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Oracle and Open Source

By Andy Duncan, Sean Hull
First Edition April 2001
Pages: 424
ISBN 10: 0-596-00018-9 | ISBN 13: 9780596000189
(Average of 3 Customer Reviews)

Book description

This is the first book to tie together the commercial world of Oracle and the free-wheeling world of open source software. It describes nearly 100 open source tools, from the widely applied (like Linux, Perl, and Apache) to the Oracle-specific (like Orasoft, Orac, OracleTool, and OraSnap). You'll learn where to find them, what their advantages are, and how to create and release new open source Oracle tools yourself.
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Oracle & Open Source is the first book to tie together the commercial world of Oracle and the free-wheeling world of open source software. As this book reveals, these two worlds are not as far apart as they may seem. Today, there are many excellent and freely available software tools that Oracle developers and database administrators can use, at no cost, to improve their own coding productivity and their system's performance. Moreover, many of the finest Oracle developers are now making their source code freely available so their peers can build upon this code base. Oracle Corporation is even porting its RDBMS to Linux and starting to incorporate a growing number of open source tools in the company's own software. Oracle & Open Source describes close to 100 open source tools you can use for Oracle development and database administration, from large and widely known open source systems (like Linux, Perl, Apache, TCL/Tk and Python) to more Oracle-specific tools (like Orasoft, Orac, OracleTool, and OraSnap). You'll learn how to obtain the software and how to adapt it to best advantage. The book abounds with code examples, download and installation instructions, and helpful usage hints. Not only does it tell you how to find and use existing open source code; Oracle & Open Source gives you the details and the motivation to build your own open source contributions and release them to the Oracle community. You'll learn all about tools like the Oracle Call Interface (OCI) and Perl-DBI (Database Interface), which provide the glue allowing new open source tools to link into commercial Oracle software. With Oracle & Open Source as a guide, you'll discover an enormous number of highly effective open source tools, while getting involved with the thriving community of open source development.

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Oracle & Open Source Review, June 21 2001

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Submitted by vad roytman [Respond | View]

As an Oracle DBA of "old" (or if you want traditional) type who get used to work with tools and utilities coming from only reputable vendors, such as Oracle Corp., I was pleasantly surprised by discovering a whole new world of applications that are well written, thoroughly tested and extremely valuable for both Oracle pros., and new learners. Not to mention that all of them are totally free. More specifically, such applications as ViennaSQL, JDBA, OracleTools - all very detailed described in this book - found immediate use in my everyday work. The authors did a supreme work on discovering and presenting to us a scope of applications that will satisfy the most critical readers.

Standing alone is a chapter on DB Prism/Cocoon. As far as I'm concerned, just this part of the book alone justifies a purchase and time spent on reading.

Strongly recommend.

V.Roytman, DBA

Oracle & Open Source Review, May 14 2001

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Submitted by Russell [Respond | View]

I'm a professional Oracle development consultant, with many O'Reilly Oracle

books in my collection, and this one is definately up to the usual high standard.

The book covers an enormous breadth of technology, giving you the installation and set-up

basics for Perl, Tcl, Python and Java, and how to connect them all to an Oracle database.

Many web tools are covered including Apache, PHP and PHPOracle, EmbPerl, web caching.

On top of the basic technologies the book contains reviews and installation

instructions for most of the Open Source Oracle tools out there, including the authors ORAC tool.

If your interested in Oracle Open Source technology, look no further!

Oracle & Open Source Review, May 10 2001

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Submitted by K Gopalakrishnan [Respond | View]

Oracle & Open Source.Definitely a new initiative. Should have been much better if you included a CD (though the authors have valid reasons for not including the CD with the book!!). But most of the tools are lightly treated (including the author's own karma).

If you are monitoring/supporting real time databases and interested in cost effective/flexible/intelligent tools this book is definitely for you...

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Media reviews "...a good one I'm happy to recommend. While there is valuable and correct introductory material, 90% of the text is meaty code, installation tips, definitions, and related references. Duncan and Hull are Oracle specialists whose method is clear and commendable; They've written the book they could have bought five years earlier in their own careers." --Cameron Laird, Server/Workstation Expert, August 2001

"Until now, however, it's been difficult for Oracle developers to get a good fix on the open source resources available to them. Open source news media rarely focus on Oracle-oriented projects; Oracle information sources tend to focus on commercial products. In Oracle & Open Source, all that changes. Andy Duncan and Sean Hull--themselves developers of open source Oracle tools--profile nearly 100 open source tools for Oracle development and database administration. You'll learn where to get the software, how to install it, and how to adapt it to your specific needs. The breadth of these software tools will be an enormously pleasant surprise to most Oracle professionals. Whether you're an Oracle DBA or developer, this book will turn you on to tools you can use in production-- and extend at will- without draining your checkbook" --Bill Camarda, Barnesandnoble.com, August 2001

"an excellent introduction to, and overview of, open source programming languages. While principally aimed at Oracle DBAs and developers, and including descriptions of a plethora of open source Oracle applications, this book also serves as a general introduction to the most successful open source products to date" --Michael O'Connor, amazon.uk

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