Tom 的 Expert Oracle Database Architecture 中文版即将面世

从人民邮电出版社图灵公司刘江先生处得知, Thomas Kyte 的 大作 Expert Oracle Database Architecture: 9i and 10g Programming Techniques and Solutions的翻译已经接近尾声, 即将出版.
据我所知, Tom 当年的那本Oracle Expert one-on-one(《Oracle专家高级编程》)可以算得上 Oracle 技术图书中文市场历史上最成功的一部作品, 尽管翻译质量粗糙、术语混乱、印刷糟糕、价格昂贵, 但还是火得一塌糊涂,很多搞 Oracle 数据库的技术人员都是人手一本. 这本书的成功也让其他出版社看热不已。
我此前说过,这本 Expert Oracle Database Architecture 是 Tom 在 《Oracle专家高级编程》 的基础之上的解构之作,内容上的变动相当大。不但加入了最新的 10g 的内容, 还作了很多技术补充。很多 DBA 朋友怕是心仪已久了吧 ? 一个初级 DBA 如果期待自己对 Oracle 的理解登堂入室, 那么 Tom 的图书总是一定要看的。
很久以前就得知图灵图书拿到了 Expert Oracle Database Architecture 的翻译版权。没想到运作的速度真的很快。目前我手里有前六章的翻译草稿,初看上去,翻译中规中矩(翻译者据说是部队院校的一个老师)。术语拿捏得比较准确。下一周准备对找英文原版来中英对照”学习”一下.
人邮图书的一格弱点是排版不够好。虽然 Word 排版大大的降低了图书出版成本,但是对于一些相对比较重要的图书来说,好的排版质量会带来更好的收益的。如果 Expert Oracle Database Architecture 中文版排版能比普通的人邮书更好一点, 那么有什么理由不把现在手里的这本 《Oracle专家高级编程》 扔掉呢 ?

BTW
1) 人邮图灵最近一段时期动作很大,有一些不错的手笔,比如”图灵四大名著”,颇像当年的华工出版社. 技术爱好者不怕好作品多, 这是图书市场的可喜现象。
2) 翻译这个事情是个辛苦差事,一本书拿到手里,往往只是不到两个月的时间, 而急就章的交给出版社之后什么时候出版,则是另外一回事了。这个糟糕的流程如果能改进一点是最好的了。
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The inspiration for the material contained in this book comes from my experiences developing Oracle software, and from working with fellow Oracle developers to help them build reliable and robust applications based on the Oracle database. The book is basically a reflection of what I do every day and of the issues I see people encountering each and every day. I covered what I felt was most relevant, namely the Oracle database and its architecture. I could have written a similarly titled book explaining how to develop an application using a specific language and architecture—for example, one using JavaServer Pages that speaks to Enterprise JavaBeans, which in turn uses JDBC to communicate with Oracle. However, at the end of the day, you really do need to understand the topics covered in this book in order to build such an application successfully. This book deals with what I believe needs to be universally known to develop successfully with Oracle, whether you are a Visual Basic programmer using ODBC, a Java programmer using EJBs and JDBC, or a Perl programmer using DBI Perl. This book does not promote any specific application architecture; it does not compare three tier to client/server. Rather, it covers what the database can do and what you must understand about the way it works. Since the database is at the heart of any application architecture, the book should have a broad audience. As the title suggests, Expert Oracle Database Architecture concentrates on the database architecture and how the database itself works. I cover the Oracle database architecture in depth: the files, memory structures, and processes that comprise an Oracle database and instance. I then move on to discuss important database topics such as locking, concurrency controls, how transactions work, and redo and undo, and why it is important for you to know about these things. Lastly, I examine the physical structures in the database such as tables, indexes, and datatypes, covering techniques for making optimal use of them.
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