Re: DBA Books??

From: Dave <x_at_x.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 00:10:41 GMT
Message-ID: <5Qyjd.4377$hp4.410@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk>

"Jeroen van den Broek" <Jeroen_at_NO_SPAMbaasbovenbaas.demon.nl> wrote in message news:10otbqc5ptv804a_at_corp.supernews.com...

> Dave wrote:
>> "Jeroen van den Broek" <Jeroen_at_NO_SPAMbaasbovenbaas.demon.nl> wrote
>> in message news:10ot9ml5l5lq524_at_corp.supernews.com...

>>> Dave wrote:

>>>> "DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
>>>> news:1099862799.630755_at_yasure...
>>>>> debashish wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> hi Roger
>>>>>>    I am sorry for asking questions - so basic. I honestly felt
>>>>>> that i could receive the best advices here and i was not
>>>>>> disappointed. After going through your reply, i rushed to my
>>>>>> nearest bookstore and picked up a copy of 'Beginning PL/SQL
>>>>>> Programming', co-authored by gurus like you and Thomas Kyte
>>>>>> including others. I have found the book absoultely rewarding!
>>>>>> Your work on indexes proved very helpful. That Chapter 8 of
>>>>>> yours helped to to understand the topic better. Thanks
>>>>>> Debashish
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't try to find this book at Amazon.com. Not only does
>>>>> "Beginning PL/SQL Programming" not produce the book the following
>>>>> query does't either. "Howard Rogers" and "Kyte" which returns:
>>>>>
>>>>> Our Musicals, Ourselves: A Social History of the American Musical
>>>>> Theater by John Bush Jones (Paperback)
>>>>>
>>>>> . Excerpt from page 56 "... the Moonshine" with lyrics by Howard
>>>>> Rogers and music by Robert Hood ..."
>>>>> See more references to "Howard Rogers" and "Kyte" in this book.
>>>>>
>>>>> And when you click on the link takes you to a page that states:
>>>>>
>>>>> "No reference to  "Howard Rogers" and "Kyte"  in this book:"
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> the book is called beginning oracle programming not pl/sql
>>>> programming.
>>>> And a searc for "howard rogers" and "kyte" returns that book first
>>>> up
>>>

>>> Using Google, yes.
>>> Searching within amazon.com shows exactly the strange result
>>> described by Daniël.
>>> When replacing "Kyte" with "Thomas Kyte", amazon says it can't find
>>> anything within the site and does a websearch, resulting in a
>>> referral to another online bookstore.. ;-)

>>>

>>> --
>>> Jeroen

>>>
>>
>> nope, straight from amazon.com for me
>
> You're sure it is .com you were looking and not .co.uk?
>
> -- 
> Jeroen
>

definitely dot com, i just did it again and get the music book - maybe its intermittent - but definitely got the right book earlier Received on Sun Nov 07 2004 - 18:10:41 CST