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Summary: Waste of time and money
Review: Don't waste your money ... trust me! This book tries to cover all areas of Oracle without providing much information on any single topic. It's basically one thick catalog of Oracle products.
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Summary: Very helpful
Review: I am currently studying Oracle. I found this book very helpful. All subjects are easy to find with the well organized index. The explanations are easier to understand and more complete than other Oracle books that I have read. The "tips" are especially usefull. I am recommending it to my friends and classmates.
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Summary: Pretty scary that this made it to press
Review: I have never been disappointed in an Unleashed book before. I thumbed through this, and it seemed okay at a casual glance, so I bought it at the local bookstore. Since it was part of the overall excellent "Unleashed Series" I figured I couldn't go wrong! I have now scrapped that theory. This book is a real black eye to everyone involved in the process. I won't trust that just because it is an Unleashed book that it is going to be a good, in-depth and accurate discussion any longer. The best way I can describe this book is as follows. Did you ever take a class from someone who didn't really know the subject matter, and as a consequence made the class far more confusing than is should have been? Well, put that class in a book and this is what you end up with. It served to confuse and frustrate more than enlighten. I am sure this book contained technical errors as well, but my feedback is more about the flow and readability of the book. If you are looking to learn Oracle, this book would not be a wise selection for you. There are plenty of decent Oracle books out there to choose from. This just isn't one of them.
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Summary: Pretty scary that this made it to press
Review: If you can't find at least 10 errors before you finish Chapter 1, you're just not paying attention. You'll find typos, incomplete or incoherent sentences, grammatical errors, punctuation errors, etc. If the authors are that careless during the inroduction, how can you trust their technical information? Thank goodness I didn't open the CD-ROM -- I'm returning this junk (2nd edition) asap. The authors should be ashamed of publishing such careless and sloppy work.
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Summary: It's good only for bonfire
Review: This book tries to say too much in one volume which makes it confusing to novices as well as experienced users of Oracle. I think it should have maintained a consistency in the level of the contents. But there is a lot to learn from this book.
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