Tom Fox asked: is TK's new book good for a DBA (2 years experience) only or is it geared more toward the developer?
Tom, I suggest [downloading](http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/z?p_url=download_file%3Fp_file%3D3962675907440142460&p_cat=5300FMcmp1.pdf&p_company=10) part of the book ([via](http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2005/08/download-part-of-new-book.html)) and reading the section "Who Should Read This Book".
I have just started reading Chapter 1 "Developing Successful Oracle Applications", so, I cannot comment on the entire book. But, I can tell you that some parts of the book are more relevant to DBAs other parts are more relevant to developers. Developers and DBAs are often required to interact with each other in some way or another, so, an understanding of each other's roles and tasks and how things are done and why makes that interaction easier and more productive. In my opinion, since the understanding of the Oracle database architecture is not limited to developers only or to DBAs only, I do believe that this book is going to be useful for both.
Finally, as Tom Kyte puts it: "Ultimately, [the book's] goal is to help DBAs and developers work together to build correct, high-performance, and scalable Oracle applications".
Peter K
· 4 years ago
Hopefully my copy would have arrived today when I get home from work. Amazon.com told me that it was shipped Nov 27 and I should have gotten it Nov 28th.
Postage was higher for me (>$6.00) as I am in Canada. One of my DBAs got his already.
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Tom, I suggest [downloading](http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/z?p_url=download_file%3Fp_file%3D3962675907440142460&p_cat=5300FMcmp1.pdf&p_company=10) part of the book ([via](http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2005/08/download-part-of-new-book.html)) and reading the section "Who Should Read This Book".
I have just started reading Chapter 1 "Developing Successful Oracle Applications", so, I cannot comment on the entire book. But, I can tell you that some parts of the book are more relevant to DBAs other parts are more relevant to developers. Developers and DBAs are often required to interact with each other in some way or another, so, an understanding of each other's roles and tasks and how things are done and why makes that interaction easier and more productive. In my opinion, since the understanding of the Oracle database architecture is not limited to developers only or to DBAs only, I do believe that this book is going to be useful for both.
Finally, as Tom Kyte puts it: "Ultimately, [the book's] goal is to help DBAs and developers work together to build correct, high-performance, and scalable Oracle applications".
Postage was higher for me (>$6.00) as I am in Canada. One of my DBAs got his already.