Troubleshooting Oracle Performance
by Christian Antognini
Hardcover or paperback: 616 pages
Publisher: Apress
Publishing date: June 2008
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1-59059-917-9
ISBN-13: 978-1-59059-917-4
ISBN-13 (electronic): 978-1-4302-0498-5
Here you’ll find detailed information about the book, including:
- Description
- Structure
- Table of Contents
- Forewords by Cary Millsap and Jonathan Lewis
- Reviews (last update: 2011-05-23)
- Downloadable Files (last update: 2010-06-24)
- Addenda and Errata (last update: 2011-12-21)
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A Chinese edition, published in November 2009 by China-Pub, is also available.
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