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Brainshed Reviews: Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference
Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference
Author: Jonathan Gennick
Pages: 90
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
ISBN: 1-56592-941-1
Summary: A very helpful reference to Oracle's spartan-at-first-glance command-line interface.
Review Date: 8 May, 2002
At first glance, Oracle's SQL*Plus command-line interface may appear clunky and weak, compared to the likes of the handy readline-enabled CLI offerings from MySQL and Postgresql. But experienced Oracle users know that once you get under the surface of SQL*Plus, it can be a powerful tool to access the powerful database system that is Oracle. O'Reilly's SQL*Plus Pocket Reference puts a concise summary of this tool's capabilities at your fingertips.
If you're an occasional SQL*Plus user, this book will introduce you to a host of capabilities that you never knew were available from SQL*Plus. If you're a seasoned DBA and a command-line junkie like myself, the SQL*Plus pocket reference will likely become that little book that you always reach for when trying to remember just how to get that query result looking like you want it.
The bulk of the book is a command reference providing brief descriptions of each command available in SQL*Plus (with coverage including Oracle 8i). Also included is a reference of command-line arguments and environment settings. The book covers the tuning facilities available via SQL*Plus, as well as data and report formatting. And above and beyond the reference material in the book, numerous helpful examples of usage are also provided.
In summary, if you're planning on regular use of SQL*Plus, this book is essential. If you're new to SQL*Plus, a browse through the book will very likely open up to you a new world of just what you can do with SQL*Plus.
My rating: 9.5/10
I discount .5 for no index, which is about the only negative thing about the book. Yes, I know it's a pocket reference - but some of the pocket references do have indexes, and a good index makes any reference that much easier to use.
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© 2002, Daniel C. Hanks.
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Happiness
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True love begins when the needs of others become more important than your own.
The practice of true love begets true happiness
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Me
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Daniel Hanks
I'm a system administrator working for Omniture
Interested in
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among other things . . .
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Pamela Hanks
is an excellent storyteller.
(She also happens to be my wife :-)
A storyteller makes a wonderful and unique addition to family, school, church or other group events. Schedule her for your next gathering.
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