Re: How do you copy tables from a CD into a database?

From: Spencer <spencerp_at_swbell.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 14:19:59 -0500
Message-ID: <S3wS6.506$lL3.60146@nnrp3.sbc.net>

"Niall Litchfield" <niall.litchfield_at_dial.pipex.com> wrote in message news:3b19344d$0$15029$cc9e4d1f_at_news.dial.pipex.com...
> Am I to understand that an Oracle book written by authors such as loney
> supplies sql scripts in .pdf format? Geez...
>

i too would expect that the scripts would be supplied as plain text files, possibly in a "sql" subdirectory.

a .pdf is preferrable to some of ther file format.

remember that some people buying the book are probably mounting the CD on an unix machine or on an i-mac-lap-book.

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> Niall Litchfield
> Oracle DBA
> Audit Commission UK
> "bullseye" <bullseye35_at_deletethefunnies@excite.com> wrote in message
> news:Pg7S6.1841$QO5.253078_at_typhoon.nyc.rr.com...
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> > Thanking everyone for your responses.
> >
> > (For newbies who may be lurking, this is what worked for me: using the
> > "Text Select Tool" in Adobe, select the script in Adobe, copy it, then
> > paste directly into SQL using "edit" then "paste".)
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Received on Sun Jun 03 2001 - 14:19:59 CDT