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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Staron, Richard J.

Guerrilla Oracle : The Succinct Windows Perspective / Richard J. Staron.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-201-75077-5 (alk. paper)

1. Oracle (Computer file) 2. Relational databases. 3. Microsoft Windows (Computer file) I. Title.

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Dedication

To my wife and best friend, Kristina, who stayed with me through all the computer disasters, late nights when the servers went down, weekends when scripts and code just wouldn't run, and who listened to my litany of excitements and frustrations. Without Kristina's belief in me this book would have never been written.