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A copy of this was sent to Bill Chapman <bchapman_at_best.com>
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On Sat, 08 Aug 1998 08:55:52 -0700, you wrote:
>I am looking for a reference book on Oracle 8. I haven't found anything
>good in stores.
>
given your requirements, I think you already have what you are asking for... Its in 3 books, the SQL Language Reference, the Server Concepts Guide, and the Application Developers Guide...
>Requirements are:
>1. You should be able to look up any keyword the language has in the
>description and find a decent description of it. No book has been this,
>good, so as close to this as possible.
>
that sounds a lot like the Server SQL Reference Manual, chapter 4.
>2. Definitions should be clear, concise, and complete.
>
Again, sounds like chapter 4 of the SQL reference -- each command has a short "Purpose" section, "Prerequisite" section, "syntax" diagram, explaination of each of the options to the command and finally some examples.
>3. Optional: Good descriptions of concepts. Easy to find through index.
>
Sounds like the Server Concepts Manual.
>4. Optional: Plenty of examples.
>
Sounds like Application Developers Guide.
>5. Optional: Something useful on a CD-ROM
>
>6. Optional: Extra points for being thinner than a phone book.
>
>One technical manual that lives up to this is the C Programming Language
>by Kernighan and Ritchie. 1/2" thick.
>
>Bill
Thomas Kyte
tkyte_at_us.oracle.com
Oracle Government
Herndon VA
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