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Color Key: Serious Technical Mistake Minor Technical Mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question
| Version | Location | Description | Submitted By |
|---|---|---|---|
| Printed | Page 29 middle of the page |
WHERE NOT EXISTS |
Anonymous |
| Printed | Page 46 2nd paragraph on the page |
In the book 'SQL and Relational Theory, 1st Edition', in section '2.8. |
Anonymous |
| Printed | Page 78 4th paragraph - just one example. The web form forced a single page number. |
The tiny asterisks for indicating the reference point in the text for footnotes were hard for my 60 year old eyes to pick up. The daggers for a second foot notes were clear. I've been using a yellow highlighter to mark the asterisks. Many of the notes make little sense unless placed in context by the text reference. |
Lloyd Kvam |
| Printed | Page 345 Solution to Exercise 6.9.h) |
The SQL-query returns a wrong result in the border case that there is no supplier located in London and there is a product without shipment (both at the same time). The SELECT DISTINCT should be just a SELECT from the table P. |
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| Printed | Page 348 Solution to Exercise 7.1.b) |
Solution does not match exercise (roles of S and P were switched in exercise b) in comparison to exercise a), but NOT in the solution) |
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| Printed | Page 387 Last paragraph |
The answer to the exercise B-24-b (page 312) is "False" and not "True" as stated in the ANSWERS TO EXERCISES section (page 387). |
Anonymous |
| Printed | Page 394 lines 1 and 2 |
A closing parenthesis and the word "as" need to be added to the following sentence: "called object/relational features (see reference [28])), but they're mostly irrelevant as far as the goal of using SQL relationally is concerned." |
Anonymous |
| Printed | Page 399 Entry for Faroult, Stéphane |
The entry should read "Faroult, Stéphane" NOT "Faroult, Stpéhane". |
Anonymous |
