Re: Oracle8 books vs. Oracle7 books - backwards compatible?

From: Joel Garry <joelga_at_pebble.ml.org>
Date: 1997/11/19
Message-ID: <64vsjg$osh$1@pebble.ml.org>#1/1

In article <879958295.19221_at_dejanews.com>, <x_at_apocalypse.org> wrote:
> I'm just getting into Oracle (7.3) and was curious if it was OK to
>purchase the Oracle8 books (Oracle: A Beginner's Guide, Oracle
>Architecture, Oracle PL/SQL Programming); we're not upgrading to Oracle8
>any time soon, but I'd rather purchase the newer books if the content was
>mostly the same, with extensions for the new Oracle8 material. Would this
>be a mistake? Should I purchase the Oracle 7.3 books instead? Thanks.

The differences are mostly in being able to support more types of indexes and larger data sets, so you wouldn't be too bad off as long as you realize some things won't work. There is definitely something to be said to have books that go along with what you actually have. I have an "Introduction to SQL" written by one Lawrence Ellison in 1985 that wouldn't be out of place for a beginner now.
>
> - X
>
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Received on Wed Nov 19 1997 - 00:00:00 CST