Re: BOOK

"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:Uwqga.501$1s1.3856_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> I"m not sure I'd recommend anything by Looney et al. Sorry... Loney.
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> If he gets paid per inaccuracy, he's a rich man by now.
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> Indeed, anything published by Oracle Press is deeply suspect. It's what
> happens when you take an Oracle 7 text and do incremental upgrades to
enable
> one to parade it as the latest, greatest, 9i book.
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> Bloody awful, and if I were in to book burning, they would be the first on
> the pile.
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> Fortunately, I am more tolerant, so the garbos's have a good time of it
> round these parts.
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> Regards
> HJR
>
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> "Paul Brewer" <paul_at_paul.brewers.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:3e822b7e_2_at_mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
> > "news.csu.net" <yo_at_yo.com> wrote in message
> > news:b5t6oh$28sec$1_at_hades.csu.net...
> > What would be a good book on PL/SQL or SQL *Plus.
> > I'm just a beginner with no SQL experience at all.
> >
> > I'd suggest starting with Oracle (version) - The Complete Reference, by
> > Loney et al. It's a good grounding, IMHO.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Paul
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you wrote a chapter in Beginning Oracle Programmer... did you guys even bother to approach Oracle Press? Didnt they want you to publish for them since all of you work for Oracle? Received on Wed Mar 26 2003 - 18:02:14 CST