Some of the typos are egregious. This should not have happened
given ORAs other entries with XML information (such as webmaster
in a nutshell etc). I have been buying ora books
for years because it is much faster to open a dead tree than
to web search over and over for reference material. However,
problems such as found on page 35 of my printing (jan 2001) with the
operators ?,+,* render this book useless to me for commercial
development. And yes, I just printed out all the errata. And,
yes, I will likely try and return this book to Cody's for a refund
(I still have the receipt). And, since I have ended up running
stuff out of the laser printer anyway, I might as well just
print the spec directly from w3. It's a pita to carry around,
but I suspect it will be more reliable, and the price is right.
Again, this book is useless to me for commercial development.
I can't trust it and will have to cross check the information
with other sources. Furthermore, I could not in good faith
recommend it to anyone.
Whats more, I can no longer assume that the ORA offering in any
field will be "best-of-breed", and I will be reading reviews at
amazon and elsewhere before I purchase another ORA book.
Dave Doolin
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