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Re: DBA Books??

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 16:44:56 -0800
Message-ID: <1099874625.343357@yasure>


Dave wrote:

> "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 

Interesting as my result is exactly as Jeroen's.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)
Received on Sun Nov 07 2004 - 18:44:56 CST

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