Full Description
Presents an ideal mix of theory and practice, which allows the reader to understand the principle behind the application.; Coverage of performance tuning of datawarehouses offers readers the principles and tools they need to handle large reporting databases.; Material can also be used in a non-Oracle environment; Highly experienced author.
Contents
* Database application development * Performance tuning methodology * Tuning conceptual level of a database * Internal level of an Oracle database * Tuning of disk resident data structures * Tuning of memory resident data structures * Oracle utility for tuning and optimization * Optimization of the external level of a database * Query tuning and optimization under Oracle 8i * Special features of Oracle 8i and a glimpse into Oracle 9i * Tuning the data warehouse at all levels * Web-based database applications * Appendices