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Book:   Oracle SQL*Plus: The Definitive Guide
Subject:   Oracle SQL*Plus: The Definitive Guide Review
Date:   2000-08-09 15:48:54
From:   K Vainstein
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

Just like the cover says - Definitive. My one complaint is that command-line arguments aren't in the book's index, although they're used in a few of the example scripts. (Call them &&1, &&2, etc. Here's a good approach - at start of script, have something like


PRO Inputs:
PRO 1: schema name
PRO 2: column name


, and then user will get an explanation of what args were expected. If the command-line args weren't entered, SQL*Plus will give another opportunity to enter them, as in


Enter value for 1:


, so forth. Looks nice.)


The Ukrainian names are literary, not historical (off-the-wall correction of an earlier reader comment).


Truly superior technical text.

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