Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Real advice for real world Oracle systems - Excellent

I have read many Oracle books over the years, but this one has to be one of the best I have come across. Its focus is not simply on describing the hot new features of the RDBMS (although it does that as well), but rather on how they can be utilized to best effect within a complex database environment. The book is clearly written by someone with a wealth of experience managing solutions in a high availability environment where any outage hurts the bottom line. In a step-by-step approach Mr Ingram is laying out the foundations for what is ultimately a more manageable and better performing database environment. This book can save your firm money - highly recommended!!