Advanced SQL Functions in Oracle 10g (Wordware Applications Library) by Richard Earp

Product Description

Designed to exploit Oracle 10g's SQL, this book is a comprehensive look at Oracle 10g's analytical functions, MODEL statements, and regular expressions. In addition, the book covers collection/object-oriented structures and introduces new Oracle 10g topics like SQL, XML, and statistical functions.
Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #253148 in Books
Published on: 2006-01-25
Number of items: 1
Binding: Paperback
350 pages
Editorial Reviews

About the Author
Dr. Richard Walsh Earp is a former chair of and former associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and a former dean of the College of Science and Technology at the University of West Florida in Pensacola. He has taught a variety of computer science courses including database systems and advanced database systems. Dr. Earp was also an instructor with Learning Tree International and worked for Computer Sciences Corporation at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola as a database consultant after his retirement from academia. He has co-authored several books with Dr. Bagui.

Dr. Sikha Saha Bagui is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of West Florida. She teaches a variety of computer science courses and conducts research on database design, data mining, pattern recognition, and statistical computing. Dr. Bagui has published many journal articles and co-authored several books with Dr. Earp: Learning SQL: A Step-by-Step Guide Using Oracle, Database Design Using ER Diagrams, and Learning SQL: A Step-by-Step Guide Using Access.
Customer Reviews

Not that advanced and has some errors
I found a few errors and most chapters lack details.

In the 'model clause chapter' for example, more is needed for :
REFERENCE MODELs,
ITERATIVE MODELs (ITERATION_NUMBER (0-4294967295), PREVIOUS(), etc),
FOR LOOPs,
IS PRESENT,
ETC.

Also, more can be discussed for GROUPING_ID and GROUP_ID() and many other additions to advanced features such as hierarchical queries, analytical functions and others.