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FOREWORD by Tom Kyte Your Must-Have Guide to Everything New in Oracle Database 11gRealize the full potential of Oracle Database 11g with help from the experts. Written by Robert G. Freeman, and with insightful commentary throughout from Arup Nanda, this Oracle Press guide offers full details on the architectural changes, database administration upgrades, availability and recovery revisions, security enhancements, and programming innovations. Every new and updated feature is covered and presented with screenshots, code samples, tables, and charts. Find out how to take full advantage of all the new and improved capabilities of Oracle Database 11g, including:New Oracle Automati… More >>
Oracle Database 11g New Features
AmazonFrequentShopper
December 9, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Packed. Packed with examples and the answers to the ‘why’ questions. You can read Oracle’s manual to get the ‘what’, but if you want to know the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ to get the most from 11g, this new features book is packed. Packed full of goodies. Packed like Santa’s sleigh. Complete thumbs up!
Rating: 5 / 5
Roman Pysak
December 9, 2009 at 10:07 pm
The book is fun reading.
“If you are running a physical standby database in Oracle Database 11g, Oracle physical standby databases can detect the corruption. When this error is detected, Oracle recommends switching over to the physical standby database, making it the primary database. You can then re-create the primary database.
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This new feature leads to quicker identification of problems and reduced down time. When the physical standby database detects the lost write, it will generate an error in the alert log of the standby database and managed recovery will be halted.” (pp. 119-120)
It is nice, isn’t it? You review standby alert log, find an error, then you switch over to the standby (halted!) as Oracle recommends, making it primary, and then you re-create the primary.
Mr. Freeman! What were you thinking?
Rating: 3 / 5
J. Brunson
December 9, 2009 at 10:21 pm
This is a must have for anyone interested in upgrading an Oracle database to 11g. The author clearly explains new concepts in this release. What separates this book from others is the real life examples used to illustrate the value of the new features, not simply a definition of the syntax. I was especially interested in the Data Warehouse section. Highly reccommended!
Rating: 5 / 5
jasony
December 9, 2009 at 10:41 pm
I think this book is good as an overview of Oracle Database 11g. Better than a whitepaper, but not enough to fully utilize the new features. It is a good reference when you can consult the Oracle documentation for more detail. It is not good as a new features exam guide, but isn’t labeled as such, so that is OK. It still can be helpful in the process of studying though. Also, it’s worth keeping on the shelf.
Rating: 3 / 5
Daniel
December 10, 2009 at 1:24 am
This is a great book, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who needs a succinct starting point for Oracle 11g. Robert Freeman has once again published the essential reference for early adopters of 11g. This book is an excellent overview of the Oracle 11g database’s new features. I would recommend this to DBAs and programmers who want a concise overview of the key new features available in 11g. Robert provides enough detail to let you identify which features will benefit you the most without getting so far into the details that it becomes burdensome to read. That’s what manuals are for. This book has done an excellent job in hitting the most important points for all the new features, showing how to use them and providing accurate, workable code and syntax. The author’s style is engaging and keeps you interested which is in direct contrast to other books. The feature-specific commentary by Arup Nanda which runs throughout the book also provides additional practical insight.
Rating: 5 / 5