highly recommended! |
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by Kirty(kumar) Deshpande & Gopalakrishnan. Why are you
waiting? I/O, Locks, Latency, RAC, Enqueue Waits... Seriously now, probably the best Oracle "Waits" book out there. |
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by David Knox. A thing, or two, about security. Application Contexts, FGA, Row Level Security, Encryption, built-in packages for encryption.. |
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by Arun Kumar. Tips and tricks on 10g. Database Architecture, Installation, ASM, ASMM, Statistics, Automatic Undo, RMAN, Tuning, AWR, ADDM, SQL Advisors, working with the CBO, Scaling Oracle, Flashback and more.... |
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by Bert Scalzo, currently w/ Quest. The definitive starter ("by example") into the DW arena. Almost a classic. Highly recommended! |
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by the Litchfield
brothers et al, at Next Generation Security Software Ltd. Umm.... so you think you're secure? Oracle, DB2, Informix, Sybase, MySQL, SQL Server, Postgress related architecture, attack, security. Oh, and then there are these default username/password credentials which many DBA's forget exist... |
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by Jonathan Lewis. Another classic, yet of timeless value. Don't own this one but should be on any serious developer's library. |
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by Tim Gorman. The title says it all: "Designing, Building and Managing Oracle Data Warehouses" Period! Another oldie but goldie! Don't own this one but I will, some day! |
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by Gavin Powell. More DW tuning... |
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by Cary Millsap of Hotsos. The book that started it all, for me, regarding Oracle Waits. |
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by Dan Tow, not yet reviewed but am told it's quite practical! |
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As if Google needed a hardcopy ;-) |
..... and about a dozen others that I have yet to comment on.