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Administrator's Guide to Sybase ASE 12.5 (With CD-ROM)
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Author: Penny Garbus, Gary Tyrrell, Jeffrey R. Garbus, Alvin T. Chang
List Price: $59.95
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ISBN: 1556223072
Publisher: Wordware Publishing (15 December, 2001)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 93,581
Average Customer Rating: 2.75 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 4 out of 5
Yes, useful for sybase starter
As an Oracle DBA, I simply want to find something to start, like Oracle's online Concept book or handful of other books out there. But there isn't anything in Sybase documentations nor many choices of books: DBA guide written like ref manual, replication guide however is OK to start. This book at least can get me started as one piece, more systematically, not one bit here and the other bit there. Although it is skin deep and probably should call Sybase Administrator 202, I still find it very useful to start with. Output and query results really helps me sit and read through the book, focuing, not having to type while you read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Very Useful
Unlike the other reviews I have read, I found the book to be useful and informative. Some of the newer features (eg, dbccdb) are covered in some detail while others are not. To be fair, the book isn't supposed to be just about brand new 12.5 features, rather an administration guide to 12.5. The difference may appear small, but it is large enough to commend the authors on a job well done.The book does cover database administration of Sybase very well. My one complaint is that some of the formatting of figures is off, which might lead a newer DBA to be confused over some of the results. Nevertheless, I have found it an excellent reference manual, as well as a teaching tool, having discovered some things about ASE that I was not aware of. While online manuals are good, there's nothing better than having a book in front of you to read from cover to cover.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Beginner and Worthless Book
The problem with Sybase is you have to wait 5 or 6 years before a book is released unlike Oracle which releases books every month or so. After years of waiting we get this worthless bookThere is nothing meaty in this book. The author did a much better job in the Sybase 11 book. Read the Sybase manuals since that's your only source unfortunately because no publisher is excited about Sybase :-(
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