Ditto, and don't forget Stephane's book :Refactoring SQL Applications ! awesome as well (even if it's not on sale today ) http://www.amazon.com/Refactoring-SQL-Applications-Stephane-Faroult/dp/0596514972/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_2 - Kyle Hailey http://db-optimizer.blogspot.com/ On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 9:31 AM, John Kanagaraj <john.kanagaraj@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I fully second that! If you wage a constant war on runaway SQL, this > is your foundational book. > > I have a signed copy from the author (thanks Stephane!) and am > probably looking for an iPad version of it. > > Regards, > John > > On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Stephane Faroult <sfaroult@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > <shameless plug> > > > > I have just received this email from O'Reilly: > > > > Your book has been chosen as our Ebook Deal of the Day for Friday, > December > > 3. As Ebook Deal of the Day, your book is available for 50% off the > regular > > ebook price for Friday only. > > We’ll be promoting the offer through our sites and social media accounts. > > Here’s the tweet we’re sending out: > > > > #Ebook Deal/Day: The Art of SQL - $17.99 (Save 50%) Use code DDRSQ > > http://oreil.ly/eG6dLe > > > > As any author of a technical book will tell you, one makes very little on > a > > book (especially when it's heavily discounted ...). But since this book > was > > born out my frustration with the code I was encountering and my desire to > > tell developers in a way that scales better than one-to-one interaction > how > > they should think their database accesses , any opportunity to spread the > > Gospel is good to me, and perhaps some of your developers would (should?) > be > > interested. They can check Amazon reviews. > > > > I hope that in the long term it will make life easier to you ... > > > > > > </shameless plug> > > -- > > Stephane Faroult > > RoughSea Ltd > > Konagora > > RoughSea Channel on Youtube > > > > > > -- > John Kanagaraj <>< > http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnkanagaraj > http://jkanagaraj.wordpress.com (Sorry - not an Oracle blog!) > ** The opinions and facts contained in this message are entirely mine > and do not reflect those of my employer or customers ** > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >