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Summary: Good book - good examples
Review: Don't know about it transforming you into a PL/SQL expert (you wouldn't be much of an expert...), but it is a good SQL book. Amazingly enough, the examples actually work...more than I can say for the last SQL book I bought.
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Summary: Confusing to beginners experts alike
Review: I am disappointed with this book because the following reasons:- A good portion of the book is dedicated to teach basic SQL to beginners, yet the examples provided ... leave the reader confused. - The book spends volumes explaining the obvious (obvious even to beginners), yet leave out the important details that enable the reader to fully understand. Many times the book fail to explain the differences between various Oracle functions. - Too little on 10g. Only a few pages on regular expressions search. Very unsatisfactory examples on PL/SQL. ... Overall, I get the feeling that the author does not fully understand the topic he is trying to write on.
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Summary: Only SQL and PL/SQL book I actually use
Review: I have three SQL and PL/SQL books, but this one is the only one I actually _use_ on a daily basis. It's a great book because it acts as both a training guide and reference book. It also covers PL/SQL in addition to SQL.
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Summary: I liked it!
Review: I just bought this book, and I really like it. It covers SQL and PL/SQL (a major plus point, since I didn't have to buy an extra book on PL/SQL!). I found the examples easy to follow, and I was able to follow along with them using my own 10g database using the scripts I downloaded from the book's website. I also liked the tuning chapter, which gave me some tips I didn't already know about.
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Summary: Great coverage of SQL and PL/SQL
Review: I liked this book because it covers Oracle 10g SQL as well as PL/SQL, that's great because it saved me buying two separate books! I was able to download the code from the website and follow along with all the examples with no problem. I especially liked the coverage of the 10g specific features, such as the new MODEL clause and the new 10g database types (BINARY_DOUBLE and BINARY_FLOAT). All in all, a great book.
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Summary: Great book
Review: I must write a review to counter the previous reviewer's incorrect comments! I've had this book four weeks and run through all the examples, and they all work. All the technical descriptions in the book are right on, too. I had no problems understanding the advanced material on Oracle 10g, which covered the right areas on SQL and PL/SQL.
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Summary: Even better than the last edition
Review: Like the previous version, this is even better written. For starters to PL/SQL I recommend PL/SQL 101 and this.
Great work Scott Urman.
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Summary: Teaches the basics and advanced uses of SQL
Review: This is a good book. It teaches the basics and advanced uses of SQL. I'd already used SQL and Oracle before, and found the advanced chapters on tuning and the use of large objects and advanced analytical functions. I downloaded the Zip file from the Oracle Press web site and had the example database up and running in minutes. I didn't have any problems running any of the examples shown in the book. I also liked the coverage of PL/SQL included in the book. Saved me from buying a book on Oracle 10g PL/SQL. This book even has a chapter on running SQL from within a Java program using JDBC!
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Summary: Best book on SQL
Review: This is the best book on SQL I've found. It has everything I needed: it teaches Oracle from the ground up. I didn't know SQL or PL/SQL before buying this book, and now I'm an expert! I even understood the advanced chapters. I give this book full marks and highly recommend it.
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