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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 "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



Version Location Description Submitted By Corrected
Printed Page 9
3rd, 5th, 6th paragraph

PostgreSQL was misspelled as PostgresSQL (extra 's'). This HAS BEEN CORRECTED.

The same error HAS BEEN CORRECTED in the index (page 419).

 Anonymous  Aug 2004
Printed Page 47
code block at the bottom of the page

WHERE AGE > 18 AND STATUS = 'RESIDENT';

NOW READS:
WHERE AGE >= 18 AND STATUS = 'RESIDENT';

 Anonymous  Aug 2005
Printed Page 60
Section Title: Outer Joins, 3rd sentence

This type of join is similar to an inner join, except that it includes data in the
first column named that does not match any in the second column.

NOW READS:

This type of join is similar to an inner join, except that it includes data in the
first table named that does not match any in the second table.

On p. 155, in the example at the top of the page,the comment:
#just books published in 2001

NOW READS:
# just books where Tim Bunce is an author

 Anonymous  Mar 2004
Printed Page 148
In example 9-1,

my $server = 'localhost'

NOW READS:
my $server = 'localhost';

 Anonymous  Aug 2005
Printed Page 163
in a block of code containing several instances of "$titleword," there were two instances

of a raised dot.

This raised dot HAS BEEN CHANGED to two characters: a backslash followed by a regular period (.)

 Anonymous  Mar 2004
Printed Page 287

"on adding functionality to supposrt them:"

NOW READS:
"on adding functionality to support them:"

 Anonymous  Aug 2004