Dave wrote:
> "DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
> news:1099862799.630755_at_yasure...
>> debashish wrote:
>>
>>> hi Roger
>>> I am sorry for asking questions - so basic. I honestly felt
>>> that i could receive the best advices here and i was not
>>> disappointed. After going through your reply, i rushed to my
>>> nearest bookstore and picked up a copy of 'Beginning PL/SQL
>>> Programming', co-authored by gurus like you and Thomas Kyte
>>> including others. I have found the book absoultely rewarding!
>>> Your work on indexes proved very helpful. That Chapter 8 of yours
>>> helped to to understand the topic better. Thanks
>>> Debashish
>>
>> Don't try to find this book at Amazon.com. Not only does
>> "Beginning PL/SQL Programming" not produce the book the following
>> query does't either. "Howard Rogers" and "Kyte" which returns:
>>
>> Our Musicals, Ourselves: A Social History of the American Musical
>> Theater by John Bush Jones (Paperback)
>>
>> • Excerpt from page 56 "... the Moonshine" with lyrics by Howard
>> Rogers and music by Robert Hood ..."
>> See more references to "Howard Rogers" and "Kyte" in this book.
>>
>> And when you click on the link takes you to a page that states:
>>
>> "No reference to "Howard Rogers" and "Kyte" in this book:"
>>
>
> the book is called beginning oracle programming not pl/sql
> programming.
> And a searc for "howard rogers" and "kyte" returns that book first
> up
Using Google, yes.
Searching within amazon.com shows exactly the strange result described by
Daniël.
When replacing "Kyte" with "Thomas Kyte", amazon says it can't find anything
within the site and does a websearch, resulting in a referral to another
online bookstore.. ;-)
--
Jeroen
Received on Sun Nov 07 2004 - 16:53:01 CST
