Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
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Printed | Page xii The last sentence of the first full paragraph did read |
"This was the first widely circulated paper about the language that |
Anonymous | Nov 01, 2000 | |
Printed | Page xxvi The first two lines on the page did read |
"requirements, such as the rise of give a sense of data warehousing |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page xxxi-xxxii The "Comments and Questions" section has been updated. It |
now reads: |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page xiii In the third line |
"DDL is comprised of the verbs SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE..." |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 9-10 The date referenced in the code samples at the bottom of page 9 and |
the top of page 10 did not match that mentioned in the text in the last |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 85 The 2nd-4th lines in the syntax for CREATE/ALTER/DROP TABLE did read |
(column datatype [DEFAULT expression] [Column_Contraint] |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 91 First example |
There is too much space before NUMBER(2) NOT NULL. This line should line up |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 92 The ALTER TABLESPACE syntax |
ALTER TABLESPACE tablespace_name |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 166 Example for LPAD function |
"X YYX LEFTLEFTRIGHT" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 170 In the first RTRIM example, the 2 at the beginning of the 2nd line is |
no longer in boldface. |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 2001 | |
Printed | Page 370 The third line in the left column did read |
"returning current, 181" |
Anonymous | Jan 01, 2001 |