Oracle SQL*Plus: The Definitive Guide

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The animal on the cover of Oracle SQL*Plus: The Definitive Guide is a moving leaf (Phyllium giganteum), a large (about 10 cm in length) Malaysian leaf insect related to stick insects; together these constitute the order Phasmatida, derived from the Greek word for “ghost.” These stunning insects imitate local foliage with intricate detail, down to the leaf-like veins on their legs and tattered brown edges to mimic dead leaves. Moving leaf insects feed on bramble and other plant material. Kept by many entymologists as exotic pets, they require high temperature and humidity.

Ellie Fountain Maden was the production editor and project manager for Oracle SQL*Plus: The Definitive Guide, and also copyedited the book. Quality assurance was provided by Madeleine Newell, Sarah Jane Shangraw, and Sheryl Avruch, who was also the production manager. Ellie Cutler proofread the book, and Seth Maislin wrote the index.

Edie Freedman designed the cover of this book, using a 19th-century engraving from the Dover Pictorial Archive. The cover layout was produced by Kathleen Wilson with Quark XPress 3.32 using the ITC Garamond font.

The inside layout was designed by Nancy Priest and implemented in FrameMaker 5.5 by Mike Sierra. The text and heading fonts are ITC Garamond Light and Garamond Book. The illustrations that appear in the book were created in Macromedia FreeHand 8 and Adobe Photoshop 5 by Robert Romano. This colophon was written by Nancy Kotary.

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