I am currently using this for my advanced DBMS course. I haven't finished reading this book, but so far it is very good. The examples are quite thorough and easy to understand. My only complaints are the index (some things are hard to find), and no info on the import/ export utility, or indepth info on SQLLDR. Otherwise, it's a great book. By the way, the reason I titled my review "Straight Gangsta" is b/c of the version's alpha-numeric tag. Some may tell you that the 'g' stands for grid, but the truth is that it stands for 'gansta!'. The previous version was 9i ('i' because it was ill); but the additional features in version 10 moved it up to 'gansta' status. If Oracle 10g was a flavor, it would be ganstalicious. :) Anywho, I digress. Great book if you plan to use Oracle 10g. Peace out.

For a textbook, this book isn't all that bad. I used this for my database administration courses for college, and it was written in a way that made databases very easy to understand.