Re: recommended book on Oracle XML DB ?

From: Oradba Linux <oradba_linux_at_comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 18:06:34 GMT
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"Tim Arnold" <timkarnold_at_comcast.net> wrote in message news:09OdnWV-L5TPhKPdRVn-sQ_at_comcast.com...
>
> "Larry" <surfunbear_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:fa148c36.0402260722.10c1c070_at_posting.google.com...
> > I am a software engineer familiar with C++, Java, a little SQL, xml,
> > and xslt. I just got a document about Oracle XML DB that
> > our company may start working with, and particularly the xml side
> > I'm thinking and I might have an oppurtunity to get involved.
> > I would like a recommendation on a good book. I prefer
> > books which are concise and easy to understand yet give some real
> examples,
> > go into a little of related areas, history etc. If I find it really
> interesting,
> > I can allways buy a heavy duty detailed book latter.
>
> Actually the Oracle Docs are OK, bit of a maze http://tahiti.oracle.com/
and
> http://otn.oracle.com/tech/xml/index.html
>
> Or http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/orxmlapp/ The books helps, but somewhat
> out of date.
>
>

Is this book a good book to start assuming some familiarity with XML and Oracle . Received on Thu Feb 26 2004 - 12:06:34 CST