Joseph N. Hall

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March 6, 2000, on Web Nerd Bookshelf:
As a reasonably clueful person with some SQL and DB experience who went looking for a book on Oracle8 and bought one, I can say that (1) the Oracle8 Complete Reference is an adequate reference, (2) it's probably better than many of the other big thick books on Oracle8, and (3) nevermind those two qualified recommendations, but the author(s) must have been lifelong crack users whose previous programming and DB experience was gained by reading comic books. Well, maybe that's a little harsh, but there is some VERY silly and misguided stuff in this book, occurring mostly when the author strays into attempting to explain something other than Oracle features. Caveat emptor.