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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> Re[2]: An Oracle Utilities Pocket Reference?
So many keep asking for a SQL syntax quick-ref. Will all
that syntax fit into a pocket book? I'll have to take
another look at the feasibility of doing such a thing.
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Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:jonathan@gennick.com
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Friday, June 25, 2004, 2:18:19 PM, DENNIS WILLIAMS (DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM) wrote:
DW> Chris DW> My thoughts exactly on the 7.3 SQL Manual. Jonathan does publish a DW> generic SQL manual. Perhaps someone can comment whether they've retired DW> their 7.3 SQL manual in favor of that. DW> Dennis Williams DW> DBA DW> Lifetouch, Inc.
DW> -----Original Message----- DW> From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org DW> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Grabowy, Chris DW> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 1:12 PM DW> To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org DW> Subject: RE: An Oracle Utilities Pocket Reference? DW> My biggest gripe with the Pocket References is that you have to breakDW> the binding to get the dang thing to lay down and not close up on you. DW> Perhaps a spiral binding would work better.
DW> Oracle Utils pocket reference would be good. But most of my fellow DW> DBAs, and I, miss the old Oracle 7.3 quick SQL reference guide. Most of DW> the time we know the command, but just cant remember the exact syntax. DW> -----Original Message----- DW> From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org DW> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Jonathan Gennick DW> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 11:25 AMDW> To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
DW> Some of you may know that I work I work for O'Reilly Media, DW> editing some of their Oracle titles. We've been batting DW> around the idea of publishing an Oracle Utilities Pocket DW> Reference. On the one hand, a small, concise book to remind DW> one of the syntax for such utilities as oradebug, expdp, DW> imp, sqlldr, orapwd, tkprof, and so forth seems like a DW> useful thing. On the other hand, many of these utilities DW> come with online help. For example, you can issue "exp DW> help=y" to get a quick summary of export options. Maybe a DW> pocket reference would not add enough additional value to be DW> worth its price. DW> So I'd like to put the question to all of you, would a DW> utilities pocket reference be useful? Is it something you DW> would be likely to buy and use? If you could have any pocketDW> reference (or I guess any book for that matter) you wanted DW> to make your DBA job easier, what would that be?
DW> Best regards,
DW> Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are DW> http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:jonathan@gennick.com
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