Oracle SQL*Plus Pocket Reference: A Guide to SQL*Plus Syntax (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly))

Having a guide of this size on hand, it is very useful for quick reference and consultation in the office. Its content seems appropriate and well treated the subject matter. I like the publisher.

I use this guide on a weekly basis. It is small compact and concise and doesn't have near everything a bigger book has, but it covers the basics and is quite easy to use. I highly recommend it for anyone using SQL+

I did enjoy the book and use often for reference to Oracle. This book is easy to read and is complete.

This has become a staple of my office reference library, and I have to attach a big stick to it or it keeps disappearing. Highly recommended for anyone needing a quick reminder.

Me enviaron un libro con la portada correcta, pero el contenido del libro equivocado. No me sirvió se nada.

I had no problem getting the book... Got it withing 3 days of my order... And the book is excellent... maybe that's why I bought it...

For those SQL*Plus keywords it contains, it's good. Very easy to use and helpful. What I'd really like to see is a more comprehensive reference that covers general SQL statements in SQL*Plus, without all the references to the other "flavors" of SQL out there (those weren't in this book, by the way). Exactly the same level of references found in the book now, but much more comprehensive, so I only need the one source for quick 'n' dirty query help. There were many SQL keywords and functions not found either here, or in The Complete SQL (not so complete, after all), making it difficult to move forward without looking elsewhere, like online using the search engine Copernicus.

...a good combination of size, price, and content. I have the 3rd edition, which includes an 8-page index. I use this as part of teaching a class in Oracle Developer and recommend it for my students. As the other reviewers recommend, write your name in it...the Oreilly pocket references are easy to misplace, and walk off sometimes. There are four blank pages at the end for your own notes. Content is adequate for its purpose -- for extensive details, the Oracle online documentation is available, if slower to access. Drawbacks? I'd like a larger index, although the current one is useful. A little bit more room throughout the book for notes might be handy, although it would enlarge the book a bit. I think the content is about right, although there will always be things one can't find, and other topics which are never used in this type of book. And, as with all the Oreilly pocket references I've seen, there is no colophon, so one must go to the original large book to discover that the insect on the front cover is a moving leaf, Phyllium giganteum, a Malaysian creature which grows to about four inches in length...roughly the width of the book!

petit et contient l'essentiel pour aide mémoire dans les utilities Oracle, le plan comptable du Dba. A compléter avec les autres références de chez Oreilly et cela fait une super boité à pense bête

Arrived in perfect condition. An excellent tool for writing and learning sql plus commands even if its a little out of date

SQL*Plus und ORACLE SQL Anwender werden eine gute Reference für ORACLE SQL und SQL*Plus Features in diesem Buch finden. Mit dieser Ausgabe hat Jonathan Gennick sein Buch auf den Stand von ORACLE 9i (9.0.1 soweit ich beurteilen kann). Es werden die Unterschiede zwischen ORACLE 8i und 9i Features sehr gut hervorgehoben (z.B. 8i outer Joins und 9i ANSI SQL outer Joins). Der Titel suggeriert ein SQL*Plus Pocket Reference Buch aber es wird nicht nur SQL*Plus (ein Kommandozeilen Interpreter für ORACLE SQL) sondern auch kurz ORACLE SQL besprochen. Natürlich kann bei diesem Umfang SQL nicht annähernd vollständig beschrieben werden. Man kann aber zumindest zu jedem Statement Typ eine kleine Syntax "Erinnerung" finden (z.B. hatte ich die Syntax des MERGE Statements vergessen, leider nicht in 8i). Mit der zeiten Auflage von ORACLE SQL*Plus Pocket Reference ist der Umfang von ca. 90 auf ca. 115 Seiten angewachsen. Diesmal hat OReilley auch in diesem Pocket Reference Werk einen Suchindex spendiert, weshalb man diesmal auch die volle Punktzahl geben kann. Für alle Leute, die mit ORACLE (und hoffentlich auch mit SQL*Plus :-) arbeiten, ist dieses Werk sehr zu empfehlen.

I've been in Oracle development for quite a while, and find that as the toolset develops, it becomes more difficult to remember everything that Oracle introduces on each new release. This book is an excellent, concise reference book, excellent for jogging the memory. Additionally, it had a couple of topics which I wasn't aware of and I've since used them on a live problem, so for me the book has already paid for itself. One criticism though, was I couldn't find information on the CUBE and ROLLUP functions. It covers 'GROUP BY' so I thought that it would have these too. This is a minor point, but is reflected in the four star rating. Highly recommended as a dip-in reference.