Folks, Please forgive me for this short, one time, interruption to celebrate my 8th book... Portable DBA: Oracle. The book is designed as a portable reference for the DBA. As such it has: 1. A chapter with example "how to" SQL commands. Good for the beginner DBA and those DBA's like me who have brain fade from time to time. 2. An appendix with the SQL command Syntax. 3. Chapters on the most commonly used SQL commands, with examples of use and also with tables that explain what to do about the most common errors. I really kind of designed this book for ME, because I hate online documentation. I hope you will find it of use to you. I invite your comments or suggestions for improvement, clarification, *gasp* error corrections, at the email address listed in the book. I hope you will find the book of use, and (you will probably never hear an author say this) if you *don't* please return it and get your money back. Cheers and happy holidays! Robert G. Freeman Management Consultant TUSC - The Oracle Experts www.tusc.com OCP - 7, 8, 8i, 9i, 10g Author: Portable DBA Oracle Oracle Database 10g New Features Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery Oracle9i New Features -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l