Chris, I think this is an excellent point. In fact, as I understand it, you should not use the PL/SQL interfaces into the various licensed items in 10g. Still, in 10g there were a number of new features that were not special or licensed that one could use. I think there are a number of people who do own these packs, so some coverage is warranted... but we don't want that coverage to overshadow the standard features either. It's always a careful balancing act when determining what to cover and what not to cover and then, what depth one will cover things too. RF --- Chris Dunscombe <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Robert, > > My only comment is that AFAIK most of the OEM > Advisories require one of the > chargeable packs e.g. Tuning, Diagnostics etc. How > many sites are actually > licensed to use these packs and hence the OEM > Advisories? Hence how much page > coverage, in relation to other features, is > appropriate for features that most > people SHOULDN'T be using due to licensing. > > Just a point for you to consider. > > Cheers, > > Chris > > > Quoting Robert Freeman <robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>: > > >> > > In this new book, I'm considering biasing my > coverage to OEM for a few > > reasons: > > > > 1. OEM is less complex to use. > > 2. Adding coverage for both will take up many more > pages. When you are > > writing a book you are limited to a page count > range, so depth is limited > > based on this too. > > 3. The Code route, in and of itself, can be > complex. I'm not sure if it's > > worth the extra time to add the code in some cases > just because of this > > complexity. > > > > I'm wondering if anyone who has used these > features or suspect they will use > > them in the future has a preference. In some > cases, if page count allows, > > I'll do both. In some cases I need to select > either/or due to page count > > considerations. In the past, I've been very > heavily code oriented and really > > relegated OEM to the background, but now I'm > thinking of moving in the other > > direction. > > > > Thoughts?? > > > > RF > > > > > > Robert G. Freeman > > Oracle Consultant/DBA/Author > > > > -- > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > > > > > > Chris Dunscombe > > www.christallize.com > > Robert G. Freeman Author: Now Available for Pre-Sales on Amazon.com!!!! ************************************************** Oracle Database 11g New Features (Oracle Press) ************************************************** Portable DBA: Oracle (Oracle Press) Oracle Database 10g New Features (Oracle Press) Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press) Oracle9i New Features (Oracle Press) -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l