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Title: Poorly organized, too little practical information
Review: This book has two main flaws that caused me to abandon it after the first few chapters.First, it spends an inordinate amount of time on theory, compared to giving practical examples.Second (and a truly fatal flaw) is that during the course of the book, the reader is directed to build a database that is essential to reading the following chapters. The reader is encouraged to think theoretically about the general structure of the database, but is given no specifics. Yet specifics are exactly what the later chapters require! If the reader follows the directions, it will become necessary to make numerous structure changes later.Worse yet, the "correct" database is not included on the CD, nor is it available online. That makes it impossible for the more advanced user to skip chapters that he doesn't need.This book has become one of my more expensive doorstops.
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