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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 18
2nd to last line

"of to"
should be:
"of 0 to"

Anonymous 
Printed Page 23
last line

1970-2069.The default...
should be:
1970-2069. The default...

Anonymous 
Printed Page 27
decimal, line 3,

bad line break

Anonymous 
Printed Page 30
line 15,

Fix the second single quote mark.

Anonymous 
Printed Page 37
REFRENCES section

REFERENCEStable...
should be:
REFERENCES table...

Anonymous 
Printed Page 41
line 6

resultss should be results

Anonymous 
Printed Page 56
line 6

DISTINCT | | DISTINCTROWS
should be:
DISTINCT | DISTINCTROWS

Anonymous 
Printed Page 57
"Aliases" 5th line

are not be
should be:
have not been

Anonymous 
Printed Page 58
"Table1, Table2, Table3, ..." line 5;

) Only
should be:
). Only

Anonymous 
Printed Page 61
line -4;

Start with '#', not 'S'

Anonymous 
Printed Page 70
AVG

bad line break splitting "e.g."

Anonymous 
Printed Page 71
STD;

Use of '/' looks like division. Instead use ' | '

Anonymous 
Printed Page 71
ADDDATE

Remove second and third commas.

Anonymous 
Printed Page 72
BIN

In the text, make "decimal" italic.

Anonymous 
Printed Page 74
DATE_ADD

Remove second and third commas.

Anonymous 
Printed Page 75
DATE_SUB

Add spaces between the words in the second parameter.

Anonymous 
Printed Page 83
RIGHT,

The definition is wrong. SUBSTRING, as defined on p.85, starts counting from the left, not right.

Anonymous 
Printed Page 84
RTRIM

Correct the back tick to use typewriter font.

Anonymous 
Printed Page 85
SUBSTRING,

The example for the fourth function should be with the second function.

Anonymous 


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