RE: SQL Language Quick Reference
- From: "Poras, Henry R." <Henry_Poras@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 09:42:56 -0400
One additional point. I write in my books, put questions in my margins and work
out the answers as best I can. I add additional comments. This means I don't
want to discard still useful older books. A rewrite (as opposed to a supplement)
means I need to keep two copies of nearly identical books. If that's the case,
might as well just do everything on-line (ugh)
Henry
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Daniel W. Fink
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 10:45 PM
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: SQL Language Quick Reference
Buying a book that is 80% old material (when I have the previous
release's book) is a real waste of money and paper. If you have never
purchased the book covering the previous release, you'll need one that
covers it all, that adds some complexity to the task. But it seems like
the authors have to write up the new material, so why can't these
efforts go on in parallel.
Over the years, I've thrown out at least 25 books that were out of date
because of a version change and I bought the whole 'new' version that
was only 20% new. The waste of resources that are involved in these
rehashes of old material is pointless (okay, my real opinion is that it
is appalling and shameful). I've weaned myself off these books and work
my way through the new features, relying on Oracle's oh-so-helpful
documentation.
Just my $.02 (which I would gladly invest in a new features book)
Daniel Fink
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