Re: Good SQL book

My opinion on the book is:

For someone more or less a layman to the programming craft, this book should be great bcos it explains the bits and bytes in great detail. But you are familiar with programming and want to get a quick start, the book might be dragging your feet as you browse thru the pages. Basically the same set of knowledge that the book conveys can be conveyed in maybe size of the page size or less. For example when covering a top (like cursor variable), it starts with different ways how you could do it incorrectly and then at the end it presents the right way to do it. As impatient as I was, I copied the first wrong code example I came across and fell into the pit, just to find out my mistake after I have read on. The point is, the code example does not conntain comments to make it clear that it is a bad example.

Throughout the book, there quite many similar situation like that or the explanation is much too lengthy.

mmacna_at_ftg-inc.com schrieb:

> I use the Oralce PL/SQL Programming book from O'Reilly all the time. I
> think it is a great reference. It also comes with a companion disk
> with some good examples. If you want more, you can also go the website
> referenced in the book to get more examples.
>
> In article <7hefic$3mi$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,
> Todd Graham <board_shorts_at_my-dejanews.com> wrote:
> > O'Reilly Press has recently published Oracle SQL*Plus, I looked at it
> > recently and I looked pretty informative. It may be a little light on
> > situational examples, but may be worth a look.
> >
> > In article <37355911.B6BFC9BE_at_home.com>,
> > khanf_at_home.com wrote:
> > > Can someone refer me a good SQL book, something
> > > that covers all the basics and serves as a quick
> > > reference as well.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Regards.
> > >
> > > Furkan
> > >
> > >
> >
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Received on Sun May 16 1999 - 13:27:34 CEST