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Re: DBA Books??

From: Dave <x_at_x.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 23:01:46 GMT
Message-ID: <uPxjd.3929$tV4.3744@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk>

"Jeroen van den Broek" <Jeroen_at_NO_SPAMbaasbovenbaas.demon.nl> wrote in message news:10ot9ml5l5lq524_at_corp.supernews.com...

> 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
>

nope, straight from amazon.com for me Received on Sun Nov 07 2004 - 17:01:46 CST

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