Murphy's law expansion for writers: When a writer receive his new book from print, he will always open it in the place with the worst errata.
Yechiel Adar Mehish ----- Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 4:08 AM > 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Yechiel Adar 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).