Hi Robert, I full agree with your statement - buyer beware. There are all sorts of books in the market. Some have a cookie cutter approach, some are quite detailed, well researched and provide plenty of real-life knowledge to the reader and others are somewhere in between. IMHO, two things - context and shelf life of the information imparted are so critical for anything out there (book OR an article). These are particularly important nowadays given the availability of any kind of information on the internet. The *context* can clarify the applicability of the mentioned fixes/solutions to the kind of environments (prod/qa/test/dev) where the "method" would be relevant. Then comes the closely intertwined *shelf life* (sell-by-date) aspect. I believe, the onus of highlighting them lies primarily on the Author. That would help everyone (Juniors and the Seniors). Best Regards, Rajeev On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Robert Freeman <robertgfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > Cheers all and buyer beware... > > RF > > Robert G. Freeman > Oracle ACE >