Need Report Builder Learning Resource -- Books, CDROM, etc.

I'm a seasoned SW architect and I'm pretty good at learning stuff on my own. I need a resources for learning Oracle Report Builder. I did a few of the tutorials on the web but they do little more than take you thru the wizzards. They don't cover more advanced topics like reports with several linked queries.
The only book I found dates from about 1999-2000 and covers Forms and Reports. Only about 20% of the book is Reports.
http://www.amazon.com/Oracle-Developer-Advanced-Forms-Reports/dp/0072120487/sr=8-2/qid=1169213574/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/103-6435048-1295048?ie=UTF8&s=books
Anyone know how much the product has changed in six years? Would that be too out of date?
There is an CD-ROM course from Oracle for $500. Anyone use that who can give a review?
I know there's also a one week course from Oracle for $3K. I'm not that into sitting in class for a whole week if I don't have to.
Anyone recommend any other learning resources?

Try this URL
http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/reports.html
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"Building Reports" for the version you need. I just started learning Reports, and it is invaluable.

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Symptoms
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Cause
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