Re: 9i books: Question for Tom Kyte and Jonathan Lewis

In article <23881c5e.0111270557.6f987a23_at_posting.google.com>, sheemat_at_yahoo.com says...
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>Are you guys planning to re-writing your much acclaimed books shortly
>to incorporate 9i features?
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>(Sorry about rather selfish post, but I was planning to buy a personal
>copy of these, but would wait if you are planning any new releases
>shortly -- You see I am saving money to buy these books in this tough
>times... );
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>Regards & Respects
>Mathew

i'm thinking about it -- which means it would be a ways off still. The current book of mine took a full 9 months to write from conception to final edits.

I've discussed this with the publisher and if I do it, the 9i book would be a companion -- not a replacement (no way I'm ever doing a 1200 pager again). 95% of whats in the current book is still current. Need to change the architecture section to reflect changes to RAC, the job queues -- but the fundemental concepts are still sound. Need to update sections on redo/rollback to cover undo tablespaces in addition to rollback segments -- but the conclusions will be the same. Bind variables - well, they are still important.

So, I guess what I'm saying is -- my follow on book (if any) would be a companion book. Most all of the current book holds true for 9i -- no need in rehashing materialized views for example when the 8i book covers everything I would have covered. Autonomous transactions, invokers/definers rights -- no change. Fine Grained Access control -- modifications/enhancements to point out. Fine Grained Auditing -- brand new, gets a chapter to itself. Flash back query -- brand new as well.

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