oracle

I have three SQL and PL/SQL books, but this one is the only one I actually _use_ on a daily basis. It's a great book because it acts as both a training guide and reference book.

It also covers PL/SQL in addition to SQL.

I liked this book because it covers Oracle 10g SQL as well as PL/SQL, that's great because it saved me buying two separate books!

I was able to download the code from the website and follow along with all the examples with no problem. I especially liked the coverage of the 10g specific features, such as the new MODEL clause and the new 10g database types (BINARY_DOUBLE and BINARY_FLOAT).

All in all, a great book.

This is a good book. It teaches the basics and advanced uses of SQL. I'd already used SQL and Oracle before, and found the advanced chapters on tuning and the use of large objects and advanced analytical functions.

I downloaded the Zip file from the Oracle Press web site and had the example database up and running in minutes. I didn't have any problems running any of the examples shown in the book.

I also liked the coverage of PL/SQL included in the book. Saved me from buying a book on Oracle 10g PL/SQL. This book even has a chapter on running SQL from within a Java program using JDBC!