Need book recommendation

All -
I'm interesting in learning how to integrate sqlplus within BASH scripts. We run Solaris 10 and Oracle 10g on SPARC hardware. I want to create some small databases and interact with those within BASH scripts with sqlplus. Can anyone recommend a good book or online tutorial where I can find information on that? I'm already well versed in BASH, just need to learn the sqlplus side. I'm not a programmer so perl/java/python etc are not options. The sort of tasks I want to accomplish are simple queries, inserting/deleting data. All suggestions appreciated.

jgarry wrote:
You are doing it the hard way, but see http://www.orafaq.com/wiki/Scripts#Unix_Shell_Scripts
Basically, you need to know sql and pl/sql, whether you use bash or whatever. You ought to become adept with sqlplus and sqldeveloper, and you really need to understand relational concepts. Tom Kyte's books are real good for understanding important concepts, there are plenty of sql books, I'm not familiar with what is good at the basic level these days so I won't comment.
You do need to read the Concepts guide, see the book list from the sql doc reference you got. The simple fact you said "small databases" indicates you may already have some basic misconceptions.
If you are writing shell scripts, you are a programmer, whether you like it or not.
You might seriously consider downloading XE, so you can get simple things running quick, and then start delving in from the sql side.We have Oracle running already, maintaining massive DNS databases. However we have other applications that interact with the database so we don't need to know SQL in order to do our thing. So, my knowledge of SQL commands is pretty basic at the moment (simple queries, small record changes). When I say "small database", I'm referring to a roughly 150 record, 8 field database that updates at most 10 records per week, as opposed to our DNS database which contains over a million records with dozens of local and remote users using a java web platform. I'd like to become adept at sqlplus and the references you have provided are most helpful plus get a better understanding of SQL in general.
As for programming, while I do write large scripts, I'm not a trained programmer. I come from the electronics side as a former field service engineer who moved into IT after 20 years. I'm self taught on the programming side and learning as I need to accomplish tasks. Thus I've dabbled in creating web pages and web sites, writing simple SQL commands, working with XML etc, but have a long way to go in that respect.
Thanks for your input.

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