I agree, this is an EXCELLENT, but outdated book. Robert -----Original Message----- From: GovindanK To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: 2/27/2004 1:23 PM Subject: Re: Oracle replication book For Oracle Replication , i recommend "Distributed Systems" By Charles Dye. Covers Ver 7.x thru 8.x but if you are looking for concepts , why and how the dbms packages are run , interlinked it is the book. I have not read the book by Freeman (Rampant) but i am willing to put my two cents on this book. HTH GovindanK QuijadaReina, Julio C wrote: >Stephen, > >I just happened to find this site that shows the picture of "their" >Robert Freeman. I am not sure if the book advertised in this site is the >same 'cause I don't see the horse (in the background ;-) I personally >don't know Robert, but look at the picture and judge by yourselves >whether the book refers to the well known Oracle DBA Robert Freeman or >not. >The link is >http://www.rampant-books.com/book_2003_2_replication.htm > >Julio Cesar Quijada-Reina >Programmer Analyst >Computing Services at Alfred State College > >-----Original Message----- >From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephen.Lee@xxxxxxxx >Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 9:45 AM >To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Oracle replication book > > >I noticed this book on Oracle replication. > >http://tinyurl.com/3fvuj > >Has anyone out there in radio land given the book a good enough look to >have >an opinion on it. The reason I ask is that I recently returned three >books >from Rampant that are the worst books I have ever seen. These were the >first books I have EVER returned. I didn't even sell back my college >textbooks (which now clutter up the place). These Rampant books were >inexcusably, God-awful bad, and I swore that I would own no Rampant >books >again. But this title has the name Robert Freeman (but not Robert G. >Freeman) stuck on it, so I have to wonder if the Robert Freeman on this >book >is same Robert Freeman we all know and love, and not just some guy with >a >convenient name who hangs out at the local Salvation Army when he's not >camped out under a bridge, and if that is enough to cancel out the >apparent >innate badness of Rampant. > >I also noticed the following book. I didn't know Robert's interests >were so >diverse. A book on restoring and recovering a database is fine, but >what we >REALLY need is a book on restoring and recovering this group. > >http://tinyurl.com/29axd > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------