Jared, There will ALWAYS be errata. If you are lucky, you keep it to a minimum. I don't know of any author (myself included) who has ever had a book published with no mistakes. And I am anal about proofreading and correcting errors.
But I *am* saving this email for when my copy comes :) Rachel --- Jared Still <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 11 September 2002 08:38, Paul Baumgartel wrote: > > I've just received my copy of _Perl for Oracle DBAs_. I'm looking > > forward to reading, learning, and implementing. It's nice to have > > personal knowledge of an author's competence! Thanks, Jared, for > > writing this. My only quibble is that there's no author photos: I > had > > hoped to put a face to the name! > > > > Paul Baumgartel > > > > Paul, > > Sorry about the lack of photo's. :) > > There's already some errata. sigh... > > It's not on the web site yet, so here's what I've submitted: > > Jared > > > Errata: > > Add MainLoop() to step 5 of Example 3-1 on page 70 > > Example 3-2 on Page 71: > change "my oracleTime;'" to "my $oracleTime;" > > Example 4-1 on Page 116: > > It may be necessary to specify the ORACLE_HOME value > in your environment. > > You may need to change add the following line: > > $ENV{ORACLE_HOME} = '/u02/app/oracle/product/8.1.7'; > > The actual value needs to be the ORACLE_HOME for your environment. > > Add this line just above this line: > > my $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:Oracle:orcl','system','manager', > { RaiseError=>1} ); > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Yahoo! - We Remember > > 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives lost > > http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Jared Still > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing > Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). __________________________________________________ Yahoo! - We Remember 9-11: A tribute to the more than 3,000 lives lost http://dir.remember.yahoo.com/tribute -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).