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Title: 8i with just a spice of 9i is more like it
Review: If you are new to Oracle and Windows 2000, then it's worth while. This book doesn't go into anything much about 9i. It reads like the 7.3 book with minor updates over the years for Windows 2000 and Oracle 8, 8i and 9i. It offers sparse information about the new 9i features, such as SPFILE. For ($$$) the authors should have rewritten a few chapters instead of splicing in 9i topics that you can find in Oracle's White Papers.Don't expect this book to be a great reference either. It doesn't give much syntax for 9i. Coming from 7.3 and 8.1.7 environments on NT, this book provided nothing other than a refresher from the old green 7.3.4 DBA Oracle book, which I still like better. ...
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