RE: A bit o/t - drinks all round

From: Mike Hately, Choiceline IT Ltd. <mike.hately_at_choiceline.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 11:07:10 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00424D19.20020311110710@fatcity.com>

I found it very helpful indeed.
At least 50% of the text is now highlighted so it's a heck of a mess! Certainly, in the absence of the Oracle Press New Features Exam Guide it's just about the only sensible choice for a revision text. The 9i New Features book from the Oracle documentation set is pretty vague and it would have taken weeks (maybe months) to compile all of the details. Mind you, then I could have published it ! =)

I'll send a list of stuff that I find. Mostly really obvious and not distracting (p.80 "CONFUGRE BACKUP" - twice and "RMAM").

Thanks,

Mike

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Robert
Sent: 11 March 2002 14:43
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

<<get a spell checker Bob>>

*blush* spelling is not my strong suit.... thats a bad thing for a writer to admit, but it's true.

Still, I use Microsoft Word, spell checker enabled... the text went through no less than three different editors, and two proofreaders....

what can I say??? :-)

Each example is tested, and retested... I'm not quite sure how errors creep up there (like the misspelling of DEFAULT in one place)...

If you will send me a list of corrections I'll be glad to incorporate them into an errata I'm crafting and into the next printing...!! I know about a number of them which have been corrected for the next printing that is ongoing right now.

I hope you found the book helpful, and congratulations on being an OCP9i!!

RF

Robert G. Freeman - Oracle8i OCP
Oracle DBA Technical Lead
CSX Midtier Database Administration

The Cigarette Smoking Man: Anyone who can appease a man's conscience can take his freedom away from him.

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[mailto:mike.hately_at_choiceline.co.uk]
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 7:03 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Just passed my 9i OCP DBA exam. Now I have the whole set. =)

For anyone who's interested these are thew resources I used :

Oracle 9i New Features - Robert G Freeman ( but GET A SPELLCHECKER Bob! ) Oracle documentation set.
Oracle "9i Daily Features" articles

     (http://technet.oracle.com/products/oracle9i/daily/content.html) Oracle-Base 9i New Features Articles

     (http://www.oracle-base.com/Articles/9i/Articles9i.asp) Plenty of time to play with the database.

Sorry this is WAY off topic but anyone who's read this far gets a virtual pseudo-beer.

Cheers
Mike Hately

Now, who's going to offer me a job?

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