Re: DBA Books??

From: Howard J. Rogers <hjr_at_dizwell.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 18:33:43 +1100
Message-ID: <418889c3$0$22771$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>

"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:1099465412.597607_at_yasure...
> Howard J. Rogers wrote:
>
>> Also don't buy books with the words "Oracle Press" on their front covers,
>> unless they also have the words 'Thomas Kyte' on them.
>
>> Regards
>> HJR
>
> One exception of note is Oracle Database 10g New Features by Robert
> Freeman. Jonathan Lewis's name is on the cover and the book is worth
> the price of admission just to have Jonathan's commentary.

Well, I have to disagree about that being an exception. The book in question happens to be one Oracle Press book I bought with my own pocket money, and the *only* thing worth having in that book is Jonathan's commentary, because it's only that commentary that makes you think. Otherwise, the rest of the book could have been written by the Oracle marketing department for all the insight and meaningful *evaluation* of the new features it brought to the party. Jonathan's perhaps cynical questioning in the commentary panels was the highlight of the entire work.

So I end up agreeing with your last statement. But AU$50 for probably one A4 page of Jonathan Lewis insight? I felt cheated!!

I did post that sort of thing to the Amazon Reviews, and they appeared there for a day and a half, before mysteriously disappearing into the aether. Odd how that sort of thing can happen, no?!

Regards
HJR Received on Wed Nov 03 2004 - 01:33:43 CST