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Recommend a good non-beginner SQL book

Tom Dunne · 2007-09-12 11:40:20

As per the title. I'm a good few years using SQL, so I am reasonably proficient, but I am looking for a book that will make me into an expert. I'm particularly interested in tuning/tweaking SQL to make it more efficient. I'm using Oracle 10g at the moment. Any recommendations?

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12-09-2007 12:40pm

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As per the title. I'm a good few years using SQL, so I am reasonably proficient, but I am looking for a book that will make me into an expert. I'm particularly interested in tuning/tweaking SQL to make it more efficient.

I'm using Oracle 10g at the moment.

Any recommendations?

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#2 12-09-2007 5:52pm
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Optimizing Oracle Performance by Cary Millsap is the classic. i found it very readable and his performance tuning philosophy is applicable to other software systems. A lot of perf. tuning is voodoo bull**** so beware.

You need to write decent SQL before you start tuning. Premature optimization is the root of all evil and all that stuff.

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