* An oracle on Oracle, Byron Pearce takes the complexity out of the Oracle 11g database and helps readers work effectively in the Oracle 11g environment
* Begins with a friendly introduction to the basics of the Oracle database and then progresses to implementing Oracle in real-world situations, creating and protecting an Oracle database, and troubleshooting
* Covers the new features of Oracle 11g, including automatic memory tuning, fully automatic SQL tuning, automatic storage load balancing, and automatic diagnostic repository
* Devotes entire chapters to the oft-forgotten but critical topic of common mistakes that occur when installing Oracle, designing a database, and writing SQL code