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Summary: Installation CDs in this book were not well documented.
Review: I tried to use CDs to intall Mini-SAP enviroment, I failed many times. The instruction for installation is no clear(e.g.you need to figure out how to set up your system variable, then you can place MBS.R3S at right place; the instruction ask you to insert DATA CD, you will never going to find this CD)There are many bugeres on 1st CD(e.g. HELP function never works) The following is the error message i got during the installation, I have no idea how to solve this problem. Could someone help me out? -----------
Info: DBR3LICENSECREATE InternalInstallationDo 2 1
Create SAP license table.
Error: DBR3LICENSECREATE InternalInstallationDo 2 1
See logfile dev_slic for further information.
Info: DBR3LICENSECREATE InternalInstallationDo 2 1
See logfile dev_slic for further information.
Error: DBR3LICENSECREATE InstallationDo 2 1
Phase failed.
Error: Main {} 2 1
Installation aborted.
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Summary: Seasoned ABAPers should get this book
Review: I've been an ABAP programmer in the Boston area since 1994. And, I consider myself to be a pretty fluent programer. However, I was not comfortable with the new Object Orientation the language was taking. This book, literally, walks you through the creation of ABAP reports and dialog transactions using the new OO paradigm. It explains the "wheres" and "whyfors" along the way so that you can really grasp the new concepts.
I think it's fabulous.
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Summary: Good luck in installing the Cd's!!!
Review: If you are like me a beginner in the abap "world", you will have great expectations on being able to install the CD, learn and practice. Well I am using windows XP, and so far have yet to succeed wiht the CD's. The help is helpless!! and if anyone knows a good reference site or tips on installing this let me know - for now I am ready to bin this whole thing. Thanks in advance.
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Summary: Unable to install the patch for F1S
Review: If you are like me a beginner in the abap "world", you will have great expectations on being able to install the CD, learn and practice. Well I am using windows XP, and so far have yet to succeed wiht the CD's. The help is helpless!! and if anyone knows a good reference site or tips on installing this let me know - for now I am ready to bin this whole thing. Thanks in advance.
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Summary: Good luck in installing the Cd's!!!
Review: If you are like me a beginner in the abap "world", you will have great expectations on being able to install the CD, learn and practice. Well I am using windows XP, and so far have yet to succeed wiht the CD's. The help is helpless!! and if anyone knows a good reference site or tips on installing this let me know - for now I am ready to bin this whole thing. Thanks in advance.
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Summary: Very useful content / good CDs
Review: This book is the best book about ABAP I've been reading so far.
A well structured content and a simple approach to explain the new ABAP concepts are probably the best ways to describe the book. The CDs contain a complete SAP System which is a great way to get lot's of practise.
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Summary: ABAP book good but CDs need help
Review: This book seems to be well written and informative. If you are like me you like to learn by example and coding yourself. This is the method the authors suggest and I agree.
They look as if they start with some basics. They also tell you up front that the book is not a book that is best suited for starting from the beginning and going to the end.
The problem I have with the purchase of this book is the CDs. To me the CDs and the minisap basis system is what pushed me to buy this particular book. The CDs and the minisap system will load. It will not happen without a bunch of problems. The help for loading is very poor. It might would help if there were some actual pages at the end of the help links. Every reference I had to a URL ended up taking me to a link selling more books or no where. A site is supposed to be dedicated to the minisap system but I could not get to it.
If you can get the CDs to load correctly(that is possible!) then you have a good useful book. If not it depends on how you learn. For me it is more difficult.
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Summary: Unable to install the patch for F1S
Review: This is a good book. The instlaltion also went well and I am able to use the MBS without any hitch. the only problem is , I am not able to install the patch to view details of table associated with logical database F1S. I am getting an error saying that server could not be accessed. I am using Windows XP.
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Summary: Poorly Written/Translated
Review: While this book is described as being an introduction, it leaves allot to the reader to figure out on his own. The book begins introducing concepts and commands without ever explaining what they are or what they do. If you can strugle through that, it is in later chapters that these concepts are explained in more detail. To be fair, perhaps not having previous SAP experience and the basic knowledge that comes with it is hindering my understanding. This book was first written in German in late 2000 and only recently translated into English. Perhaps there has been something lost in the translation.
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