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Audience for This Book

We wrote this book for people at all levels of Oracle expertise:
database administrators (DBAs) who spend most of their workday
interacting with Oracle; application developers who build their
systems on the data available in an Oracle database; and system
administrators who are concerned with how Oracle will affect their
computing environments. Of course, some users interact more
peripherally with the actual Oracle product, from IT managers to
business users. On the one hand, anticipating the appropriate
technical level of all our potential readers presented difficulties;
on the other hand, we've tried to build a solid
foundation from the ground up and believe that some introductory
material benefits everyone. We've also tried to
ensure that every reader receives all the fundamental information
necessary to truly understand the topics presented.

If you're an experienced Oracle user, you may be
tempted to skip over material in this book with which you are already
familiar. But experience has shown that some of the most basic Oracle
principles can be overlooked, even by experts. We've
also seen how the same small
"gotchas" trip up even the most
experienced Oracle practitioners and cause immense damage if they go
unnoticed. After all, an ounce of prevention provided by
understanding is worth a pound of cure (especially when
you're trying to get a system up and running). So we
hope that even experienced Oracle users will find valuable
information in every chapter of this bookinformation that will
save them hours in their busy professional lives.

Our guiding principle has been to present this information compactly
without making it overly tutorial. We figure that the most important
ratio in a book like this is the amount of useful information you get
balanced against the time it takes you to get it. We sincerely hope
this volume provides a terrific bang for the buck.