Re: A WTF in the Oracle reference...

From: Walt <walt_askier_at_SHOESyahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:07:19 -0500
Message-ID: <r_yzf.2888$yb2.43@news.itd.umich.edu>

gazzag wrote:

>>>Obviously Oracle is the only product ever to have had a book written
>>>about it that is not completely accurate and contains questionable
>>>advice that cannot be followed without questioning or thinking for
>>>yourself.

>
> Still, it comes from a fairly respected publication. [Oracle9i: The Complete Reference ]

Respected by whom? I can't say I have much good to say about it.

That said, it's not just any old book published by any old publishing house, it's published by "Oracle Press", which implies some sort of endorsement by Oracle.

Yes, the cited passage is a howler. And not the only one in the book.

//Walt Received on Wed Jan 18 2006 - 16:07:19 CST