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

On 28 Nov 2001 08:29:58 -0800, Thomas Kyte <tkyte_at_us.oracle.com> wrote:

>In article <0c1a0uk3gmqk1qu2k16bclb8eeobr0iumc_at_4ax.com>, Paul says...
>>
>>On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:19:21 +0100, Thomas Kyte <tkyte_at_us.oracle.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>In article <23881c5e.0111270557.6f987a23_at_posting.google.com>, sheemat_at_yahoo.com
>>>says...
>>>>
>>>>Are you guys planning to re-writing your much acclaimed books shortly
>>>>to incorporate 9i features?
>>[...]
>>>
>>>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.
>>
>>On a related point, do you have any intention of doing a DBA book? I
>>love the current book, but as a DBA I kept noticing places where you say
>>"... but we won't go into that any more here, as that's a DBA issue and
>>your DBA will know all about it."
>>
>>He doesn't, because he hasn't had a chance to read a book by Tom Kyte on
>>the subject yet :-)
>>
>>Paul.
>>
>
>
>Ahh, but did he read JPL's book?
>
>Here is what I've had to say on this topic (question just came up recently)
>
>http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/f?p=4950:8:::::F4950_P8_DISPLAYID:1993774905998
>...
>
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>

Uggh. I followed the like to the site, then to Amazon, then to my wallet.

Oh, and Thomas, you say you are "I'm more of a developer who just happens to know alot about the database". And here I thought you were the oracle from Oracle.

Brian Received on Thu Nov 29 2001 - 07:27:18 CST