Oracle8I for Windows Nt Starter Kit

Rating:
Summary: may be already out dated !
Review: To start with this book is badly bonded (it started brakingapart after the first day); the author targets NT 4.0 platform and Oracle version 8.1.5; what I have is windows 2000 server and Oracle 8.1.6; if you are in the same position you will find that their is discrepancies between the book and Oracle GUI (for example, Net8 assistance does not have service Name and SID fields when you click on one of the service names) and the way the services starts on windows 2000 platform. I bought this book because I was moving from SQL Server 7.0 to Oracle, I found that this book helped me start oracle but it took me a long time to figure the discrepancies. I think this book might be already out dated. The book language is really good and easy to understand (provided that you have a technical background). Finally the support files for the book is not on the CD and no where to be found at the mentioned web site...