Thomas Kyte has a simple philosophy: You can treat Oracle as a black box and shove data inside of it, or you can learn how Oracle works and exploit it as a powerful computing environment. If you choose the latter, you will see there are few information management problems you cannot solve quickly and elegantly.

Expert Oracle Database Architecture provides a one-stop resource containing deep wisdom on the design, development and administration of Oracle applications, written by one of the world's foremost Oracle experts, Thomas Kyte.

Expert Oracle Database Architecture: 9i and 10g Programming Techniques and Solutions is the definitive book if you're a developer or DBA who works with Oracle-driven database applications. This fully revised edition covers both the 9i and 10g versions. It also comes with a CD containing a searchable PDF of the 8i version of the book.

This special signature edition includes a CD that contains a searchable PDF version of the book and a sample chapter from the forthcoming 10g edition which will be released in fall 2005. This remains the defining book on the older 8i Oracle database if you are a developer or DBA who works with Oracle-driven database applications.

This book teaches you all of the core concepts behind using the database, provides you the tools and techniques you need to master, and gives you practical working examples of Oracle programming in action. This book is aimed at would-be Oracle developers and administrators alike. No matter what your background, this book can guide you, using a straightforward and practical approach to the technology. By the time you've completed it, you'll have all the knowledge you need to use Oracle databases with confidence.