Errata

The text "using the ISO format as instructed" should refer
to the "SQL" format.

In "[ ASC | DESC | USING operator ]" the word operator
serves as a placeholder for a user-supplied value and should
have been italicized to indicate that it is a placeholder.

The word "the" in "...not just "the" sequence..." should
have been written as "The" in order to matche Example 5-6.

The font of "value::type", "value[index]", and "table.column" in
the Usage column should be constant width italic because
value, type, table, and column are all user-specified
elements.

The syntax diagram shows char_length(s); it should show
octet_length(s).

heading, second sentence(middle of the page);
The first reference to Example 6-7 in this paragraph should
really reference Table 6-2.

In the third line of the syntax, the word "table" is a
placeholder for a value that you supply, and so should have
been italicized.

The term "constraint_name", which is rendered as
constant-width text, should also have been italicized
because it is a placeholder.

The word "action" is a placeholder and should have been
italicized.

The word "table" in the table constraint syntax is a
placeholder and should have been italicized.

The "author" in "author_and_titles" should be plural.
"authors_and_titles" is the column created in Example 7-17.

The INSERT statement should use 107 for the customer ID
number, not 221 as the book currently shows.

"sequence_name", "where sequence_name is the name of the
sequence..." should be italicized because it marks a
sequence name that you must supply when you issue the
command in the example that follows.

In the first line of the hostssl description there is a typo, it says
"...entry is user..."
it should say
".. entry is used..."

The first line of the first full paragraph on the page
should refer to the "trust method", not to the "trusted
method".

In VALID UNTIL 'infinity', the word infinity is a keyword
and thus should not be italicized.

The font of the strings "newuser"(2nd line), and "n"(end
of the 3rd and the 4th line) should be bold because they
represent user-input.

The comment about the declaration of the variable named
"ten" should state that the default value of that variable
is 10, not that it is 100.

Example 11-39 shows the result of the in_stock() function,
not the check_stock() function.

The note should refer to Example 11-40, not 11-38.

Shouldn't the first word be "The" instead of "Th"?

AUTHOR: Yes, that's a typo. This is fixed in the SGML sources.

IN PRINT: Same paragraph, last sentence: Shouldn't the keyword in the parenthesis be "EXIT" instead of "ELSE"? I understood EXIT leaves the
loop, so not having one will cause an infinite loop.

AUTHOR: That's correct, also fixed in SGML sources.

The function being created should not have a "2" at the end
of the name. The correct function name is
"extract_all_titles".

The check_shipment_addition trigger function is called
*before* an INSERT or UPDATE operation, not after as the
book states.

"E" index items missing..