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Oracle XML Handbook (Book/CD-ROM package)

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This book is a waste of money, cause all the information you are getting in this book is available on the oracle's technet.

This book is a collection of white papers, software manual, etc. What disturbed me the most was the fact that there is a nearly 20 pages of how to download software from the oracle technet !! god !!.

And instead of packing the tons of source listing on the CD they have it in the book itself. Most of these listings are available in the READMEs, and Tutorial you get when you download the XML Parser, XSQL Utility, etc.

DON'T BUY THIS BOOK!!

This book summarizes the Oracle XML capabilities for B2B applications. It gives an excellent introduction on XML for beginners and walks the reader through a set of real world web based applications that can be built with Oracle technologies. It is highly recommended for any software developer who uses Oracle technology to run their B2B applications.

There is very little of value in this book that shouldn't be posted on Oracle's web site as a tutorial or whitepaper. It is expectedly Oracle centric, but only covers their products in a very broad manner without much meat. For example, Chapter 4: "Developing for an Oracle Application" is only 16 pages and simply provides definitions for the variety of Oracle-side web apps/extensions.

If you really want to buy an Oracle XML book, then get the O'Reilly "Oracle XML Applications". Now there's a 5* book.

There are several problems with this book. One is that very little coverage is given to the Oracle XML SDK. I could not find useful documentation on TechNet regarding use of the XML SDK via PL/SQL. I had hoped that this book would provide examples of SDK and a more complete set of documentation. To my disappointment, this book does not provide much more than an overview.

The other problem with this book is that it was written with examples for Oracle Application Server, which has been replaced by iAS. Bottom line, this book reads like it was written for the first release of Oracle's XML SDK. Your better off on TechNet and the newsgroups.

The book provides an overview of XML from Oracle's standpoint. Chapter one is a basic introduction to XML itself, but from that point onwards it is more about how Oracle integrates XML into its products & how you might use them to put together a technology solution.

If you are already vaguely familiar with what Oracle offer, then there this is a good starting point to determine how to solve problems using their fairly extensive toolset. Then you will probably want to purchase another title that focuses more upon the individual tools you choose.

I bought another book "Building Oracle XML Applications" after I saw the negative review about this book. However, I have to buy this book after I found the other book can not explain concept well. So far I am very happy about this book because it explain everything clearly. The previous two negative reviews are misleading. The fact that many good concepts are on oracle web site doesn't mean this not good. In contrast, I think this is a great book because it is written by the people who developed oracle xml and oracle web site contents.

If I didn't see the previous two misleading rating, I would have saved a little money. I hope you didn't waste your money. If possible, go to book store and compare the two books by yourself. I highly recommend this book.

There is very little of value in this book that shouldn't be posted on Oracle's web site as a tutorial or whitepaper. It is expectedly Oracle centric, but only covers their products in a very broad manner without much meat. For example, Chapter 4: "Developing for an Oracle Application" is only 16 pages and simply provides definitions for the variety of Oracle-side web apps/extensions.

If you really want to buy an Oracle XML book, then get the O'Reilly "Oracle XML Applications". Now there's a 5* book.

If you've ever tried understanding Oracle's XML offering from the technet documentation, you've probably given up in despair, as the information is available, but it's totally disorganised.

Unfortunately, this book suffers the same problems. Many of the examples can be found on technet, and the organisation is no better. Like many Oracle Press books, this layout is poor, and the examples are either superficial or non-existent.

Instead, try Steve Muench's "Oracle XML Applications." It's superb.

I am not too happy about the contents of this book... The sample programs are also from Oracle website.

This book is a collection of documents and papers from Oracle website, no need to buy this book. Not recommended!