Oracle Database 12c The Complete Reference (Oracle Press) 1st Edition

This book is very good. I bought the hardcover volume and I am very glad with it. However, I am a little bit surprise with its content and need to explain:1 - This book does not contain recipes for database administrators.Although it contains many chapters explaining architecture and features, such as how to deploy ASM, Data Guard, etc. It cannot be used by a DBA to learn how to do day to day administration. If that is your goal, I recommend searching another book, like Oracle Press' Install and Administrate Oracle 12c.2- It is perfect as a reference, but the text is not boring and anyone willing to know about a new concept will be very satisfied with this book. The appendix contains a complete commands reference in alphabetical order like ORACLE OTN guides (SQL REFERENCE AND PL/SQL REFERENCE), full of examples and text explaining them.3- The textual part is very creative. In it one can find real classess on each topics. The language is simple and enthusiastic. The examples are simple to follow and well commented and the name of the chapters are amazing. For example, instead of saying "Chapter 12 - Grouping functions", they decided to name it "Chapter 12 - Grouping things together", instead of Subqeueries, "When one query depends on another" and so forth.In final words, as a DBA, this book is an excellent reference and will allow me to learn new concepts. As a Developer, this book is perfect and gives real classes in SQL and PL/SQL as well as a very important chapter on how to use SQL PLUS properly.P.S. I don't know if the kindle edition will be helpful since this book is REALLY BIG and heavy so kindle edition may be too small for a good reading.cheers

The complete reference at the back shows me commands that I can run on tables and indexes and other objects, so I learn about commands like compression, moving, caching by just looking at the reference.

the content of the book is excellent and it’s clearly explanation, but I put 4 star because the book was detected for some pages, because of the carton shipping it’s so big which allow to swing and detect pages

This book is really very good for those who wants to get knowledge in basic and advance level both. It satisfied my need. Further, I recommend this book to others as well.

maybe i missed something with this book, but i though it was going to be THE complete oracle 12c reference book. in my opinion it doesnt cover 1/2 of the new features available in oracle 12c. i expected to be able to read this book and get a better feel for multitenent architecture but instead i was bombarded with the most basic of topics. while i believe it's needed, the new features of 12c are only briefly touched upon. the book should of been titled, 'the oracle semi-complete reference'. i wouldnt even say that this book covered 1/3 of the exam topics should you of wanted to use this as a supplement for your studies. if you want basic oracle information that is not really centered around 12c completely, this would be a good book. i'll continue to wait. there's a reason those books are all slated for 2014.

Very detailed, and easy to understand.

I used the previous versions for my reference at work. I bought this one as Kindle version is easy to carry around.

In my opinion this book is missing details about Oracle 12c's Pluggable Database architecture. I expected specific content about both EM Express and Single/Multitenant configurations due to the subtitle of the book "Administer and Secure a Robust Cloud Based Environment". Although the old database architecture is still available for use, Oracle recommends new 12c databases utilize the single or multitenant pluggable database configuration. There are some screenshots of a CDB/PDB installation, (6 pages on Pluggable Databases in total) but other than that there are very few pages which detail administration tasks and specific architecture information within a "Cloud database" single tenant/ multitenant configuration in 12c. On the other hand, the book does holds good content as a quick reference guide and overview on many different aspects of Oracle databases. Perhaps for new DBAs, this book would be a welcome asset for those who like a quick dictionary type look up of any and all things Oracle on their bookshelf. However, for a more seasoned DBA it doesn't contain the depth I expected strictly based on the titile and subtitile.