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One additional point. I write in my books, put questions in my margins and work
out the answers as best I can. I add additional comments. This means I don't
want to discard still useful older books. A rewrite (as opposed to a supplement)
means I need to keep two copies of nearly identical books. If that's the case,
might as well just do everything on-line (ugh)
Henry
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Daniel W. Fink
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 10:45 PM
To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Re: SQL Language Quick Reference
Buying a book that is 80% old material (when I have the previous release's book) is a real waste of money and paper. If you have never purchased the book covering the previous release, you'll need one that covers it all, that adds some complexity to the task. But it seems like the authors have to write up the new material, so why can't these efforts go on in parallel.
Over the years, I've thrown out at least 25 books that were out of date because of a version change and I bought the whole 'new' version that was only 20% new. The waste of resources that are involved in these rehashes of old material is pointless (okay, my real opinion is that it is appalling and shameful). I've weaned myself off these books and work my way through the new features, relying on Oracle's oh-so-helpful documentation.
Just my $.02 (which I would gladly invest in a new features book)
Daniel Fink
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