Links to Oracle Websites and Books

Books, software downloads and newsgroups.

Websites

Oracle Magazine - Code Archive collected by Oracle Magazine.
Oracle DBA - A collection of notes sourced from the Oracle newsgroups.
ixora - Questions with answers by Steve Adams, expert on Oracle internals.
Ask Tom - Tom answers Oracle questions, with a searchable archive of answers.
Jonathan Lewis - Valuable insights from an expert on the Oracle database engine.
oracle.com/support - Oracle support services.
ORAFAQ - Searchable message forums for SQL, RDBMS, Imp, Exp, Reports and many other Oracle related areas.
Oracle-Base - Examples and Scripts
Tim Onions.com - A DBA's tool chest of SQL scripts.
Kevin Loney - Author of many Oracle books
HarmanResearch - Simple SQL Scripts for database administrators.
iherve.com - Articles and White Papers by Hervé Deschamps, Oracle Corporation.
dbazine.com - A magazine for database professionals.

docs.Oracle.com - Documentation (pdf and html)
tahiti.oracle.com - Documentation Search Engine.
psoug.org - Morgan's library
About.com on Oracle - Feature articles, net links, and forum discussions.
technet.oracle.com - Oracle Technology Network - for DBA's and developers.
Security Alerts - Security updates from Oracle Corp

Recommended Books.

The official Oracle documentation set is the essential reference with all platform and version specific details.

Effective Oracle by Design by Thomas Kyte 2003
Leading on from Expert One On One this is a must-have resource for developers and DBAs.

Expert Oracle Database Architecture:9i and 10g Programming Techniques and Solutions by Thomas Kyte 2005
Full of examples and useful techniques that demonstrate how to build faster, more scalable applications, from the man behind 'AskTom'

Oracle Database 10g DBA Handbook by Kevin Loney & Bob Bryla 2005
Covers automatic undo, RAC, RMAN, Oracle Data Guard, flashback, memory and tablespace management.

Practical Oracle 8i performance by J L Lewis. 2001
An invaluable volume, packed with the wisdom of Jonathan's extensive practical experience. Don’t be put off by the 8i title it's all still relevant.

Also see:

SQL & PL/SQL Books

Oracle Utilities/Downloads

Oracle Software - Oracle software downloads (whole CD's)
SQL Developer - Free developer tool from Oracle
Migration Workbench - Convert MS Access to Oracle

OraPerf.com - Upload database stats and get performance recommendations on screen.

Oracle Newsgroups

comp.databases.oracle.server - The busiest and best Oracle newsgroup.
Oracle Corp. Forums
SS64 - Discussion Forum

"When I started Oracle, what I wanted to do was to create an environment where I would enjoy working. That was my primary goal" - Lawrence J. Ellison


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