Seriously, this is the first Oracle book I ever read that was worth what it cost. It would be worth it at 10 times the price.
I've been asking questions at Tom's web site for close to a year now (asktom.oracle.com) and he saved me weeks of coding with a few paragraph answer. Our development team was amazed by having that resource available at Oracle. This book is like having Tom give you a two week lesson on Oracle development best practices. He knows his stuff. Nuff said.
Developers should be sleeping with this book under their pillow. DBAs will gain some knowlege from this book, but some of the chapters can be skipped.
Although there were some editing errors, the book is pleasant to read. The small font was not a joy to read, but the 1250+ pages probably justify it.reviews: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, page 14, 15, 16