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.
| Version |
Location |
Description |
Submitted By |
Date Submitted |
Date Corrected |
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Page xvi
changed "ora.com" to "oreilly.com" both times it appears |
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Anonymous |
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Sep 01, 1997 |
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Page xvi
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para. 2: the URL for updates now reads:
"http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781565922976/"
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1998 |
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Page 6
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changed the equation on line 3 to read:
(16,000,000 - 10,000) * 50 = 799 million characters
plus, in the next para., changed "megabytes" to "gigabytes"
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 1998 |
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Page 6
In the first sentence after the equation, changed "160 gigabytes" to |
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 1999 |
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Page 7
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In the second para under Deletion Anomalies, the sentence used to read:
Such a database is called...
It now reads:
Because a table describes a "relation", such a database is called...
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 1999 |
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Page 9
last line: changed "related" to "persistent" |
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 1998 |
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Page 21
2nd line of "Key" entry changed "no longer a key" to "no |
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Anonymous |
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Sep 01, 1997 |
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Page 29
item #5, line 1: changed "OK button" to "Create button" |
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 1998 |
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Page 32
figure 3-9 is new. |
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Anonymous |
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Sep 01, 1997 |
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Page 48
in both tables, changed "0-222-22222-2" to "0-111-22222-2" |
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 1998 |
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Page 48
Changed the display from |
{ISBN, PubPhone} and {PubPhone, PubName}
to
{ISBN, PageCount} and {PageCount, Price}
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 1999 |
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Page 59-60
The sample tables are not designated S and T as they are |
referred to in the text - very minor detail, but labeling the tables
would increase reader-friendliness.
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Anonymous |
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Page 62
figure 5-7 is also new. |
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Anonymous |
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Sep 01, 1997 |
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Page 66
line between tables, and next-to-last line on page: changed the |
greater-than-or-equal-to sign to a regular greater-than sign
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 1998 |
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Page 70
last column's header in first table: changed "S.B 4" to "T.B |
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Anonymous |
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Sep 01, 1997 |
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Page 70
table 2: made column S.A3 white and column S.A4 shaded |
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 1998 |
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Page 70
1st and 2nd tables: the "h" in the lower |
right-hand cells changed to "j"
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Anonymous |
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Jul 01, 1998 |
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Page 70
first table, header "S.A1": the subscript "1" is now bold, not italic |
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1998 |
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Page 73
3rd table: the "h" in the lower right-hand |
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Anonymous |
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Jul 01, 1998 |
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Page 76
column B3: made the upper-case "I"s into "i"s |
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 1998 |
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Page 81
changed |
(sel S.A2 = T.A2, S.A4 = T.A4(SxT))
to:
(sel S.A1 = T.A1(SxT))
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 1998 |
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Page 89
para. beginning "(In SQL-92...": changed |
"this clauses has" to "these clauses have"
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Anonymous |
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Jul 01, 1998 |
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Page 90
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code sample 3 now reads:
CREATE TABLE BOOKS2
(ISBN TEXT(13) CONSTRAINT PrimaryKeyName PRIMARY KEY,
TITLE TEXT(100),
PRICE MONEY,
PubID TEXT(10), CONSTRAINT Test FOREIGN KEY (PubID) REFERENCES Publishers
(PubID));
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1998 |
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Page 97
line 1 of first code example: changed "DISTINCT" to "DISTINCTROW" |
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Anonymous |
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Sep 01, 1997 |
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Page 101
Changed the sentence after Table 6-7 from |
"This is, in fact, the semi-join"
to
"This is, in fact, a projection of the semi-join"
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 1999 |
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Page 104
next-to-last line on page: removed ";" and added it to the end |
of the last line; also, changed the first line of that code example to
read:
SELECT PUBLISHERS.PubName, MIN(Price) AS [Minimum Price]
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 1998 |
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Page 104
para, under "GROUP BY GroupByCriteris", |
last sentence: changed "the order of column names
in determines" to "the order of column names determines"
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Anonymous |
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Jul 01, 1998 |
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Page 104
Under the heading for the "Having" option |
"The HAVING option in used in conjunction ..."
now reads
"The HAVING option is used in conjunction ..."
