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Summary: BUY THIS BOOK!
Review: The first 16 reviews probably gave you the impression this was a greatbook. IT IS! This is the kind of book you want to buy for YOU.DON'T wait for permission to spend company money on it. DON'T loan itout. (You'll never get it back.) Buy it. Read it. Live it.EXCELLENT book on all levels. Steve Muench could offer a money back,satisfaction guarantee with this book and never shell out anickel...add more stars now!MJG
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: The only problem I had were some stale links particularly to Oracle's website. We also had to get professional help to install the XML environment in Oracle.(Does this surprise anyone?)
In terms of getting to know XML, its possibilities, the practical implementation etc..., I can only higly recommend this book.
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Summary: Very well written, and it delivers...
Review: This book delivers on its cover promises. I was recently scheduled to consult on an Oracle XML application, and I decided to purchase this book to give me a better understanding of the requirements of the task that was ahead of me. Without this book, I would have been going into a completely foreign land without a guide. A great read for developers needing to learn about XML, and in particular the way that Oracle implements XML in their applications.
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Summary: Excellent book if you're committed to PL/SQL
Review: This book is excellent and the author's proficiency in Oracle/XML is second to none. I like his News Portal and Pager explanations. This is the first book I've seen to talks about the issues when paginating result sets using XML or otherwise. I particularly like his approach to using XML as the model and clearly separating the presentation from the model. He preaches this throughout the book and demonstrates how to do this effectively using XML and XSLT. The one critisim for me as someone who isn't 100% committed to using Oracle is that he makes a lot of use of PL/SQL and Oracle features. I accept this because it's after all a book about writing Oracle XML applications but it takes away from the reusability of his examples for me.
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Summary: typical O'Reilly quality
Review: This book is great. I already had some understanding of XML and related technologies, but needed to figure-out how to solve certain problems. This book demonstrates a variety of approaches to get an XML document into a database. I haven't read the book cover-to-cover, but have used it for the purpose of problem solving. This book is not a reference, but contains solutions. Any...can learn a syntax or a tools definition. This book goes beyond that.
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Summary: typical O'Reilly quality
Review: This book is great. I already had some understanding of XML and related technologies, but needed to figure-out how to solve certain problems. This book demonstrates a variety of approaches to get an XML document into a database. I haven't read the book cover-to-cover, but have used it for the purpose of problem solving. This book is not a reference, but contains solutions. Any...can learn a syntax or a tools definition. This book goes beyond that.
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Summary: A must have for any Oracle Solution Architect
Review: This book is really outstanding and belongs to your bookshelf if you are working in the area of e-biz. Steve Munch explains in a very understandable and practical way all the new aspects of Oracle 8i : - XSQL - XSLT - Jdeveloper - PL/SQL XML There are excellent utilities available (halas only as text) to help you do what you've been dreaming of with Oracle : - Loading XML document into Oracle Tables - Splitting XML fragments among tables - Install XSQL Servlet, PL/SQL XML Packages and more... That book definitively deserves your attention
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Summary: absolutely necessary
Review: This book provides invaluable information for Oracle XML application developers, it is _necessary_ for understanding PL/SQL XML APIs. In fact, I'd compare this book with R. Stevens on Unix system calls.
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Summary: Good reference for old versions of Oracle
Review: This book was written in 2000, prior to 9i, which has added a lot of functinality. If you already know XML well and need to augment the rather pathetic Oracle Press books and Oracle On-Line documention, then this is the best book I have read. Many of the examples used in the book do not reflect the real-world examples I have had to deal with, so keep an open mind. Many XML details are assumed by the author or are skipped-over entirely, so if you do not know XML, pick-up an XML book at the same time. The book is dominated by Java; relatively little PL/Sql coverage.
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Summary: Good reference for old versions of Oracle
Review: This book was written in 2000, prior to 9i, which has added a lot of functinality. If you already know XML well and need to augment the rather pathetic Oracle Press books and Oracle On-Line documention, then this is the best book I have read. Many of the examples used in the book do not reflect the real-world examples I have had to deal with, so keep an open mind. Many XML details are assumed by the author or are skipped-over entirely, so if you do not know XML, pick-up an XML book at the same time. The book is dominated by Java; relatively little PL/Sql coverage.
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