As i told earlier, the concepts are explained clearly. Version specific info can always be picked up. Govindan On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:55:40 -0600, "Freeman Robert - IL" <FREEMANR@xxxxxxxx> said: > I agree, this is an EXCELLENT, but outdated book.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 -----------------------------------------------------------------