Re: Oracle Reference Books from Oreilly

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 15:37:27 -0700
Message-ID: <1119566260.288715@yasure>

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>>Given the fact that at least half of the planet is still using 9i and
>>8i, I'm not sure why you worry.
>>Do you know every 9i feature?
>>

>
> Exactly the point. I know too little about Oracle that I cant even tell if
> the features I am trying to learn is outdated or not.
>
> To be more specific, in learning the built-in packages, the latest book I
> found from Oreilly is "Oracle Built-in Packages" published in 1998. To be
> frank, in other computer related books, 1998 sounds like stone age. So I
> just want some advice if that book is still containing the up-to-date
> information.

The book is an antique.

Far better to study the demos at www.psoug.org and read the online docs at tahiti.oracle.com.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)

Received on Thu Jun 23 2005 - 17:37:27 CDT