its used all over the place. Its not bad in terms of material. Nice to see the low level concepts. I found it difficult to read in spots. Especially the relation algebra calculus, and normalization chapters. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0072554819/qid=1082418365/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-5436493-0412928?v=glance&s=books this one covers basically the same information, but its easier to read(doesnt even mention undo before redo though) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0072465638/qid=1082418515/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-5436493-0412928?v=glance&s=books ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mladen Gogala" <mgogala@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 6:53 PM Subject: Re: why does oracle recovery redo before undo? > > On 04/19/2004 06:38:26 PM, Ryan wrote: > > that is what i thought. I have a generic database book that is used at most > > universities that says its optimal to apply undo before redo. trying to > > figure out where it is coming from. > > You shouldn't be buying database books from the Larry Flynt Publishing. > They might be useful in the other areas, but not for studying databases. > Can you reveal us the title and the publisher of that literary jewel? > > -- > Mladen Gogala > Oracle DBA > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------