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Summary: Don't buy this book....
Review: This book is definitely not for a beginner. I had to use this book for a beginning course for Oracle 8 and if it wasn't for a better book, I would have failed the course. On the other hand you may find it helpful if you are experienced in SQL and database lingo. I cannot comment from that viewpoint.
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Summary: This is the BEST book to learn the foundation of Oracle8 !!!
Review: This book starts with the history of Oracle and brings you up to date to the Network Computer. It does help if you know a little of SQL. But, that is not needed to understand. The information is presented in a clear manner and is done in such a way that it builds on the previous chapter slowly. I think this is the BEST book to start with to understand what Oracle is in general and what Oracle 8 is specifically.
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Summary: Authors spend more time fawning over Oracle then teaching
Review: Very poorly organized, introduces complex topics before basics. Code examples almost always include the copyright notice presented when SQLPlus is activated which only serves to hide the actual example. Use of a different font for code examples would be a big help. Examples are disjointed, not consist with text, not done in a building block approach.They waste an entire chapter presenting the installation screens for different platforms without adding much of value beyond what the screen tells you anyway. Biggest problem with book is authors spend about 10% of their time praising Oracle for all the wonderful things they have done. This gets very tiresome and adds nothing to learning Oracle. As another reviewer indicated, it may be useful as a quick reference book, but falls short on being an introductory text.
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Summary: Comedy Review
Review: What an incredible talent the author has. He managed to fill almost 1000 pages with junk!
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