Re: too much rollback segment usage

Hi Jonathon,

I would have thought a "revised" edition, aimed at the newbies would have some merit.

Then make the title generic to not put people off and sales I'm sure would be even better ?

(only requesting a 2.5% commission for the suggestion ;)

Richard
"Jonathan Lewis" <jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:anf4g5$c1n$1$8300dec7_at_news.demon.co.uk...
>
> Between you and Howard, you have described
> pretty much why there won't be a 9i book.
>
> 95%+ of the book would just be the '8i' book
> repeated, perhaps with a couple of typos and
> silly error corrected and minor changes, and
> 5% would be a couple of new features from 9i
> which didn't really have any added value to the
> general principles.
>
> I've got too much pride to churn out a pot-boiler.
>
> Maybe by 10i - with its rumoured new strategies -
> there will be something worth saying differently.
>
> Thanks for the compliments, by the way, any
> word of mouth advertising is especially welcome -
> ditto for the extraordinary 3-day, highly intensive
> seminar I run on how Oracle works. Soon to
> be running in Detroit and Dallas.
>
>
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>
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> Daniel Morgan wrote in message <3D9B12C2.F09486C7_at_exesolutions.com>...
> >"Howard J. Rogers" wrote:
> >
> >> Actually, it *is* a 9i book.
> >>
> >> In one or two crucial areas (automatic PGA and automatic undo spring to
> >> mind), 8i and 9i are profoundly different, and the outcomes are
> >> correspondingly diverse. But as far as 98% of everything Jonathan wrote
> >> about, it's much of a muchness (index behaviour hasn't changed
> drastically,
> >> for example, between versions).
> >>
> >> His publisher should be shot for daring to include the killer words
"8i"
> in
> >> the book's title. Instant consignment to the 'remainder' bin, for
> absolutely
> >> no good reason.
> >>
> >
> >Alas, Howard you're not a marketer. The publisher will ask Jonathan to
make
> a
> >few small changes, write a couple of paragraphs to promote the "NEW" book
> to
> >Amazon.com, invest a few dollars in a new cover with 9i prominently
> displayed,
> >and sell another book to the same people so happy with Jonathan's last
book
> that
> >they will buy anything they see with his name on it.
> >
> >Then they will congratulate themselves on their improved bottom line and
> >anxiously await the release date of 10i so they can do it all over again.
> >
> >Great book Jonathan. I keep a copy within arms reach too.
> >
> >Daniel Morgan
> >
>
>
Received on Wed Oct 02 2002 - 19:47:31 CDT