On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Roger Binns wrote:
> From the few authors I have spoken to, they don't make the index
> themselves. The publisher does it using someone else and you end up with
> junk, and they bill the author for it!
Roger,
That's not always the case. Springer would not hire a professi
> First, the index is completely unusable.
I'll second that, worst index that I have ever tried to use.
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Roger Binns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Stefan Arentz wrote:
> > First, the index is completely unusable.
>
> From the few authors I have spoken to, they do
Stefan Arentz wrote:
> First, the index is completely unusable.
>From the few authors I have spoken to, they don't make the index
themselves. The publisher does it using someone else and you end up
with junk, and they bill the author for it!
It is a miracle any computer books are any good. I su
I loved the book. It had a very good introduction to SQL and even as an
experienced SQL developer I learned a few things from that, the coverage of
SQLite was a wonderful introduction, and it covered some advanced topics
well. SQLite changes so much that a lot of things don't apply any more, so
I
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, Stefan Arentz wrote:
> Sorry if this is a little offtopic but I am curious what other people thing.
Stefan,
I think that Mike did an outstanding job with the book, and the appalling
index is not his fault. I wrote to the publisher about it but never received
a reply.
On Jun 18, 2008, at 8:01 AM, Stefan Arentz wrote:
> Sorry if this is a little offtopic but I am curious what other
> people thing.
>
> Is it just me, or is the APress book 'The definitive guide to SQLIte'
> not very high quality?
>
> First, the index is completely unusable. The index is grouped
In general, I have been very happy with it. It is a great introduction
and provides lots of examples. I think of it as more of a tutorial than
a reference manual. The SQLite web site is a better reference manual,
but lacks the examples and sample code that the book offers. Once you
get the basi
Sorry if this is a little offtopic but I am curious what other people thing.
Is it just me, or is the APress book 'The definitive guide to SQLIte'
not very high quality?
First, the index is completely unusable. The index is grouped by
subject, so if you want to for example lookup where the book t
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