Database programming Books [ Basic Linux | General Unix | Internet-Related | Linux Programming ] [ Networking & SysAdmin | Perl and CGI ] MySQL and mSQL Authors: Randy Yarger, George Reese, Tim King ISBN: 1565924347 Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates Year: June 1999 Format: Paperback, 500 pages Cover Price: $34.95 Amazon.com Price: $27.96 Description: This book is all you need to make use of MySQL or mSQL, two popular, easy to use databases for UNIX and Linux systems that support key subsets of SQL. Anyone who knows some basic C, Java, Perl, or Python can quickly write a program to interact with a database. This book takes you through the whole process, from installation and configuration to programming interfaces and basic administration. Oracle Database Administration Authors: David Kreines, Brian Laskey ISBN: 1565925165 Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates Year: April 1999 Format: Paperback, 560 pages Cover Price: $36.95 Amazon.com Price: $29.56 Description: The Oracle database administrator (DBA) performs a vitally important set of tasks at an Oracle site: database monitoring, backup and recovery, troubleshooting, and tuning for reliability and performance. The DBA also plays a role in initial database design, system configuration, installation, and security planning. This book provides a quick reference to the myriad details an Oracle DBA needs on a day-to-day basis to help do his or her job well. Advanced Oracle Tuning and Administration Authors: Eyal Aronoff, Kevin Loney, Noorali Sonawalla ISBN: 0078822416 Publisher: Oracle Pr Year: November 1996 Format: Paperback, 595 pages Cover Price: $39.99 Amazon.com Price: $31.99 Description: This book picks up where Oracle DBA Handbook and Tuning Oracle conclude. It provides database administrators with the advanced tools necessary to manage and tune their databases, regardless of the rate of growth in the enviroment. Givin the success of the first books, there is a viable market for a guide that takes database administrators up to the next step. Oracle Design (Nutshell Handbook) Authors: Dave Ensor, Ian Stevenson ISBN: 1565922689 Publisher: O'Reilly and Associates Year: April 1997 Format: Paperback, 546 pages Cover Price: $39.95 Amazon.com Price: $31.96 Description: This book focuses exclusively on Oracle database design. It covers the most up-to-date Oracle issues and technologies, including massively parallel processors, very large databases, data warehouses, client-server, and distributed database. The design advance is detailed and thorough. The book delves deeply into design issues and gives advice that will have a major impact on your database and system performance.