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Re[2]: An Oracle Utilities Pocket Reference?

From: Jonathan Gennick <jonathan_at_gennick.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 15:01:23 -0400
Message-ID: <181275741675.20040625150123@gennick.com>


So many keep asking for a SQL syntax quick-ref. Will all that syntax fit into a pocket book? I'll have to take another look at the feasibility of doing such a thing.

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Friday, June 25, 2004, 2:18:19 PM, DENNIS WILLIAMS (DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM) wrote:

DW> Chris
DW>    My thoughts exactly on the 7.3 SQL Manual. Jonathan does publish a
DW> generic SQL manual. Perhaps someone can comment whether they've retired
DW> their 7.3 SQL manual in favor of that.

DW> Dennis Williams
DW> DBA
DW> Lifetouch, Inc.

DW> dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
DW> I said it "looked" clear - Riddick
DW> -----Original Message-----
DW> From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org
DW> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Grabowy, Chris
DW> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 1:12 PM
DW> To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
DW> Subject: RE: An Oracle Utilities Pocket Reference?


DW> My biggest gripe with the Pocket References is that you have to break
DW> the binding to get the dang thing to lay down and not close up on you. DW> Perhaps a spiral binding would work better.
DW> Oracle Utils pocket reference would be good.  But most of my fellow
DW> DBAs, and I, miss the old Oracle 7.3 quick SQL reference guide.  Most of
DW> the time we know the command, but just cant remember the exact syntax.

DW> -----Original Message-----
DW> From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org
DW> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Jonathan Gennick
DW> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 11:25 AM
DW> To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
DW> Subject: An Oracle Utilities Pocket Reference?
DW> Some of you may know that I work I work for O'Reilly Media,
DW> editing some of their Oracle titles. We've been batting
DW> around the idea of publishing an Oracle Utilities Pocket
DW> Reference. On the one hand, a small, concise book to remind
DW> one of the syntax for such utilities as oradebug, expdp,
DW> imp, sqlldr, orapwd, tkprof, and so forth seems like a
DW> useful thing. On the other hand, many of these utilities
DW> come with online help. For example, you can issue "exp
DW> help=y" to get a quick summary of export options. Maybe a
DW> pocket reference would not add enough additional value to be
DW> worth its price.

DW> So I'd like to put the question to all of you, would a
DW> utilities pocket reference be useful? Is it something you
DW> would be likely to buy and use? If you could have any pocket
DW> reference (or I guess any book for that matter) you wanted DW> to make your DBA job easier, what would that be?

DW> Best regards,

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