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Anonymous |
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Nov 01, 1998 |
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Page 107
line 2: changed "form" to "from" |
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 1998 |
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Page 108
last line: changed "indicies" to "indices" |
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Anonymous |
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Jul 01, 1998 |
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Page 110
middle para.: deleted extra "than one" |
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 1998 |
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Page 116
next-to-last line: changed "Jet DMBS" to "Jet DBMS" |
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Anonymous |
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Sep 01, 1997 |
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Page 122
Example 7-1, removed the line: dbLibrary.Name = "LIBRARY" |
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 1999 |
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Page 123
Changed the line |
Set dbLibrary = ws.OpenDatabase("d:daolibrary.mdb")
to
Set dbLibrary = DBEngine.OpenDatabase("d:daolibrary.mdb")
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 1999 |
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Page 125
para. 2 line 4: changed "below" to "above" |
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 1998 |
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Page 128
last line: changed "Holliday" to "Holiday" |
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 1998 |
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Page 138
Example 8-1: changed the first line from |
intGrade = Val(InputBox("Enter student's average _ test score: "))
to
intGrade = Val(InputBox("Enter student's average test score: "))
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Anonymous |
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Jul 01, 1998 |
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Page 142
added a line to the first code example |
intvar = 123
It goes after the current second line.
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Anonymous |
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Sep 01, 1997 |
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Page 147
Figure 9-5: Two boxes in the diagram Containers and Documents should be |
connected. And Containers should also be connected to the horizontal
line immediately above it (that originates from Databases).
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Anonymous |
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Page 147
1st line of text: changed "is the just" to "is just the" |
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 1998 |
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Page 147
figure 9-5 is new. |
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 1998 |
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Page 149
figure 9-7 is also new. |
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 1998 |
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Page 157
Changed the line |
"of the previous example, we could have written"
to
"we can write"
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 1999 |
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Page 158
2nd para., 1st line: changed |
Running the code in Exaple 9-6 produces the message box
shown in Fiure 9-8,
to
Running the code in Exaple 9-6 produces two message boxes;
the second is shown in Fiure 9-8,
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Anonymous |
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Jul 01, 1998 |
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Page 161
4th line from bottom: changed "use to this" to "use this" |
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 1998 |
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Page 171
example 9-10: in the example title, changed "Container" to |
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Anonymous |
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Sep 01, 1997 |
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Page 176
last line: fixed the weird font problem |
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Anonymous |
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Jan 01, 1998 |
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Page 177
in step 5 in the box, changed "dbOne.Table..." to "dbTwo.Table..." |
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Anonymous |
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Sep 01, 1997 |
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Page 191
line 2 on page: added a comma after "QueryDefName" |
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Anonymous |
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Sep 01, 1997 |
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Page 193
Changed the line |
strSQL = "UPDATE BOOKS SET Price = Price*1.1 WHERE Price > 20"
to
strSQL = "UPDATE BOOKS SET Price = Price*1.1"
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 1999 |
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Page 193
Changed the line |
If qdf.RecordsAffected > 15 Then
to
If qdf.RecordsAffected <= 15 Then
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 1999 |
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Page 193
The following two lines of Example 10-7 were modified so that |
they appear as follows:
MsgBox qdf.RecordsAffected & _
" records affected by this query. Transaction cancelled."
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 1999 |
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Page 202
Replaced the line |
Msgbox rsTable!Title
with the two lines
If Left$(tsTable!Title,2) = "On" then
Msgbox rsTable!Title
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 1999 |
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Page 205
At the second bullet point, inserted the word "valid" between |
"there is no" AND "current record". So it now reads "there
is no valid current record"
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 1999 |
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Page 230
In line 2, inserted the words "are sufficient to" after the |
words "rows of a table that"
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Anonymous |
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Apr 01, 1999 |
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Page 231
Replaced double arrow symbol with a large X, as on page 62 under the |
definition of cartesian product.
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 1999 |
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Page 232
In Table B-4 |
1. Changed the last cell in the last row to "red oak"
2. Added another row with first cell "Fred's Woods" and second cell
"poplar."
3. Added another row with first cell "Fred's Woods" and second cell
"mahogany."
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 1999 |
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Page 237
In paragraph numbered 4, in the second to last line, changed "right" to |
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 1999 |
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Page 238
In the table at bottom: changed Meville to Melville. |
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 1999 |
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Page 245
Two headings were added at the beginning of the index: "Symbols," and |
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 1999 |
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Page 246
In column 1, line 13 |
"for specific objects, ??-229, 210-??"
was changed to:
"for specific objects, 210-229"
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Anonymous |
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Mar 01, 1999 |
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Page 253
added the following to the end of the next-to-last para. |
Whenever possible, our books use RepKover (tm), a durable and flexible
lay-flat binding. If the page count exceeds RepKover's limit, perfect
binding is used.
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Anonymous |
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Sep 01, 1997 |
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Page 253
Colphon, 2nd para., line 2: changed "Quark Xpress 3.5" to |
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Anonymous |
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Jul 01, 1998 |