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Summary: Interactive Workbook - Excellent exercises
Review: The Lab exercises help to build expertise in Oracle SQL, and the examples given are clear, concise and relevant. Most of all, many of the exercises are easily applied in a production environment leading to gains in job productivity almost immediately! This is a great book for the SQL beginner, and it helps to quickly build both the tools and the confidence to be productive in the Oracle database environment. The only thing that keeps me from giving this book a 5 star rating were minor editing mistakes on some of the examples of both the book and the companion web site. Overall Excellent!MVB
Rating:
Summary: Interactive Workbook - Excellent exercises
Review: The Lab exercises help to build expertise in Oracle SQL, and the examples given are clear, concise and relevant. Most of all, many of the exercises are easily applied in a production environment leading to gains in job productivity almost immediately! This is a great book for the SQL beginner, and it helps to quickly build both the tools and the confidence to be productive in the Oracle database environment. The only thing that keeps me from giving this book a 5 star rating were minor editing mistakes on some of the examples of both the book and the companion web site. Overall Excellent! MVB
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Summary: An Handy User's Guide
Review: This book is a great reference tool for production use. The exercises mirror real world use. I learned very quickly from using this book about proper SQL structures and understanding the logic behind SQL.
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Summary: Oracle SQL needs Help
Review: This book waltzes through conceptually difficult material for the novice SQL'er. Correlated subqueries are given 3 pages. This is ridiculous! Furthermore, before a SQL novice can digest the conceptual ideas, Rishert presents examples which differ from what the novice is trying to digest. Yes, the examples present true information, but they leave the novice wondering what makes sense. The book needs a re-write if it wants to be presented to the community as a 'learning tool'. I'd recommend it to a novice provided the novice has a tutor on call.
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